Antique French Empire Gilt Bronze & Marble Statue Clock of Homer by Ravrio 1810 Drawings & Prints A very Fine antique French

A very Fine antique French Empire gilt bronze statue clock

He completed his studies in the studio of Luc-Olivier Merson and it was around this time that he got into the habit of spending his holidays in Fontaine-la-Mallet with his comrade Othon Friesz

He was brought up in an Art atmosphere

including light fixtures that had a horizontal Prairie School design influence

who acquired the desk in Milan in the late 1950s

Antique French Empire Gilt Bronze & Marble Statue Clock of Homer by Ravrio 1810 Drawings & Prints A very Fine antique FrenchA very Fine antique French Empire gilt bronze statue clock, depicting Homer in the Ruins of Troy, by Andr Antoine Ravrio (1759 1814), circa 1810. This exquisite large scale example of an early 19th century French Empire patinated and fire gilt bronze ormolu, malachite marble clock, depicting the famous Greek poet Homer in the ruins of Troy, with a lyre and accompanied by his dog. Eight day silk suspension, the gilt dial signed "A. Ravrio" and having