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A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF A CENTAUR WRESTLING A BEAR
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A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF A CENTAUR WRESTLING A BEAR

LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER EMMANUEL FREMIET (1824-1910)

Closed18 May 2016

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A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF A CENTAUR WRESTLING A BEAR
LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER EMMANUEL FREMIET (1824-1910)
With cast signature 'E. FREMIET' and stamped '40' to reverse
14 ½ in. (37 cm.) high

Specialist note

The plaster of this group of the Centaur Thereus dragging a bear to his cave was exhibited in the Salon of 1861 and a bronze was exhibited two years later. The theme relates to Fremiet's fascination with the conflict between man and beast