A French bronze group entitled 'Joan of Arc at Domremy', on pedestal

CAST FROM A MODEL BY HENRI CHAPU, CIRCA 1880

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A French bronze group entitled 'Joan of Arc at Domremy', on pedestal
Cast from a model by Henri Chapu, Circa 1880
On a naturalistic base inscribed Chapu and with Barbedienne foundry stamp, revolving on an ebonized quadruple column pedestal
The bronze: 26¾in. (68cm.) high; the pedestal: 43in. (109cm.) high

Lot Essay

The success of Chapu's (d. 1891) Jeanne d'Arc à Domrémy, exhibited in marble at the 1872 Salon, is evident in the no less than seven sizes of cast (the present being an example of the second largest) in which the work was edited in bronze by Barbedienne.

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