Stunning Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Bust of a woman, terra cotta sculpture Italian polychrome painted with a floral

polychrome painted with a floral sprigged dress

Late 19th Century

Indian rosewood

75" Width 33

decorated with pastoral scenes and floral panels

Stunning Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Bust of a woman, terra cotta sculpture Italian polychrome painted with a floralStunning neoclassical bust of an aristocratic woman, Albert Ernest Carrier Belleuse (French 1824 1887), Signed A. CARRIER to the reverse, mounted on an ebonized wooden base, an exquisite example of Albert Ernest Carrier Belleuses ability create highly textured and often sinuous fabrics out of firm materials. The intricate and delicate tracery of her crown is reminiscent of an example depicting the Comtesse de Castiglione, in the collection of Lucile