Alphée Dubois

ALPHÉE DUBOIS (France, 1831- 1905).
"Courage, patrie, moralité".
Patinated bronze.
With inscription "After Henri Chapu".
It has the stamp of the Foundry "F. Barbedienne".
Measurements: 25 x 0,5 cm.
Alphée Dubois was a medalist and stamp designer, son of the engraver Joseph Eugène Dubois and Uranie Virginie Béthune. He was the father of Henri Alfred Auguste Dubois (1859-1943), who was also a medalist. Alphée Dubois studied with Francisque Duret and Jacques-Jean Barre at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He won the first Grand Prix de Rome for engraving on medal and fine stone in 18551 for the theme Guerrier mourant sur l'altel de la patrie (Warrior dying on the altar of the fatherland). He studied models of Antiquity and perfected his art at the Villa Medici in Rome from 1855 to 1860. In 1865, he engraved the portraits of Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie on a sardonix. In 1900, he was curator of the Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology in Besançon. He was a member of the jury and jury of honor of the Universal Exhibition of 1900. He is also the author of numerous sculptures, such as the bas-relief L'Industrie et le Commerce, which adorns the pediment of the Salle des Prévôts of the Paris City Hall, and medallions portraits of personalities.