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A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF DAVID ENTITLED 'DAVID, VAINQUEUR DE GOLIATH'
Lot 653

A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF DAVID ENTITLED 'DAVID, VAINQUEUR DE GOLIATH'

CAST BY BARBENIENNE FROM THE MODEL BY ANTONIN MERCIE (1845-1916), LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed16 December 2008

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EUR 2,500

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A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF DAVID ENTITLED 'DAVID, VAINQUEUR DE GOLIATH'
CAST BY BARBENIENNE FROM THE MODEL BY ANTONIN MERCIE (1845-1916), LATE 19TH CENTURY
The base inscribed A. MERCIE and with foundry mark BARBEDIENNE, FONDEUR. PARIS and with the Collas reduction stamp and numbered 635
61 cm. high

Specialist note

A larger cast is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Les bronzes su XIXe siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 490.