"Male Gazelle - Bronze By Christophe Fratin (1801 - 1864)"
Christophe Fratin (1801 - 1864)Male gazelle
Bronze with brown patina
H.: 16.5 cm; W.: 16.8 cm; D.: 6.3 cm
Hardly legible signature "FRATIN", with the reversed "N"
Old cast bronze
This very rare bronze could be the model of Male Gazelle or African Male Gazelle mentioned in the sales catalogs Fratin of 1849 (n°65), 1850 (n°116) and 1852 (n°321). There is a counterpart representing a Female Gazelle and her young.
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