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after Isidore Bonheur The Monkey & The Cat Bronze

Name: After Isidore Bonheur The Monkey & The Cat Bronze
SKU: as836a112
Price: 495.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

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after the original by:
Isidore Bonheur
(1827-1901)

Hot Cast Bronze Sculpture

'The Monkey & The Cat'
or
'Le Singe et le Chat'

A well known fable usually mistaken as one of the Aesop's Fables

The monkey has tricked the cat in to getting chestnuts from the fire. The monkey eats the chestnuts and the cat singes its paws.

Sitting on a black marble base
Very Good Quality Casting

Weight: 6.75 kg

Base Width: 11.25" (285 mm)
Base Depth: 7.25" (180 mm)
Height: 9" (230 mm)

There are some signs of stubborn old polish
There is a chip to the bottom corner of the marble base
Some staining around the bottom of the base

Isidore Jules Bonheur (Bordeaux 15 May 1827 – 10 November 1901 Paris), best known as one of the 19th century's most distinguished French animalier sculptors. Bonheur began his career as an artist working with his elder sister Rosa Bonheur in the studio of their father, drawing instructor Raymond Bonheur. Initially working as a painter, Isidore Jules Bonheur made his Salon debut in 1848.
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Price

£~~495.00~~

$~~609.00~~ USA

€~~591.28~~

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DimensionsBase Width: 11.25" (285 mm) Base Depth: 7.25" (180 mm) Height: 9" (230 mm) Date 1910's 1910s Antiques Material Bronze Origin French Condition There are some signs of stubborn old polish There is a chip to the bottom corner of the marble base Some staining around the bottom of the base Item code as836a112 / 25917 Status Sold

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