Emmanuel FREMIET (1824-1910) - Lot 246

Emmanuel FREMIET (1824-1910) L'Archange St-Michel terrassant le dragon Model created in 1875 and modified in 1897. Bronze with brown patina. Published by Barbedienne from 1910. Signed "E FREMIET" and stamped "F. BARBEDIENNE Fondeur Paris". It stands on a red marble base. H.: 62 cm (with base). Slight twists to the swords - tiny crack and alteration to the patina of the upper sword. Bibliographical reference: - Catherine Chevillot, Emmanuel Frémiet, La main et le multiple, cat. exp., Dijon, Musée des beaux-arts, November 5 1988-January 16 1989, Musée de Grenoble, February 23-April 30 1989, pp.56-64 and p.130-132 ;-Florence Rionnet , Les Bronzes Barbedienne. L'oeuvre d'une dynastie de fondeurs (18341954), Paris, Arthena, 2016, fig.172 p. 151 and model listed under cat.872 p.333