Christophe Fratin Furniture

Bronze sitting life size sculpture of a greyhound dog. The dog well cast with soft facial features and ribbed and muscular body, the patina in warm Copper tones. Dimensions: 24" Wi...

A beautiful life-size Greyhound or Whippet sculpted in bronze, this handsome fellow has terrific presence in any room.

English porcelain reclining greyhound, circa 1810. Marked Copeland and Garrett.

A Extra Large Bronze Sculpture as a Greyhound This Sculpture is Quite Rare due to its size Allways makes me smile as he has such a comical face Dates C20th

Fratin bear cup is signed Daubrée editor, 19th century, silver plate bronze. The cup is mounted on foot and is composed at the base of elephant heads and...

Alfred Barye was a French artist known for his meticulously detailed bronze sculptures of the Belle Époque featured in this listing. The standing figure with a dog and monkey at his ...

19th century silvered bronze sculpture, Bear with an umbrella, signed Fratin. This exquisite silvered bronze sculpture by Christophe Fratin is a perfect representation of 19th-centur...

Gilt-bronze greyhound dog sculpture. Elegant Italian greyhound whippet resting on a roughly modeled rock base in soft gold patinated bronze o...

This Fratin bear cup has engraved signature, 19th century, silver plate bronze. The cup is mounted on foot and is composed at the base of elephant heads ...

Bronze sculpture "Venus au bain" by Christophe Gabriel Allegrain (1710-1795). France early 19th century. Signed: F. Barbedienne Foundeur G. C. Allegrain...

Dark brown patination on an oval base designed as a carpet with a fan, signed P.J. MÊNE.

Very sensitive rendering of a greyhound at rest with a rich dark brown patina with lighter highlights showing through. The dog is shown reclining with one paw turned up, a detail I find endearing as a dog owner, my border collie does this too! Mounted on a polished black slate base, marked Fratin on the base. Also stamped with the foundry mark 'Daubree, Editeur'. A fine desk top, shelf, or mantel piece for the dog lover, Christopher Fratin (1 January 1801 – 16 August 1864), also known as Christophe Fratin, was a noted French sculptor in the animalier style, and one of the earliest French sculptors to portray animals in bronze. Fratin was born in Metz, Moselle, France the son of a taxidermist. He first studied drawing under Pioche in Metz and later worked in Paris at the studio of Théodore Géricault. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1831 to 1842 and 1850–1862, as well as at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. Fratin never signed his bronzes but instead used a stamp showing his last name in straight block letters. Fratin received monumental commissions in France and elsewhere, including the Deux Aigles Gardant Leur Proie (Eagles and Prey, created 1850) displayed since 1863 in New York City’s Central Park. Today, Fratin’s sculpture is on permanent display in the Louvre, the city museums of Metz, Lyon, Strasbourg, Nîmes and at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. The Georg Eisler...