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Louis-Ernest Barrias

La Nature se devoilant devant la science [Nature Unveiling Herself before Science] statue

La Nature se devoilant devant la science [Nature Unveiling Herself before Science] statue

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‘La Nature Se Devoliant Devant La Science’ - nature revealing herself before Science, a very fine multipatinated bronze figure with varied gilt highlights and green tinted Scarab Beatle by Louis-Ernest Barrias (1874 – 1905), cast by Susses Freres. This important bronze figure is a finely cast example of Barrias's most celebrated work, a homage to advances made in scientific exploration and a masterpiece of early Art Nouveau. The figure depicts a young woman, the allegory of Nature, removing her veil to reveal her face and bare breasts to the cold gaze of science. The figure first appeared in white marble at the Paris Salon of 1893 with the longer title of 'La Nature mysterieuse et voilee se decouvre devant la Science’ in its fully nude form. Suitably it was purchased by the medical faculty at l'Ecole de Medecine in Bordeaux. Barrias returned to the theme a few years later exhibiting a related sculpture at the 1899 Salon, simply titled ‘La Nature se devoilant'. Following in the spirit of pioneers of polychromy such as CharlesHenri-Joseph Cordier and Eugene Cornu this figure was carved using expensive and luxurious materials such as Algerian onyx for the drapery, lapis lazuli for the ribbon and malachite for the scarab. This figure is now in the collection of the Musee d’Orsay. The first bronze casts were exhibited by Susse Freres, in various sizes and to great critical acclaim, at the 1900 Exposition Universelle.

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