A FRENCH PATINATED-BRONZE GROUP ENTITLED `THESEE COMBATTANT LE CENTAURE BIENOR, 3E REDUCTION (THESEUS FIGHTING THE CENTAUR BIANOR, THIRD REDUCTION)'

A FRENCH PATINATED-BRONZE GROUP ENTITLED 'THESEE COMBATTANT LE CENTAURE BIENOR, 3E REDUCTION (THESEUS FIGHTING THE CENTAUR BIANOR, THIRD REDUCTION)'
LATE 19TH CENTURY, CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, PARIS, FROM THE MODEL BY ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (1796-1875)
Signed 'AL. BARYE' and with a gold caché stamp 'Collection F. Barbedienne, Paris', inscribed to the back 'AU CAPITAINE BEGIS / LES VOLONTAIRES DU 134ME DE LIGNE / 1876-1877'
21 ½ in. (55 cm.) high; 19 ¼ in. (49 cm.) wide; 7 in. (18 cm.) deep