Dog Sculpture of a Grayhound, France, 1890

Golden antimony metal sculpture, depicting an English Bulldog dog, mounted on a veined black marble base. Signed J. B. America circa 1890.

A bronze sculpture representing a fox Terrier dog on alabaster base. Signed C.Charles. France, 1920

Small gilded bronze sculpture depicting a dog chained. Marble base. France circa 1890.

A lost wax bronze sculpture depicting a cow grazing on a meadow, on a Verona red marble base. The cow's horns are made of bovine horn. Signed Moseritz. France circa 1880.

PIERRE-JULES MÊNE French, 1810-1879 "Chien braque à la feuille" Medium-brown patinated sand-cast bronze raised edge signature cast into base "P.J. MÊNE" ...

A Bronze Model of Dog, After Pierre-Jules Mene (French 1810-1879), Late19th/ Early 20th Century. Comprising a hound mounted on a marble base with original patination on bronze 10.5 w...

20th Century Bronze Sculpture of a Hunting Dog by the artist Miguel Fernando López (Milo). Depicting an alert dog on a naturalistic base signed 'Milo'. Raised on a black marble plinth.

A wonderful late 19th Century Animalier bronze study of a standing terrier with its head raised and ears pricked in an alert position with excellent rich brown autumnal patina and fine hand chased surface detail, signed Dubucand ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Height: 11 cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition Circa: 1880 Materials: Bronze Book reference: Animals in Bronze by Christopher Payne SKU: 9206 ABOUT Dubucand Terrier Alfred Dubucand (25 November 1828 – 1894) Dubucand was born in Paris and was a French animalier sculptor of the 19th century. His works were often entered into the annual Salon art exhibition in Paris where he contributed works over the course of his career. He was one of the prize pupils of Antoine-Louis Barye. Dubucand made his debut at the 1867 Salon with a wax model of a dead pheasant, a rather inauspicious start when considering the higher quality sculptures he would submit later in his career. He modelled mainly animal groups, producing a number of deer, dog, and horse sculptures. His better casts feature a warm, mid-brown patination, sometimes coming in even lighter shades bordering on a very light yellow, being nearly the colour of the bronze metal itself. He frequently experimented with chemical patinas, learning the patination process from his teacher and mentor Barye who stretched the boundary with his now famous dark green patinas. Dubucand paid strict attention to the anatomical detail of his subjects, often being so concise that he actually showed the veins in the legs of his deer and elk...