Eutrope Bouret

EUTROPE BOURET (Paris, 1833 - 1906).
"Au clair de la lune".
Patinated bronze.
Signed on the base and titled on the front.
Measurements: 45 x 14 x 15 cm.

This sculpture entirely made in bronze represents a young Pierrot playing a lute while intoning a melody. The beautiful statue owes its name to the famous French song "Au Clair De La Lune", from the 18th century.

Eutrope Bouret was a French sculptor, a 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.