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THBPierre Jules Mene (French 1810-1879)
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Hingham, MA 02043
United States
Copley Fine Art Auctions is the world's leading American sporting art auction company. Located in Hingham, MA, Copley specializes in antique decoys and 19th- and 20th-century American, sporting, and wildlife paintings. Principal Stephen O'Brien Jr., a fourth-generation sportsman with a refined colle...Read more
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LiveFeb 12, 2015 - Feb 13, 2015
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inscribed and dated "P. J. Mene 1850" on top of base
bronze, 12 by 14 1/8 by 8 5/8 in.
Depicting a pointer seated next to a stump with a hanging rabbit, pheasant, gun bag, and powder horn.Pierre Jules Mene was born in 1810 in Paris to a metal turner. He spent his early years in his father's foundry and went on to start his own, where he became one of the most successful Animalier artists of the 19th century. Mene was influenced by Edwin Landseer, Carle Vernet, and Antoine-Louis Bayre. He exhibited his sculpture with the Paris Salon from 1838 onwards, as well as at London's Great Exhibitions in 1851 and 1862.
Provenance: Richard V. Strawbridge Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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