Author: CARRIER-BELLEUSE, ALBERT-ERNST.
Title: Decorative Statuetten, allegorische und mythologische Figuren, Amoretten, Bu¨sten, etc. Originalaufnahmen der Terrakotten des Carrier-Belleuse.
Description: Berlin, Ch. Claesen &Cie., [ca. 1890]. 1 title-page & 25 loose plts (phototypes, printed in brown ink). Together in orig. h. cloth portfolio. Folio. - Portfolio worn, soiled/sl. stained & discol.; plts with foxed margins; 1 plate with a small stain in the margin. (La terre cuite française, Tome II). RAre portfilio with a collection of 25 phototypes of [26] terracottas of the French sculptor Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (born Albert-Ernest Carrier de Belleuse; 12 June 1824 - 4 June 1887). He was one of the founding members of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, and was made an officer of the Legion of Honour.Carrier-Belleuse made many terra cotta pieces, the most famous of which may be The Abduction of Hippodameia depicting the Greek mythological scene of a centaur kidnapping Hippodameia on her wedding day. He was also made artistic director at the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres in 1876.

Keywords: Sculpture 19the century Europe France Beeldhouwkunst 19de eeuw Europa Frankrijk