CAST FROM A MODEL BY MARIUS-JEAN-ANTONIN MERCIÉ, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A French bronze group entitled 'Gloria Victis'
Cast from a model by Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié, Late 19th Century
Depicting the figure of winged Victory supporting a defeated soldier with broken sword in her arms, on a circular naturalistic base cast with a laurel branch, signed A. MERCIE and inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR PARIS, impressed 459 and with the Réduction Mécanique seal, the title to the front, wings misshapen, restoration
39in. (99cm.) high
Cast from a model by Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié, Late 19th Century
Depicting the figure of winged Victory supporting a defeated soldier with broken sword in her arms, on a circular naturalistic base cast with a laurel branch, signed A. MERCIE and inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR PARIS, impressed 459 and with the Réduction Mécanique seal, the title to the front, wings misshapen, restoration
39in. (99cm.) high