A French Patinated Bronze Equestrian Group : Cheveaux de Course et Jockeys

Emanuel Frémiet (1824-1910)

Emanuel Frémiet (1824-1910)
base signed E. FRÉMIET, mid golden brown patination.
height 18in (46cm); length 19 1/2in (49.5cm); width 8 5/8in (22cm)

Literature
C. Chevillot, Emmanuel Fremiet: La main et le multiple, Dijon, 1988, S127, p.95
Jane Horswell, Bronze Sculpture of "Les Animaliers", Reference and Price Guide, Woodbridge, 1971, p.185

'Chevaux de course et jockeys' was first exhibited at the Salon of 1885 (N° 3707) and again at the Exposition Universelle four years later. The model was so well received by critics that Frémiet subsequently sent it on show abroad, firstly to Antwerp in 1885 and then to Copenhagen in 1888.
Emmanuel Frémiet (French, 1824-1910) is now perhaps most famous for his sculpture of Joan of Arc in Paris and the monument to Ferdinand de Lesseps in Suez.