#14 • After Pierre-Jules Mene Antique Bronze Falconer Sculpture

Part of March 2023 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $375.00

Status: Sold

Category: Art: Sculpture

A bronze figure of ‘The Arab Falconer’, after a model by Pierre-Jules Mene (French, 1810-1879), modeled as a man in traditional Moroccan dress holding aloft on his right hand a falcon with its catch of a hare below, in his left hand he holds the lure, the base engraved J.P.Mene. Measures approximately 8.5" in diameter at the base and 27" tall. The falcon at one point was broken from the Falconer's hand, and has been professionally repaired. After Mêne’s death in 1879 the Barbedienne and Susse Frères foundries acquired the rights to reproduce his models and produced posthumous casts marked F Barbedienne Fondeur and Susse Frères fondeur editeur respectively. These bronzes are of fine quality and are cast by the leading bronze foundries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.