Live Auction 5988Christie's Interiors - Style and Spirit
A FRENCH BRONZE MODEL OF 'DAVID VAINQUER'
Lot 513

A FRENCH BRONZE MODEL OF 'DAVID VAINQUER'

CIRCA 1890, AFTER ANTONIN MERCIE (1795-1875), CAST BY BARBEDIENNE

Closed28 September 2010

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GBP 3,500

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A FRENCH BRONZE MODEL OF 'DAVID VAINQUER'
CIRCA 1890, AFTER ANTONIN MERCIE (1795-1875), CAST BY BARBEDIENNE
Cast signatures 'A.MERCIE' and 'F.BARBEDIENNE.Fondeur.Paris', also with 'REDUCTION MECANIQUE A.COLLAS BREVETE' roundel
35¼ in. (89.5 cm.) high

Specialist note

Mercie's David earned the artist a first class medal as well as the rank of Chevalier de legion d'honneur at the Paris Salon of 1872.
The life size version of Mercie's David is in the permanent collection of the Musee D'Orsay, Paris.