19th & 20th Century Sculpture

Paul Dubois

Le Courage Militaire (Military Courage, large version)

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July 14, 11:24 AM GMT

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10,000 - 15,000 GBP

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Paul Dubois

French

1829 - 1905

Le Courage Militaire (Military Courage, large version)

signed: P. DUBOiS., inscribed: F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR, titled: COURAGE MILITAIRE / L'ORIGINAL EST A NANTES, and stamped: REDUCTION MECANIQUE A. COLLAS

bronze, mid brown patina

104cm., 41in.

This is a rare large reduction of Dubois' iconic model, which originally formed part of the allegorical figures flanking the tomb of General de Lamoricière erected in 1879 in the Cathedral of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul in Nantes. It appears the size of the present bronze represents the largest version of the model cast by the Barbedienne Foundry; see F. Rionnet, Les Bronzes Barbedienne, Paris, 2016, p. 315, no. 693.