Joseph-Arthur Comte de GOBINEAU (1816 1882) - Lot 186

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Joseph-Arthur Comte de GOBINEAU (1816 1882) - Lot 186
Joseph-Arthur Comte de GOBINEAU (1816 1882) Queen Mab White marble bust, signed GA and titled "QUEENMAB". Height. Height : 63 cm (accident) Related literature: - International Exhibition, 1876: Official catalogue of the U.S. International Exhibition, section III, Philadelphia, John R. Nagle and Company, 1876, section III, p. 34, cat. no. 20. A character from Irish Celtic mythology, Queen Mab was established in the arts by illustrious English authors, including Shakespeare and Shelley, and in France by Georges Sand, who wrote Queen Mab in 1816. Arthur de Gobineau, a French diplomat and writer, depicted the fairy queen in a dreamlike bust that he presented at the Philadelphia International Exhibition in 1876.
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