Telemachus being welcomed in Pylos

This work obtained the 2nd prize in the triennial competition of the municipal Grand Prix of sculpture at the School of Fine Arts in Toulouse. It was given by the artist to his hometown in appreciation of the scholarship that the latter granted him and it was initially installed at the Ingres museum where it remained in sight of visitors until 1968. That year, it was broken during a move and stored for restoration purposes until 1994. The piece was restored thanks to the generosity of the sculptor’s daughter, Madame Duffet-Bourdelle. On this occasion, two white plaster casts were made for the Bourdelle museum which also preserves two preparatory drawings of this work. Indeed, here we can appreciate the plaster of the original piece, made in that occasion thanks to Bourdelle’s daughter.