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French Orientalist Antique Bronze Sculpture of Warrior with Musket by Debut

French Orientalist Antique Bronze Sculpture of Warrior with Musket by Debut

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French Orientalist Antique Bronze Sculpture of Warrior with Musket by Debut

$1,500List Price

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JEAN-DIDIER DEBUT French, 1824-1893 French Orientalist Model of a Janissaire Warrior Polychromed and patinated bronze signed "D. DEBUT", sealed with editeur cachet "Bronze Garanti Au Titre Paris", applied plaque attached "JANISSAIRE / PRIX DE ROME" Item # 311CSG30P-2 A beautiful cast of a Janissaire Warrior after the original model by Jean-Didier Debut, the sculpture depicts a North African warrior standing casually with his musket in hand. While we have many examples of these delightful French Orientalist models, the present example is priced very attractively due to the top of the musket being missing and the sword from his belt being absent. The man is very nicely modeled with various pouches slung from his belt. The model is finished with the engraved signature of "D. DEBUT" for Jean-Didier Debut, renowned sculptor and father of the likewise famous Marcel Debut. Both father and son participated in sculpting these brilliant historical caricatures of the East. Each serves as a time-capsule of thought, capturing the understanding and perspective of France as they came to understand the exotic world and culture beyond their borders. These French Orientalist studies of the Arab and African nations found a large collecting audience in France and England. There was a fascination with what seemed like a timeless and unchanging traditionalism in these rural people that piqued the nostalgia of collectors. The same sentiment that drove collectors to acquire landscape scenes of rural farms and buccolic views of domestic animals in fields, a reaction against the changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution and a desire for simpler times, gave a deep well for artists like Jean Didier Debut to draw upon in preparing studies of the tribal communities of "The Orient". Much of the original material came from travel in Tunisia, which was easily accessible as a French colony and a favorite destination for painters and sculptors. The present example is a lovely model with an overall reddish-brown surface patina, achieved first with a chemical base and then with layers of various pigments laid up on the surface to achieve the complex hues coupled and a rich ruby pigment highlighting his cap. It is sealed with the editeur cachet on the naturalistic base. We have many of these wonderful models by Marcel Debut, Jean Didier Debut, Edouard Drouot, Emile Pinedo and Louis Hiolin available, all of roughly the same size and sealed by the same editeur. Measurements: 12 5/8" H x 4 1/4" D x 5 1/4" W Condition Report: Musket missing the very top of the barrel; scimitar missing from the warrior's belt; patina wear throughout the garment and the arms of the figure, especially on the back of the sculpture; trace verdigris to the edge of the shoe; cleaned, waxed and polished.

Creator:
Jean Didier Debut (Sculptor)
Dimensions:
Height: 12.63 in (32.09 cm)Width: 5.25 in (13.34 cm)Depth: 4.25 in (10.8 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Bronze
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
Early 20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
Unknown
Condition:
Seller Location:
Shippensburg, PA
Reference Number:
Seller: 311CSG30P-21stDibs: LU1059042858122

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