A bronze figure 'Hunting dog'
Pierre-Jules Mêne (Paris 1810 - Paris 1879)
Lot-No. 630
Around 1860/70. Bronze with brown patina, figure H. 18 cm, on the plinth scratched mark 'P.J. Mène', plinth added. - French sculptor, Mène was besides Barye one of the most significant French sculptors of the 19th cent. and exhibited regularly since 1838 in the Parisian Salon. His animal representations were already during the lifetime highly traded. The dog belongs to his major motives. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
Pierre-Jules Mêne: A bronze figure 'Hunting dog'
Pierre-Jules Mêne (Paris 1810 - Paris 1879)
A bronze figure 'Hunting dog'
Lot-No. 630
Around 1860/70. Bronze with brown patina, figure H. 18 cm, on the plinth scratched mark 'P.J. Mène', plinth added. - French sculptor, Mène was besides Barye one of the most significant French sculptors of the 19th cent. and exhibited regularly since 1838 in the Parisian Salon. His animal representations were already during the lifetime highly traded. The dog belongs to his major motives. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.