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John Henry Foley RA RHA (1818-1874)
BOY AT A STREAM, 1846
bronze
stamped [J. H. Foley, Sculp. / Executed for the Art-Union of
London, 1846] at base
20.50 by 7 by 8in. (52.07 by 17.78 by 20.32cm)
€3,000-€5,000 (£2,600-£4,300 approx.)
171
Carl Max Kruse (German, 1854-1942)
NENIKIKAMEN [“WE ARE VICTORIOUS”]
bronze
signed and titled at base; also marked “A. Clause SC” at
base
18.50 by 17 by 5in. (46.99 by 43.18 by 12.70cm)
Pheidippides is known as the hero of Ancient Greece and was
the source of inspiration for the modern day sporting event, the
marathon. Pheidippides ran from Marathon, a town northeast
of Athens, to the Greek capital to deliver a message regarding
the Battle of Marathon.The modern sporting event is based on
a run approximately the same distance.
€300-€500 (£260-£430 approx.)
Youth at a Stream was especially commissioned in 1844 in the
competition for the decoration of the new houses of Parliament at
Westminster.
Foley was one of the most eminent sculptors of the Victorian era.
Strickland considered him “at his best, superior to any of his
contemporaries” ( Dictionary of Irish Artists, Vol. I, p.359). Born in Dublin,
Foley entered the RDS Drawing Schools at an early age, winning
numerous prizes and medals in modelling, before going to London to
further his career at the RA School. From the 1840s onwards he won
numerous prestigious commissions, not least of which was the central
figure of the Prince Consort for the Albert Memorial in Kensington
Gardens, and the O’Connell Monument in Sackville Street (now
O’Connell Street), Dublin.