Lot n° 118
Estimation :
2500 - 3000
EUR
Result
: NC
Emmanuel FRÉMIET (1824-1910) - Lot 118
Emmanuel FRÉMIET (1824-1910)
Combat between the Bear and the Centaur
Green patina bronze proof
Intaglio annotation: "Terre vivos ferres comum indievantes vive solebat", which could be translated as: "He used to bring them alive to the ground".
Signed "E. Fremiet" on the mound.
Engraved "F. Barbedienne fondeur" on the terrace.
Numbered "L 29"(?) on the underside of the terrace.
Dimensions: 45 cm x 32 x 13 cm
(Accident and missing handle on sword scabbard, to be refixed)
NOTICE
A pupil of François Rude and nephew by marriage of Sophie Frémiet, Emmanuel Frémiet (1824-1910) established himself as one of the great animal and equestrian sculptors of the XIXᵉ century, alongside Antoine-Louis Barye, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Aimé-Jules Dalou and Paul Dubois. A master at depicting horses, dogs, wild animals and heroic figures, he was notably responsible for the famous equestrian statue of Joan of Arc in Paris. His rigorous style, influenced by the scientific study of the living, echoes the research of Rembrandt Bugatti and Jean-Léon Gérôme, between naturalism and narrative. A professor at the Muséum and official sculptor under both the Second Empire and the Third Republic, Frémiet embodied a French school that combined anatomical realism, historical symbolism and monumental power.
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