Lot 202
Lot 202
D'APRÈS SIMON-NICOLAS MANSION (1773-1854)

Asclépios et Hygie ou l’allégorie de la vaccination

Price Realised EUR 3,024
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EUR 4,000 - EUR 6,000
Closed: 14 Jun 2024
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D'APRÈS SIMON-NICOLAS MANSION (1773-1854)

Asclépios et Hygie ou l’allégorie de la vaccination

Price Realised EUR 3,024
Closed: 14 Jun 2024
Price Realised EUR 3,024
Closed: 14 Jun 2024
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D'APRÈS SIMON-NICOLAS MANSION (1773-1854)
Asclépios et Hygie ou l’allégorie de la vaccination
bronze, reposant sur un haut socle en bronze associé
H. 36 cm (14 in.) ; H. totale 49,5 cm (1912 in.)
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A BRONZE GROUP REPRESENTING ASCLEPIUS AND HYGIEIA OR THE ALLEGORY OF VACCINATION, AFTER SIMON-NICOLAS MANSION (1773-1854)

From the beginning of the 19th century, vaccination campaigns were one of the first major health policies of European countries, including France. In Greek mythology, Hygieia was the daughter of Asclepius, god of medicine, and Epione, goddess of health, cleanliness and hygiene. As such, Hygieia personifies preserved health and symbolises preventive medicine. Simon Nicolas Mansion (1773-1837) shows her alongside her father Asclepius and a cow, representing the discovery of vaccinia. The original plaster was exhibited at the Salon of 1819 and a few bronze casts were made during his lifetime, although the success of this model continued after Mansion's death.

Simon Nicolas Mansion, known as Mansion the Younger, was born into an illustrious family of cabinet-makers in a workshop in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Paris, where he began his career in luxury furniture. From 1809 onwards, Mansion devoted himself exclusively to sculpture, exhibiting a statue of Aconce at the Salon of 1810. Mansion affirmed his predilection for themes from classical mythology - as we can see with our bronze - and the great figures of history. Although he produced busts and statues for the State, he was also responsible for several low reliefs that decorated the bull's-eye windows of the Louvre palace, such as the one of La Poésie lyrique et la Musique (Lyric poetry and music, 1824) under the clock in the Cour carrée.
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