Object Description
A Patinated Bronze Figure
By Etienne Henry Dumaige
The patinated bronze sculptural group of a frolicking woman and child playing the flute supported on a circular base, signed ‘H. Dumaige.’
French, circa 1880
Etienne Dumaige (1830-1888) studied under Jean-Jacques Feuchere. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1862, winning a second-class medal in 1880. He showed a marble group, Return from the Fields, as well as statues and busts at the Salon from 1862 to 1877. He also produced military, classical, and oriental work.
Benezit, E. Dictionnaire Critique & Documentaire Des Peintres Sculpteurs Dessinateurs & Graveurs 14 Volumes. France: Grund/Hilmarton Manor Press, 2006, p. 1313-1314.