Beautiful antique large bronze sculpture depicting Diana with her bow and arrow quiver. Artist signed Paul Jean Baptiste Gasq, also enscribed Copyright 1906 by Lapointe. She is running while carrying her bow high in the air. At her feet, a large bird of prey that she has just hunted. She measures 32 inches high, 20-1/2 inches wide from bow tip to bow tip. Widest width from her right foot to the bird's wing measures 22 inches. Weight 62 lbs. The bow in her hand unscrews from both sides allowing this rare bronze to be safely shipped. Paul Jean Baptiste Gasq was born in Dijon on May 31, 1860. He studied at the Dijon School of Fine Arts and the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris under Jouffroy and Hiolle. He won the Prix de Rome in 1890 and a Grand Prix at the Exposition Universelle of 1900. He became a member of the Institut in 1935. He specialized in figures and bas-reliefs of classical and allegorical subjects.This is his largest sculpture of Diana showing great motion in the composition. Excellent condition and guaranteed to please as are all our items. (Item #72135)

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