After Pierre JULIEN (1731-1804) Amalthea and Jupiter's goat. Bronze proof with double brown and copper patina. Signed and dated 1791 on the terrace. Marked F. Barbedienne Fondeur and stamped Réduction Mécanique Collas. H. Height : 69 cm. - Width: 43 cm - D.: 30 cm. Some scratches and oxidation. The original, larger marble commissioned by Louis XVI and executed in 1785-87 for the Queen's dairy at the Château de Rambouillet is now in the Louvre. Bibliography Florence Rionnet, Les Bronzes de Barbedienne, l'œuvre d'une dynastie de fondeurs (1834-1954) , Paris, Arthéna , 2016, Cat. 224, p. 238.
Estimate
€700 - €900
Result
€900
Buyer's premium
26.4%
After Pierre JULIEN (1731-1804)
Amalthea and Jupiter's goat.
Bronze proof with double brown and copper patina.
Signed and dated 1791 on the terrace.
Marked F. Barbedienne Fondeur and stamped Réduction Mécanique Collas.
H. Height : 69 cm. - Width: 43 cm - D.: 30 cm.
Some scratches and oxidation.
The original, larger marble commissioned by Louis XVI and executed in 1785-87 for the Queen's dairy at the Château de Rambouillet is now in the Louvre.
Bibliography
Florence Rionnet, Les Bronzes de Barbedienne, l'œuvre d'une dynastie de fondeurs (1834-1954) , Paris, Arthéna , 2016, Cat. 224, p. 238.