Panther Of Cochinchina - Bronze By Adolphe-louis-victor Geoffroy (1844 - 1915)

Adolphe-Louis-Victor Geoffroy
(1844 - 1915)
Panther of Cochinchina
Bronze with ochre patina, richly nuanced
H.: 20 cm; L.: 24 cm; P.: 9 cm
Signed “JGeoffroy” on the base
Square foundry stamp “SUSSE FRS PARIS CIRE PERDUE” and round pastille

This Panther of Cochinchina was first presented in the form of a plaster at the Salon of 1881, then in bronze in 1883. In his dictionary, Théodore Véron describes Geoffroy's sculpture in these terms: “The ears lying on its flattened skull, it meows or roars with an expression of ferocity. This little plaster is very real and very well observed. »

Littérature

– J. -C. Hachet, Dictionnaire illustré des sculpteurs animaliers & fondeurs de l’Antiquité à nos jours, Paris : Argusvalentines, volume 1, 2005, p. 349 (repr.).
– T. Véron, Dictionnaire Véron, ou mémorial de l’art et des artistes de mon temps, Paris : M. Bazin, 1881, p. 584.