Condition: Used: An item that has been used previously. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. ,Material: Bronze, Marble,Subject: Statue,Format: Statue,Artist: August Moreau,Size: Large,Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original,Time Period Produced: 1850-1899,Item Height: 21 in,Signed: Yes,Country of Origin: France,Title: Allegory of Summer Presented is a superb quality French gilt bronze, Auguste Moreau's “Allegory of Summer” with swivel base and marble plinth. The bronze is very well cast, depicting two children, a boy and a girl, each with an arm slung over the other's shoulder. The bronze is cast in multiple parts to allow for supremely detailed casting, with a very lifelike and dynamic look, down to the children's faces and curly hair, the folds of their clothes, etc. The base is designed in a way to allow the statue to swivel in place, which is a neat mechanism and a sign of a high end piece. The statue stands on a notch cornered low plinth in very attractive red and white mottled marble. The bronze is signed on the top side of the base, for Auguste Moreau. Numbered 566 D on the reverse, and marked PT inside base. The bronze itself is in excellent overall condition. The gilding/finish has some minor wear but is in great shape overall. No breaks or repairs. The rotating mechanism is working well. The marble base has some minor chips/fretting to the top edge here and there, none of which is available when the bronze is on the base. The statue stands about 21 inches tall (on the marble base/stand). The base measures about 9 1/2 inches square.