MUCHA, Alphonse
(b. 1860, Ivancice, d. 1939, Praha)

The Nature

1899-1900
Gilt bronze, malachite ornements, height 117 cm
Musées Royaux des Beaux Arts, Brussels

This bust shows all the features of the artist's style and the representation of the indeterminately enigmatic character of the Belle Époque feminine type, which at this time ruled all Paris, became an ideal outside France as well.

The sculpture was executed by the founder Émile Pinedo (1840-1916).