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**Originally Listed At $600**

Western Europe, France, Napoleonic period, ca. 1810. Marked "Lucay G.F." on verso. A beautiful cast-iron fire back from the First French Empire depicting Roman revivalist iconography of a winged male Victory. Facing left, the semi-nude youth wears the crested helmet of a Roman officer while holding symbols of militarism and triumph: a wreath in one hand and a sword in the other. He stands contrapposto, leaning on a baluster against which a shield is propped. A petite bird perches atop a short pillar before him. The winged figure is framed by a pair of Classical columns with an arch of palmettes above and a border of laurel leaves below. Roman iconography was quite common in Imperial France as Napoleon sought to conflate the historical wealth and power of the Roman Empire with the current French Empire. Size: 18.4" W x 22.8" H (46.7 cm x 57.9 cm)

Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, USA collection, 1980s to 2000s, purchased November, 2014; ex-R. Josef Burdett-Williamson collection

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#161542

  • Condition: Some expected softening of detail to lower area of relief, but otherwise intact with nice preserfation of composition. Marked "Lucay G.F." on verso.

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