Fremiet, Joan of Arc on Horseback, 1800s, Bronze

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Bronze equestrian group with silver patina
signed "fremiet" on the base
cast by "f. Barbedienne fondeur paris" (founder's mark)
in … Read more Bronze equestrian group with silver patina
signed "fremiet" on the base
cast by "f. Barbedienne fondeur paris" (founder's mark)
in very good condition

similar model reproduced in "emmanuel fremiet - the hand and the multiple", exhibition at the fine arts museums of dijon and grenoble, 1988, page 127, no. S.243.

biography:
emmanuel fremiet (1824-1910) was the nephew and student of the sculptor françois rude. Alongside his monumental works commissioned by the state, he was recognized as an excellent realistic animal sculptor. Emmanuel fremiet devoted himself primarily to equestrian statues. He began as a scientific lithographer (osteology) and worked in the painters' studio at the morgue. In 1843, he submitted a study of a gazelle to the salon, the prelude to a prolific output. His wounded bear and wounded dog were acquired by the state for the musée du luxembourg in paris in 1850. During the 1850s, fremiet produced works on the theme of napoleon iii. He exhibited bronzes representing napoleon iii's basset hounds, ravageot and ravagode, at the salon of 1853. From 1855 to 1859, he executed a series of statuettes on military subjects for the emperor. He created the monument to napoleon i in 1868 and that of louis d'orléans in 1869 (château de pierrefonds). In 1874, emmanuel fremiet designed the first equestrian monument to joan of arc, erected on the place des pyramides in paris, which he replaced following criticism of the proportions with another version in 1900. During this period, he also executed pan and the cubs (paris, musée d'orsay). In 1893, fremiet created the monument to velázquez for the garden of the colonnade of the louvre palace in paris and, in 1897, the statue of saint michael slaying the dragon for the spire of the abbey church of mont saint-michel. Fremiet was elected a member of the académie des beaux-arts in 1892 and succeeded antoine-louis barye as professor of animal drawing at the muséum national d'histoire naturelle in paris. He was a member of the société des artistes français until 1908. This piece has an attribution mark,
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