Lot 105

Overall in good condition with surface dust and slight wear to the patination, one mark to protuding knee, some verdigris marks on the base near right foot, and on crook.


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Sotheby's, Sydney, The Collection of Mr and Mrs Rene Rivkin, 3 June 2001, lot 428
The Property of a Gentleman, NSW

Alphonse Colle was mainly known for his monumental civic sculpture in many French towns, he was a pupil of Aristide Croisy. The bronze appears to represent a scene from the parable of the Prodigal Son, depicting the downcast youth having spent his inheritance being reduced to looking after the pigs and willingly eating the husks that were fed to the pigs.