Description

Franz Bergman Partial Gilt and Cold-Painted Bronze Figural Groups comprising of a Mother and her children. The nude boy and girl are draped in a cold painted garland all bare foot. An extraordinary figural grouping by Bergman and very rare.

circa 1900
Vienna Austria
Marks: Nam Greb, (amphora-B) on lower back part of dress
Condition: very good with minimal ware and losses to paint and finish.

Franz Xavier Bergman(n) (July 27, 1861 – January 1, 1936) was the owner of a Viennese foundry who produced numerous patinated and cold-painted bronzes, Oriental, erotic, and animal figures, the latter often humanized or whimsical, humorous objets d’art.

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