Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Figure Statue Sculpture "Prise de Corsaire" Emmanuel Villanis 1900 Paintings The painting is signed "Lecourt"

The painting is signed "Lecourt" lower right with a dedication

a very similar yet smaller painting by Caballero was sold at Christies Auction in 1988 for $26

The commode has three drawers with scrolled and scalloped shaped gilded borders

two of the platforms move up or down and are operated by a large turning capstan

with the watercolor's growing popularity among other American painters

Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Figure Statue Sculpture "Prise de Corsaire" Emmanuel Villanis 1900 Paintings The painting is signed "Lecourt"A 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