Pair of urns in the manner of CLODION; France, late 19th century.

Pair of urns in the manner of CLODION; France, late nineteenth century.
Chiseled and patinated bronze. Belgian black marble base.
They present pitting, dents on one of the lids and missing on the base.
Measurements: 51,5 x 23 x 16,5 cm (x2).
Pair of goblets made in patinated bronze with the same design and format. Both goblets are inspired by classical antiquity both in the typology they acquire and in the relief motifs that ornament each of the pieces. In this particular case, the design follows the models of Claude Michel Clodion.
Claude Michel, known as Clodion, was born in Nancy, but in 1755 he moved to Paris to study in the workshop of his uncle, the sculptor Lambert Sigisbert Adam, with whom he remained for four years. After his death, he became a disciple of Jean Baptiste Pigalle, Madame de Pompadour's favorite sculptor. Soon his work began to be recognized, and in 1759 he won the grand prize for sculpture at the Académie Royale. In 1761 he was awarded the first silver medal for studies on models, and a year later he obtained the Grand Prix of the Royal Academy, consisting of a pension to extend his training in Italy. In Rome Clodion developed an intense activity between 1767 and 1771. Back in Paris he established his own workshop, where he worked with his brothers representing mythological scenes, groups of dancers, nymphs and bathers, in a language somewhere between Rococo and Neoclassicism. His works were in great demand, from the Parisian salons to Catherine II of Russia. Clodion's works are preserved in the Louvre (Paris), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg), the Victoria & Albert Museum (London), the Art Institute of Chicago, the J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles), the Frick Collection (New York) and the Kimbell Museum (Forth Worth, Texas), among many others.