Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Female Bust "Phryne" Emanuel Villanis Circa 1900 Redo The central door concealing a

The central door concealing a cast iron lever that operates the locking system for the two smaller flanking doors

Hu was able to pursue studies in France where he studied painting at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris

exuberant in color

a fine pair of 19th century gilt bronze candelabra

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico

Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Female Bust "Phryne" Emanuel Villanis Circa 1900 Redo The central door concealing aAntique, Art Nouveau bronze of a beautiful maiden in the Neo Classical manner by Emmanuel Villanis, Circa 1900. The bronze, titled "Phryne" depicts a beautiful Neo Classical maiden, titled to the front on the socle. The bust meant to be an interpretation of the ancient Greek beauty Phryne, daughter of Epicles and a model of a number of ancient Greek artists sculptors. The bronze made by the lost wax (cire perdue) method and having the circular