Mar 10, 2022 - Sale 2597

Sale 2597 - Lot 126

Price Realized: $ 8,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
ÉMILE-CORIOLAN-HIPPOLYTE GUILLEMIN
Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well.

Patinated bronze, circa 1880. 820x520x201 mm; 32 1/4x20 1/2x7 7/8 inches. Incised with the artist's signature at the edge of the base, lower right.

Guillemin (1841-1907) was an acclaimed Parisian bronze sculptor of the Belle Époque known for his Orientalist aesthetics. He exhibited his bronzes frequently at the Paris Salon throughout his career and achieved abundant crirtical praise and success in his lifetime. This Biblical scene of Rebecca and Eliezer illustrates Guillemin's signature style with both figures dressed in an Orientalist fashion and rendered in lively form and intricate detail.