2774 - Jean-Paul Mazaroz (1823, Lons-le-Saunier – 1900, Paris)

Jean-Paul Mazaroz (1823, Lons-le-Saunier – 1900, Paris) Funeral relief for the Grimaldi family burial chapel at the Cimetière des Batignolles in Paris Bronze, with a dark patina. Large-format, tall rectangular relief panel from the Napoleonic III era; within a semicircular arch, a scenic depiction of the Resurrection of Christ flanked by two angels in adoring poses; two angel heads in the spandrels. Below, the inscription “RETABLE DE LA CHAPELLE TUMULAIRE DE LA FAMILLE GRIMALDI CIMETIERE DES BATIGNOLLES”; signed and dated “MAZAROZ INV. 1852.” 116.5 cm x 75 cm. Wooden frame (damaged). This panel is likely a sample or exhibition piece. Mazaroz, a sculptor and cabinetmaker who was a friend and patron of Gustave Courbet, exhibited at the World’s Fairs in Paris and London in 1855 and 1862. The Cimetière des Batignolles, located on the northwestern outskirts of Paris, was inaugurated in 1833. It is also home to the Grimaldi family’s stately chapel, where the original relief panel featuring the same motif remains in situ to this day. A large 19th-century French Napoleon III dark-patinated bronze sepulchral relief originally modeled for the Grimaldi family chapel at the Batignolles Cemetery in Paris. Inscribed in French “RETABLE DE LA CHAPELLE TUMULAIRE DE LA FAMILLE GRIMALDI CIMETIERE DES BATIGNOLLES,” further signed and dated “MAZAROZ INV. 1852.” Flaws in the wooden frame.