Live Auction 2848European Noble and Private Collections incl. Fine Paintings
A FRENCH BRONZE STUDY OF A HORSE ENTITLED 'IBRAHIM'
Lot 26

A FRENCH BRONZE STUDY OF A HORSE ENTITLED 'IBRAHIM'

CAST AFTER A MODEL BY PIERRE JULES MENE (1810-1879), LATE 19TH CENTURY OR 20TH CENTURY

Closed16 December 2010

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A FRENCH BRONZE STUDY OF A HORSE ENTITLED 'IBRAHIM'
CAST AFTER A MODEL BY PIERRE JULES MENE (1810-1879), LATE 19TH CENTURY OR 20TH CENTURY
The naturalistic base inscribed P.J. MÊNE, and with title inscription to the front edge
31 cm. high

Specialist note

Pierre Jules Mêne excecuted the original model of Ibrahim in 1843 and exhibited the bronze version at the Salon of that year. It was to be his first major equine study and followed by several versions of the arab horse Ibrahim.