La nature se dévoilant à la science By Louis Ernest Barrias (1841 - 1905)

Marble and bronze sculpture by Louis Ernest Barrias (Paris 1841 - 1905) entitled "La nature se devoilant à la science" (Nature revealing itself to science). Height 59 cm. The parts of the complexion are in white statuary marble, the clothes in gilded bronze with double patina, bronze scarab with green enamel, the base in dark marble. The lower part of the bronze drapery bears the signature "E. Barrias" and the brand "Susse Freres Editeurs Paris". This splendid sculpture depicts an allegory of Nature, personified by a woman who decides to reveal herself to science. With her hands she is removing a veil [...]