Best Pamono After Christophe Gabriel Allegrain, Venus Bathing, White Carrara Marble, 1800s

Antique White Marble Sculpture – “The Bather”

This elegant white marble sculpture depicts a bather in a moment of grace and intimacy.
The female figure, with its harmonious body and soft curves, is sculpted with great mastery, capturing the moment when the woman prepares to enter the water.
The pose, classic and modest, is characterized by a delicate contrapposto, with the weight of the body resting on the right leg, while the left is raised and the foot rests on a rock.
with one hand, the woman holds a lightly flowing drapery of fabric, creating a play of fluid folds that contrasts with the smoothness of the skin.
France, 19th century
Height 74 cm
The face, lowered in an expression of humble serenity, and the gathered hairstyle demonstrate meticulous attention to detail.
The work is placed on a circular marble base that enhances its verticality and purity of line.
This sculpture represents an excellent example of Neoclassical art, a period in which there was a renewed emphasis on ideal beauty and formal perfection inspired by Greco-Roman antiquity.
The work presented here is a copy of one by the French sculptor Christophe Gabriel Allegrain, now in the Louvre.