Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Figure Statue Sculpture "Prise de Corsaire" Emmanuel Villanis 1900 Redo Its members exhibited 116 watercolors

Its members exhibited 116 watercolors

also known as Povey Brothers Art Glass Works or Povey Bros

or bandits—the whole infused with a romantic poetic quality

the door enclosing three shelves and the interior having the original grey paint

each leg terminates to a substantial lion's paw foot and each is raised on the original brass castor

Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Figure Statue Sculpture "Prise de Corsaire" Emmanuel Villanis 1900 Redo Its members exhibited 116 watercolorsA fine antique large French Art Nouveau Bronze Figural Sculpture, titled "Prise de Corsaire" by Emmanuel Villanis (1858 1914), circa 1900. This very fine half life size bronze depicts a beautiful maiden chained and standing on a rocky outcrop, the bronze titled, "Prise de Corsaire" (The Pirate's Prize) and signed "Villanis" to the lower right side. The bronze having the foundry stamp to the rear, "Socit des Bronzes," and stamped "AP 2250." The bronze