Sculpture - The Crow Of The Rooster By Auguste Nicolas Cain (1821-1894) - Bronze

Bronze proof representing a cockerel , perched on its promontory , represented by a basket .
The rooster appears in a very realistic posture .
Bronze with nuanced brown patina .
Signature of the sculptor in " A.CAIN " inlay on the front of the basket .
Old edition font .
19th century period .
Very good state of preservation and patina .

Auguste Nicolas Cain (1822 -1894)

Auguste Nicolas Cain , born November 10 , 1821 in Paris , city where he died August 25 , 1894 , is a French animal sculptor .

After having worked in the family butcher's shop , Auguste Cain entered the Atelier of Alexandre Guionnet and then became a pupil of François Rude . Like Antoine-Louis Barye a few years earlier , he studied animal anatomy by drawing at the " Jardin des Plantes " in Paris .
In the 1840s , he offered goldsmith models for the Fannieres brothers , Rudolfi , and Maison Christophe .

Auguste Cain went into partnership with the sculptor Pierre - Jules Mène whose daughter he married in 1852 .
He began to exhibit at the Salon in 1846 , with a group in wax " Warblers defending their nest against a dormouse ", which has now disappeared , but which was later cast in bronze and presented at the Salon of 1855 .
During the 1840s and 1850s , in addition to the sculpture of small animal figures , Cain also created decorative objects with animal motifs , such as matchboxes , goblets or candlesticks .

Auguste Cain founded his own works and those of his father-in-law , Pierre Jules Mêne .
His subjects often represent animals in their natural context , both for his statuettes and for the larger sculptures .
After his death , the foundry was closed and the molds sold to Ferdinand Barbedienne who continued to make prints .

Auguste Cain is the father of the painter and writer Georges Cain , and of the man of letters and painter Henri Cain .