ARIADNA, AIMÉ MILLET, France, 1857

Aimé MILLET (1819 - 1891) - French sculptor, professor, decorated with the Legion of Honor, fulfilled orders for Napoleon III.

A mythological character - the daughter of the king of Crete - the unhappy Ariadne, abandoned by Theseus.

France, 1857

Bronze with orig. patina.

Height 36 cm, width 22 cm, depth 20 cm.

Unfinished sculpture - movable hands, traces of joints and a technical hole. in head.