Scottish Hunter Showing A Fox To A Dog - Bronze By Pierre-jules Mêne (1810 - 1879)

Pierre-Jules Mêne (1810 - 1979)
Scottish hunter showing a fox to a dog
Bronze with brown patina
H.: 50 cm; W. (base): 29 cm
Signed “PJ MÊNE” on the base
Old cast bronze, atelier Mêne or Mêne – Cain

This bronze representing a Scottish hunter showing a fox to a dog takes up part of the composition of Hunting in Scotland or The capture of the fox, also depicting a horse and two other dogs. The simpler model's edition was a great success.

Dating back from circa 1861, it is fully in line with the passion for Great Britain, in the mid-19th century. Rosa Bonheur, friend of the Mêne family, had traveled to Scotland during the summer of 1854, bringing back many studies. Inspired by the same landscapes, the painter Edwin-Henry Landseer had also made a strong impression at the Universal Exhibition of 1855 in Paris, where he received a medal of honor.

Literature

– M. Poletti and A. Richarme, Pierre-Jules Mêne, catalogue raisonné, Paris: Univers du Bronze, 2007, p. 34, F 6 (rep.).