Gilt Bronze 1891 Emmanuel Fremiet St George Slaying The Dragon Barbedienne Founder

EMMANUEL FREMIET IS A FRENCH SCULPTOR 1824-1910;
FREMIET NEPHEW AND PUPIL OF FRANÇOIS RUDE
HE EXCELLED IN ANIMAL SCULPTURES AND EQUESTRIAN REPRESENTATIONS.
EMMANUEL FREMIET'S WORKS OF ART ARE WORLD FAMOUS STATUE OF JOAN OF ARC PLACE DES PYRAMIDES IN PARIS, PORTLAND OREGON, STATUE OF ST MICHEL AT MONT ST MICHEL ;;;
AT THE UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION OF 1900, FREMIET INCLUDED A SCULPTURE OF ST GEORGE SLAYING THE DRAGON; PURCHASED BY THE CITY OF PARIS, IT IS CURRENTLY INSTALLED IN BARENTIN. FREMIET'S CATALOG RAISONNÉ BY Anne PINJEOT P. 156
THE SCULPTURE PRESENTED IS SIGNED ON THE TERRACE, EXECUTED BY THE FONDERIE BARBEDIENNE
PRIVATE COLLECTION
A SCULPTURE OF ST GEORGE SLAYING THE DRAGON FROM THE LUXEMBOURG MUSEUM WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE LOUVRE MUSEUM AND
ASSIGNED TO THE MUSEUM of ORSAY.
BARBEDIENNE FONDRY  MARK ON THE BRONZE