1065 - Justitia after Clément Léopold Steiner, large patinated bronze, late 20th century

Justitia after Clément Léopold Steiner, large patinated bronze, late 20th century Life-size, fully sculpted patinated bronze figure of Justitia, late 20th century cast after the model by Clément Léopold Steiner, the fore-edge of the book bearing the reproduced signature „L. Steiner". The blindfolded goddess of justice stands in classical drapery with a girded breastplate and long flowing mantle upon an open book, around which a serpent coils. In her raised right hand she holds the lowered sword, in her extended left hand the scales. Bronze cast, patinated, on a stepped circular bronze base. Age-appropriate very good condition, evenly developed dark brown patina. 170 x 80 x 55 cm (HxWxD), base diameter 55 cm. The figure is a decorative late 20th century cast after a model by the French sculptor Clément Léopold Steiner (Paris, 7 March 1853 – Bois-le-Roi, December 1899). Steiner trained under François Jouffroy and Aimé Millet at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was awarded a medal at the 1889 Paris Universal Exposition. His principal work is the bronze group „La Renommée de l'Industrie" on the Pont Alexandre III in Paris. His model of Justitia ranks among his best-known allegorical works and was widely reproduced in the decorative bronze market in the second half of the 20th century.