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Description Etienne Marin Melingue
1808-1875
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière (1622-1673)
entitled: MOLièRE and signed: MELiNGUE
bronze, on an ebonised wood base
bronze: 45cm
51.5cm overall
Condition Report Overall the condition of the bronze is very good with minor dirt and wear to the surface consistent with age. There are patches of wear to the patina including to the face. Some minor dark spotting and water marks. The figure is cast separately to the integral bronze base and the figure is a little loose and there is a small hole to the reverse. There is a wood block to the underside which protrudes, elevating the sculpture from the base. General wear to the base.
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Literature Inventory, 1926, p. 24, in the drawing room;
Notes Melingue was both an actor and a sculptor who made a name for himself?acting in?performances depicting?the?creation of art works from the past. His greatest success was in the performance of Cellini sculpting Hebe. He exhibited bronze statuettes of theatrical figures. Here he produces his evocation of the great 17th-century playwright Molière.