'Celuy Qui Fut Pris' ('He Who Was Taken') by Francois Clemencin

FRANÇOIS ANDRÉ CLÉMENCIN French, 1878-1950 "Celuy qui fut pris" (The One Who Was Taken) Patinated bronze Signed on base "A. Clemencin" cold-stamped "46" and "32" and "FRANCE" in ...

FRANÇOIS ANDRÉ CLÉMENCIN French, 1878-1950 "Celui qui fut pris" (The one that was taken) Patinated & polychromed bronze Signed on base "A. Clemencin" Item # 110BKP22X An exquisi...

Excellent late 19th Century French bronze figure of a walking stag with beautiful autumnal, green. black. brown and orange patination and excellent hand finished surface detail on an oval naturalistic base with integral stepped plinth, signed Barye and inscribed F Barbedienne Fondeur ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Measures: Height: 19 cm Width: 22 cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition Circa: 1870 Foundry: F Barbedienne Materials: Bronze Book Ref Barye by Michel Poletti & Alain Richarme ABOUT Antoine Louis Barye “The Michelangelo of the Menagerie” These are the words of Théophile Gautier in praise of Barye’s genius. Throughout his life Barye endeavoured to capture the fundamental nature of the animal kingdom in all its diversity, wild or tame, exotic or familiar, cruel or gentle, bringing to life the roaring, trembling, living beasts. The son of a goldsmith, apprenticed to a steel engraver at a young age, Barye found himself making moulds for ornaments, acquiring knowledge that he would later build on to produce his exquisitely chased bronzes. When he was called up at seventeen, he joined the army’s topographic brigade where he used clay to model raised relief maps...

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