Melancholic not monstrous Mephistopheles sculpture sells at Sworders
The unexpected highlight of the Sworders (25% buyer’s premium) Out of the Ordinary sale on February 15 was this plaster version of the Jean-Jacques Feuchère (1807-52) sculpture Mephistopheles.
Titled Satan when first exhibited in plaster at the Salon of 1834 and cast in bronze the following…