Mephistopheles Polychrome Sculpture after Jacques-Louis Gautier art

Mephistopheles Polychrome Sculpture after Jacques-Louis Gautier artA large French polychrome plaster figure of Mephistopheles after a bronze by French sculptor Jacques Louis Gautier from the mid 19th Century. This particular figure dates from the early 20th Century circa 1930. Gautier studied under Francois Rude, until making his Salon debut in 1850. Mephistopheles was first sculpted in 1853 with edits by the Duplan and Salles foundry, and was showcased at the 1855 Exposition Universelle, where a cast was purchased

The trunk has a hinged

No chips or cracks

55") from the edge

as the first performances of Figaro (1786)

It is made from wood

but for a piece that was displayed in a cinema over half a century ago

Wolstenholme

Screams Hollywood Regency styling

entitled 'Waiting' by Tracy Dawe

earrings etc & the bottom of the case is also velvet lined

The control bar is in 2 parts

Original 19th Century framed boxing poster dated 1860