Alfred Jacquemart : "Harnessed oxen", F.Barbedienne cast bronze sculpture, XIX c

Arnold HUGGLER (1894-1988, Switzerland) : "Bison cub" Original patinated terracota showing a new born bison cub Signed : "ARNOLD HUGGLER", on front base France, circa 1930 Dimen...

Antoine Louis Barye (1796-1875, France): "(Little) gazelle" Bronze sculpture with a tendril-brown anthracite-green patina on black representing a gazelle on the lookout Late 19th/e...

Victor PETER (1840-1918) "Le Lion et le rat" / "The lion and the rat" Epreuve en bronze à patine verte / Dark green patinated bronze sculptu...

Maurice Prost (1894-1967, France) "Walking panthera" Black patinated bronze on a shaped black fine Belgium marble representing a walking black panthera Sold with unique certificate...

Two bulls fighting statue. Marked Clesinger.

Inscribed "Rosa B" and stamped with the "Peyrol" foundry on the base.

A pair of large and finely patinated bronze models of a standing bull and a running cow after models by Isidor-Jules Bonheur, Cast on a Naturalistic Base. French, circa 1890. Signed 'I BONHEUR' and stamped 'PEYROL EDITEUR'. Bonheur was a regular exhibitor at the Paris Salon and his naturalistic depiction of farm animals, including cattle, was one of his most popular subjects. The bronze was cast by his brother-in-law, Hippolyte Peyrol, who ran one of the most successful art foundries in Paris at this time. Isidore-Jules Bonheur (1827-1901) was the son of the painter Raymond Bonheur and younger brother of Rosa Bonheur, the famous sculptor. He was born in Bordeaux and studied painting, at first with his father and then with the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, moving on to sculpture in 1848. He made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1848 with a painting and plaster study of the same subject ‘African horseman attacked by a lioness’. From then onwards, Bonheur exhibited regularly at the Salon as well as other exhibitions, winning medals in 1865 and 1869 together with the prized Gold Medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1889. He was awarded the Legion d’Honneur in 1895. Most of Bonheur’s casts were by his uncle by marriage, Hippolyte Peyrol, whose tiny foundry mark is often very difficult to find. Bonheur’s studies range from farm animals, bears and tigers in a very naturalistic vein to equestrian groups. Although noted primarily for his small groups he did complete two large scale commissions, one to his sister Rosa, at Fontainbleau and the other, two stone lions at the steps of the Royal...

Place this large bronze bull sculpture in an office or a desk. Crafted in France, circa 1860 and beautifully executed, the patinated bovine...