Bronze, height 74 cm
Signed Auguste. Moreau.
This sculpture is also titled Aurora.
Auguste MOREAU
1834 Dijon - 1917 Malesherbes
Parisian sculptor. He came from an illustrious family of sculptors; his brother was the sculptor Hippolyte François. He was the father of three sculptors (Louis Auguste, Hippolyte and Edmond) and two painters (Gaston Auguste and Albert Auguste). He made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1861 and continuously exhibited his work there until 1913. He worked mainly in bronze: these were two- and three-panel genre scenes, allegorical scenes and sometimes portraits. His statues of cupids brought him international fame. His sculptures are in museums including Bordeaux, Dijon, Gray, Paris and Reims, as well as in numerous private collections.
Kirke - in Greek mythology, the daughter of Helios and the nymph Perseis. A fortune teller and sorceress, one of the characters appearing in the Odyssey. She lived on the island of Ajai. She held Odysseus, who was returning from under Troy, for a year, having turned his companions into pigs. She bore him a son, Telegonos.
Asking price 10000
Estimate 12000 - 14000
