Description: --> Four Centuries of the world's finest artists from our collection to yours --> Thank you for visiting... Please feel free to ask any questions you might have about this work and we will answer promptly.International bidders are always welcome to bid and we combine shipping on all orders. --> Artist: Guillaume Geefs (Willem Geefs) (Belgian, 1805 – 1883)Title: The Lion in Love Medium: Antique engraving on wove paper after the original by master engraver John H Baker (British, 1829-c.1872). Year: 1855 Condition: ExcellentDimensions: Image Size 7 5/8 x 8 3/4 inches. Framed dimensions: Approximately 17 x 18 inches. Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials. Additional notes: This is not a modern print. This impression is more than 150 years old. The strike is crisp and the lines are sharp. Extra Information: Sculptural group of a naked young woman, seated on the back of a lion, lying on the ground, cutting a nail on his front right paw with shears. Artist Biography: Guillaume Geefs also Willem Geefs, was a Belgian sculptor. Although known primarily for his monumental works and public portraits of statesmen and nationalist figures, he also explored mythological subject matter, often with an erotic theme. Guillaume Geefs was born in Antwerp, Belgium, the eldest of six brothers in a family of sculptors, the best-known of whom are Joseph Geefs (1808–1885, winner of the Prix de Rome in 1836) and Jean Geefs (1825–1860, and winner of the prize in 1846). Guillaume first studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp under the late–Flemish Baroque sculptor Jan Frans van Geel and his son, Jan Lodewijk van Geel, who was also a sculptor. He completed his training under Jean-Etienne Ramey at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and began exhibiting his work in 1828. In 1829, Geefs traveled to Italy. When he returned to Antwerp, he began teaching at the art academy. During the 1830s, he executed the colossal work Victims of the Revolution at Brussels, as well as numerous statues and busts. In 1836, he married Isabelle Marie Françoise Corr, a Brussels-born painter of Irish descent known professionally as Fanny Geefs.[3] In the mid-19th century, the sculptor Guillaume-Joseph Charlier was an assistant to him and his brother Joseph. The Geefs family played a leading role in the craze for public sculpture that followed Belgian independence in the 1830s, producing several propagandistic monuments that emphasized a "historical continuity of the southern Low Countries in the new independent state". Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and is Fully Guaranteed to be Certified as Described Framing Any framing included in a listing is double matted and framed in a solid wood moulding. We can also frame any pieces not listed as such. Please contact us for pricing. We are usually half the price of a regular framer. Shipping Packages are shipped the next business day after confirmed payment is received. If you are making multiple purchases, please request an invoice so that we may combine shipping charges for you. Guarantee We guarantee all our listings to be 100% as described Returns Returns are accepted up to fourteen days after receiving your purchase. Buyer accepts responsibility for any additional shipping charges. | Click here for HOT DEALS | Click here for our NO RESERVE AUCTIONS |
Price: 324 USD
Location: Cape Coral, Florida
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Artist: Guillaume Geefs
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Type: Print
Image Orientation: Landscape
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Style: Old Master
Features: Framed, Matted
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes
Production Technique: Engraving
Subject: Animal, Sculpture
Time Period Produced: 1855