Details
FRANCOIS RUDE (1784-1855)
Hébé et l'aigle de Jupiter
bronze redoré, signé "F.RUDE" sur la terrasse
H. 77,4 cm (3012 in.)
Provenance
Collection particulière, France.
FURTHER DETAILS
A REGILT BRONZE GROUP REPRESENTING 'HEBE AND THE EAGLE OF JUPITER', BY FRANÇOIS RUDE (1784-1855)

In 1846, the city of Dijon commissioned a sculpture from François Rude, a renowned artist, for its Musée des Beaux-Arts. Initially asked to create a copy of the Neapolitan Fisherman with a Shell by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875), he was finally authorised, as he had wished, to create an original work on the theme of Hebe for his home town. François Rude did not manage to finish his composition before his death in 1855. One of his students, Paul Cabet, was chosen to complete his sculpture. Exhibited at the Salon in 1857, it brought him posthumous fame.
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En 1846, la ville de Dijon commande une sculpture à François Rude, alors artiste de renom, pour son musée des Beaux-Arts. Initialement sollicité pour effectuer une réplique du Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille de Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875), il est finalement autorisé, selon son souhait, à réaliser une création originale sur le thème de Hébé pour sa ville natale. François Rude ne parvient pas à finir sa composition avant sa mort en 1855. Un de ses élèves, Paul Cabet, est alors en charge de l'achèvement de son Hébé et l'aigle de Jupiter avant son exposition au Salon de 1857 qui consacre sa gloire posthume.

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