After Pierre-Jules Mêne (1810-1879) French, "Stallion" Bronze Sculpture - AS IS. The figure is one of the animalier's most popular, with the magnificent steed in mid-gallop, neck turned. Signed on bronze base, with attribution and title on a plaque affixed to the front of the marble base beneath that. 

Condition: Round dots of residue throughout, from bubble wrap that was bound to it for too long. 

Size: 10 x 17 x 21 in. 

Pierre-Jules Mêne was born on March 25th, 1810 in Paris, France, the son of a metal turner who is considered one of the pioneers of animal sculpture in the early 19th Century. By 1837 he had his own foundry to cast his bronze sculptures, mainly of domestic animals including horses, cows, bulls, sheep, and goats. His work was first shown in London by Ernest Gambart in 1849, but despite his long period of success and celebrity during his lifetime his name is less well-known today than some of his counterparts like Pierre Louis Rouillard and  Antoine-Louis Barye because he specialized in small bronze figures rather than public statuary. Mêne died on May 20th, 1879, and the Susse Freres Foundry acquired the rights to reproduce many of his models, making posthumous proofs marked “Susse foundeur éditeur, Paris.”

Round dots of residue throughout, from bubble wrap that was bound to it for too long. 

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