A French Verdigris bronze relief plaque of Renomme

CAST FROM THE MODEL BY JULES COUTAN, CIRCA 1860, BY THIEBAUT FRRES, PARIS

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A French Verdigris bronze relief plaque of Renomme
Cast from the model by Jules Coutan, Circa 1860, by Thiebaut Frres, Paris
The winged mythological figure in classical robes, blowing the trumpet held in her right hand, holding a laurel branch and crown in her right hand, seated on the back of a horse, on a rocky base inscribed THIEBAUT FRES FONDEURS to the left and Coutan to the right, against a rectangular plaque
34 in. (87 cm.) wide; 50 in. (127 cm.) high

拍品专文

Thiebaut Freres was a long-established foundry (1789) specializing in art works and editions by major artists. It won Grand Prix medals at the International Exhibitions in Paris of 1878 and 1889.

Jules Coutan (d. 1939) awarded the Prix de Rome in 1871. Exhibiting at the 1889 Exposition Universelle, he then became director of the Manufacture de Svres from 1891 to 1894 before entering the Acadmie des Beaux-Arts in 1900. The town of Paris commissioned a variety of different sculptures from him for the Palais de Justice, the Htel de Ville and the Bibliothque Nationale. Several of his allegorical figures have been reduced and cast in bronze, sometimes in different sizes, such as Renomme, La Paix Arme or La Danse.