DANCER WITH SNAKE OR CLEOPATRA. BRONZE, MARBLE. DEVENET,
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Reference: ZF1194
Dancer with a snake or Cleopatra. Bronze, marble. DEVENET, Claude-Marie (1851-Paris, 1931), ca. 1925. With brand. Bronze figure on a pyramidal pedestal of veined stone showing a young woman in exotic clothing, crouching, holding a snake in her hands. Stylistically, it presents details that allow it to be considered within the Art Deco style and, as for the subject, there are known pieces in which she appears as a dancer and others that link the scene with the death of Cleopatra at the hands of the asp. A disciple of Auguste Dumond at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Claude-Marie Devenet was awarded a Third Class Medal at the Salon of 1882, and a Bronze Medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900. Weight: 3.4 kg.
· Size: 10x8x32 cms.
2.100 €