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A LARGE PAIR OF NAPOLEON III PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURES

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A LARGE PAIR OF NAPOLEON III PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURES
A LARGE PAIR OF NAPOLEON III PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURES
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A LARGE PAIR OF NAPOLEON III PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURES

CAST BY VICTOR PAILLARD, CIRCA 1865

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Modelled as classically robed maidens bearing urns, each with oval foundry stamp to base 'VCR PAILLARD / FONTS DES BRONZE / A PARIS'
Each: 40 1/2 in. (103 cm.) high; 10 in. (26 cm.) wide; 10 in. (26 cm.) deep
Lot Essay

Although best known as a bronze founder, Victor Paillard (1805-1886) also created and produced his own sculptures and groups, and designed and made chenets, candelabra, other decorative objects and clocks. While a child he learnt the art of chasing and in the 1830s opened his own business of Bronze d'art et d'ameublement at 105 boulevard Beaumarchais and 6 rue Saint-Claude, first showing his own work at the Exposition des produits de l'industrie in 1839. By 1855 he was employing about a hundred workmen, and was able to offer his clients hundreds of models in bronze and zinc imitations. As a founder he worked for numerous well-known sculptors such as Pradier, Barye and Carrier-Belleuse. In 1891, a few years after his death, most of his models were sold.
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A LARGE PAIR OF NAPOLEON III PATINATED-BRONZE FIGURES

Estimate £15,000 - £25,000
Starting Price £7,500
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