A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF 'DAVID VAINQUER'

LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER ANTONIN MERCIE (1795-1875)

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A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF 'DAVID VAINQUER'
LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER ANTONIN MERCIE (1795-1875)
Cast signatures 'A.MERCIE' and 'F.BARBEDIENNE.Fondeur.Paris', also with 'REDUCTION MECANIQUE A.COLLAS BREVETE' roundel, on a rouge griotte marble base
37½ in. (95.2 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Mercie's David earned the artist a first class medal as well as the rank of Chevalier de legion d'honneur at the Paris Salon of 1872.
The life size version of Mercie's David is in the permanent collection of the Musee D'Orsay, Paris.

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