Antique 19thC French Naturalism Terracotta Sculpture "La Source" Putti Sculpture by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse,1864 Decorative Arts the tazza is raised on

the tazza is raised on a turned pedestal with a flared circular foot with a corresponding band of beaded decoration

he was accepted to Rochester Institute of Technology

Baer had exhibited at the Avant-Garde Gallery Jeune Peinture in Paris before leaving to live on the island of Ibiza from 1934-36 with his wife

painting views in Devon

to paint with Thomas Luny

Antique 19thC French Naturalism Terracotta Sculpture "La Source" Putti Sculpture by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse,1864 Decorative Arts the tazza is raised onAn original and authentic terracotta figurative group sculpture, by Albert Carrier Belluse (1824 1887), titled "La Source", 1864. The sculpture depicts two putto or cherubs wearing laurel wreaths in their hair and engaged playfully around a small rustic water barrel. One putto with his finger to his lips making a "shush" gesture, the other putto leans forward with his hand reaching in to the flowing water from the barrel. The figures are seated on a