Late 19th Century French Arab Water Carrier by Didier Debut

A charming pair of late 19th Century bronze studies of a two young children one holding a bowl whilst the other holds a bird with excellent hand chased surface detail and very fine r...

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...

An attractive late 19th Century bronze figure of an Art Nouveau beauty with a shawl wrapped around her midriff holding a bowl exhibiting fine colour and excellent hand finished surfa...

A beautiful late 19th Century ceramic Art Nouveau bust in muted vellum tones with gilded highlights modelled as an attractive Art Nouveau maiden wearing a floral headdress with excel...

A finely cast French Orientalist sculpture after Jean-Didier Debut of a Tunisian Water Carrier cast by the Pinedo Bronzier foundry of Paris. Entitled:...

JEAN-DIDIER DEBUT 
French, 1824-1893 

French Orientalist Model of a Janissaire Warrior 

Polychromed and patinated bronze signed "E. Debut", sealed with editeur cachet "Bronze Ga...

NAMED PORTEUR D’EAU TUNISIEN From our Antique Bronze Sculpture collection, we are delighted to offer this French Bronze Figure by Jean Didier Debut. The figure named Porteur d’eau Tunisien (Tunisian Water Bearer) is exceptionally cast upon a slightly rounded plinth base with a natural textured surface. The figure stands bearing two pales of water dressed...

This exquisite 19th-century French bronze sculpture portrays a young woman gracefully balancing two ornate water buckets suspended from a yoke across her shoulders. The artist’s meti...