Marie-Louise-Elisabeth, Countess du Chaffault,... - Lot 21 - Ader

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Marie-Louise-Elisabeth, Countess du Chaffault,... - Lot 21 - Ader
Marie-Louise-Elisabeth, Countess du Chaffault, born HANTZ-MOREL (1858 - 1904) Minerva Polychrome enamel medallion with gold highlights on copper Signed lower right "L. du Chaffault Size : 31,4 x 23,8 cm Exhibitions : - Exhibition of the Society of Friends of the Arts of Seine-et-Oise, Versailles, 1883. - Exhibition of Women's Arts, Paris, Palais de l'Industrie, Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, 1884. Bibliography : - Journal des débats politiques et littéraires, September 21, 1883, p.5. - Le Rappel, March 5, 1884. - Le Parnasse : organ des concours littéraires de Paris, March 15, 1884, p. 7. A student of the artist Théophile Soyer (1853-1940) as well as of the painter José Frappa (1854-1904), Countess Louise du Chaffault exhibited at the Salons des artistes français between 1881 and 1887, then at the Salon de la Société nationale des Beaux-Arts, in 1893 and 1894. Her tastes were oriented towards the troubadour style and the creation of neo-Renaissance enamels with a great wealth of detail. Here the warrior figure of the Goddess of War is framed by a magnificent decoration enhanced with gold, atlatls and grotesque masks in the taste of the famous enameller Léonard Limousin.
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