"Pheasant - Bronze By Ferdinand Pautrot (1832 - 1874)"
Ferdinand Pautrot (1832 - 1874)Pheasant
Bronze with brown patina
H.: 10.3 cm; W.: 18.5 cm
Signed "PAUTROT" on the naturalist base
Old cast bronze
Ferdinand Pautrot took part in the Salon between 1861 and 1870. His work includes many models of birds, as well as sculptures depicting pointing dogs.
This Pheasant was also cast for another bronze, a group, depicting a couple of birds.
Literature
P. Kjellberg, Les bronzes du XIXe siècle : Dictionnaire des sculpteurs, Paris: Editions de l'amateur, 1996, p. 534.
Le Magazine de PROANTIC
TRÉSORS Magazine
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