Bronze Signed Auguste Cain, Hen And Rooster Forming Pouch Nineteenth Century

Bronze of the nineteenth century forming empty pocket, representing a large wicker basket wicker in which rests a smoldering hen accompanied by a singing rooster which overhangs the whole.
many details to discover: a sheaf of wheat and a sickle.
perfect condition, beautiful patina color medal.
signed Cain right in the trash. Beautiful original and useful bronze, pleasant country theme, beautiful carving quality.
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Auguste Cain
Born November 10, 1821 Paris
Died August 6, 1894 (at age 72) Paris
Nationality French
Activity Sculptor
Children Georges Cain Henri Cain
Biography
Education After working in the family butchery, Auguste Cain entered the studio of Alexandre Guionnet and became pupil of François Rude. Like Antoine-Louis Barye a few years earlier, he studied animal anatomy by drawing in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. In the 1840s he offered goldsmith models for the brothers Fannière, Rudolfi and Maison Christophle. The first works Auguste Cain joins forces with the sculptor Pierre-Jules Mène whose daughter he will marry in 1852. He begins to exhibit at the Salonen 1846 with a wax group Warblers defending their nest against a dormouse, now missing, but who was later cast in bronze and presented at the 1855 Salon.
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 candle holders.
Auguste Cain founded his own works and those of his father-in-law.
His subjects often represent animals in their natural context, both for his statuettes and for larger sculptures.
Orders for monumental sculptures
From the 1860s, recognized as an animal sculptor, Auguste Cain began to receive official orders. Among them, monumental sculptures still in place in the large Parisian gardens. Auguste Cain's best-known works represent large carnivores with their prey, sometimes during a fight, but he also modeled pets, cattle, or big game by characterizing them, such as the lions city ​​of Oran and the Poitiers tigers.
His works are realistic with great attention to detail.
Posterity
After his death, the foundry was closed and the molds sold to Ferdinand Barbedienne who continued to make prints in the twentieth century. Auguste Cain is the father of the painter and writer Georges Cain, and the man of letters and painter Henri Cain.
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