MARBLE BUST MADAME RECAMIER SIGNED PUGI

Large, finely sculpted 19th-century bust in white Carrara marble depicting Madame Récamier.
Madame Récamier, with a shy expression, holds a veil over her chest and wears a pretty headband in her hair.
Signed on the pedestal: PUGI
About Madame RECAMIER:
Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard, Madame Jacques Récamier, known as Juliette or Julie Récamier, born December 3, 1777, in Lyon, and died May 11, 1849, in Paris, was a French woman of letters whose Parisian salon, from the Directory to the July Monarchy, brought together the greatest celebrities from the political, literary, and artistic worlds.

About the sculptor:
Guglielmo Pugi (Fiesole, 1850 – 1915) Born in 1850 in Fiesole (Tuscany, Italy), the Italian sculptor Guglielmo Pugi is a master of the Art Nouveau style. Pugi resided in Florence until his death in 1915, establishing his studio, "Guglielmo i figli," with his two sons, Gino and Fiorenzo. His sculptures, carved directly from alabaster or Carrara marble (white or veined), were mainly exported to the United States. Several of them were presented at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, as well as at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. Several notable sculptures and portraits are housed in the Historical Alabaster Museum in Volterra, Italy. Furthermore, the bust of King Humbert I stands in the main square of his hometown, Fiesole. After Pugi's death, his two sons took over the workshop and changed the name to "Fratelli G. e F. Pugi" (Brothers G. and F. Pugi), signed "FlliPugi".

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