Isidore-Jules Bonheur (French, 1827-1901)
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Isidore-Jules Bonheur (French, 1827-1901)

Highland pony carrying a stag

細節
Isidore-Jules Bonheur (French, 1827-1901)
Highland pony carrying a stag
signed 'I. BONHEUR' (on the base)
bronze, with brownish-black patina
height: 9 7/8 in. (25 cm.)

拍品專文

This sensitive portrayal of a highland pony is closely related to another portrait of a pony, though lacking the addition of the stag, executed by Bonheur circa 1880 (see C. Payne, Animals in Bronze, Woodbridge, 1986, p. 291).