Eutrope Bouret

EUTROPE BOURET (Paris, 1833 - 1906).
"Allegory of history".
Patinated bronze.
Signed.
Measurements: 38 x 18,5 x 15 cm.

This ornamental sculpture is an evidently neoclassical work, restrained in its expressiveness and full of grace.

Eutrope Bouret was a French sculptor, disciple of Louis Buhot. Throughout his career the artist worked with various techniques and materials, among which are marble, plaster, terracotta or bronze, he also made some chryselephantine pieces. Among his most remarkable works is the bust of the writer Alexis Bouvier, which once adorned his tomb in the popular Parisian cemetery of Père-Lachaise, now disappeared. Bouret's sculpture often deals with classical themes, such as allegories of love, spring or the arts, but also shows a great interest in the Middle Ages in a novel and romantic sense.