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Important polychrome wood sculpture (piece of altarpiece) representing Saint-Hubert ** during a hunting party, blowing his horn and brandishing an arrow, his dogs chasing a frightened fox, signed P. Guibé *, from a private chapel of a property in Brittany, from the late 19th century.
This sculpture is in good condition and is exceptional because of its large size.
A note: accidents, cracks and lack of wood, wear and lack of polychrome, wear udtemps, look at the photos.
is a French sculptor and painter. A pupil of Jean-Auguste Barre, Paul Guibé is in turn a collaborator of Henri Chapu and Pierre-Marie-François Ogé. He exhibited at the Salon from 1875 to 1881 and received two honorable mentions there in 1883 and 1885. He was appointed academy officer in 1889 while he taught in Oran. His best-known works are preserved in his hometown.
Paul Guibé is frequently cited for having produced his works as a collaborator.
The monumental pulpit of the Notre-Dame-d'Espérance basilica in Saint-Brieuc, in collaboration with Henri Chapu, is an assembly of several hundred pieces carved in oak wood. The whole is approximately 6.50 m high, 3.60 m wide and 2.40 m deep. This chair (or its plaster sketches) was sent to Philadelphia at the Universal Exhibition of 1876. (Referenced at Bénézit and on the Musée d'Orsay website)
** Hubert de Liège, one of the Saint Hubert (656 or 658- 727) is a Christian saint, bishop of Tongres and Maastricht, patron saint of hunters and foresters. He is also the patron saint of the Belgian city of Liège.
Since the 15th century it has been said that Lord Hubert was so passionate about hunting that he forgot his duties. Legend has it that he could not resist his passion on Good Friday, and having found no one to accompany him, had gone hunting without any company. On this occasion, he began to hunt a ten-horned white deer when it leaped from a thicket, stopped dead and turned around. It was then that his hunter saw a crucifix between its antlers. The animal then introduced itself as being the Crucified and asked him to convert.
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