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https://www.thehoarde.com/dealers/hand-of-gloryAfter Eutrope Bouret (1833-1906), A large scale French bronze figure of Mercury, late 19th Century, seated on a rocky base signed 'BOURET'.
Eutrope Bouret was a French sculptor, best known for his Neoclassical bronze pieces, he focused on historic themes and mythology while incorporating external materials and devices such as marble, plaster, terracotta and lighting fixtures. Born in 1833 in Paris, he studied under the French decorative sculptor Louis-Charles-Hippolyte Buhot. Bouret received commercial and critical success during his lifetime, notably being commissioned to sculpt the tombstone bust of the popular French novelist and fellow bronze sculptor, Alexis Bouvier. He exhibited at the Paris Salon regularly until his death in Paris 1906 in Paris.