A fine bronze figure 'Italian greyhound - Lévrier à l'èventail'
Pierre-Jules Mêne Paris 1810 - Paris 1879
Lot-No. 1193
End of 19th cent. Bronze with brown patina, H. 15,5 cm, bronze plinth 17 x 11 cm. on plinth sign. 'J.P. Mene'. - 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 fine bronze figure 'Italian greyhound - Lévrier à l'èventail'
Pierre-Jules Mêne Paris 1810 - Paris 1879
A fine bronze figure 'Italian greyhound - Lévrier à l'èventail'
Lot-No. 1193
End of 19th cent. Bronze with brown patina, H. 15,5 cm, bronze plinth 17 x 11 cm. on plinth sign. 'J.P. Mene'. - 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.