D'après Antonin MERCIÉ (1845-1916) David defeating Goliath. Proof in bronze with brown patina. Signed on the base and marked "F. Barbedienne Fondeur". Cylindrical base in black marble with white and red veins and in white veined marble with mouldings. Bronze height : 74 cm. - Total height (with base) : 83 cm. Wear to the patina. The plaster was executed in Rome in 1869-1870 and published in bronze from 1874. Bibliography: Florence Rionnet, Les Bronzes Barbedienne, L'oeuvre d'une dynastie de fondeurs (1834-1954), Paris, Arthena, 2016; ill. p. 56, ref. Cat.1072, p.372.