Benoît ROUGELET (1834-1894) - Lot 110

Benoît ROUGELET (1834-1894) Group of three putti (c.1875) White marble sculpture Signed "Rougelet" on the terrace. Publisher BOUDET Paris. H : 63 W : 40 D : 25 cm Commentary: Benedict Benoit ROUGELET (1834-1894), a pupil of the sculptor Duret, made his debut at the 1868 Salon. He received an honorable mention at the 1887 Salon, an honorable mention at the 1889 Exposition Universelle and a third-class medal in 1893. The group we are presenting is a counterpart to another group representing three Harvesting Lovers. They were published in Carrara marble by F. Barbedienne. BOUDET, marble publisher and bronze founder, 43, boulevard des Capucines, Paris. Published Carpeaux's Flore accroupie.