A FRENCH ANIMALIER BRONZE GROUP OF A POINTER, AFTER JULES MOIGNIEZ, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ANIMALIER BRONZE GROUP OF A POINTER, AFTER JULES MOIGNIEZ, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

SHOWN STANDING AND OBSERVING A GAME BIRD HIDING AMIDST FOLIAGE AT ITS FEET, THE NATURALISTIC OVAL BASE SIGNED J. MOIGNIEZ
12¼IN. (31.1CM) LONG, OVERALL

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MOIGNIEZ, JULES (1835-94). BORN AND DIED AT SENLIS (OISE), WHERE HE COMMITTED SUICIDE AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. THE SON OF A METAL GILDER, HE STUDIED IN PARIS UNDER COMOLéRA. MOIGNIEZ HELD GREAT FAVOUR WITH THE BRITISH MARKET, AND IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT OVER HALF HIS CONSIDERABLE OUTPUT WAS EXPORTED INTO ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. HE EXHIBITED THIRTY WORKS AT THE SALON BETWEEN 1859-92.

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