Bronze Proof - Pan And Cubs - Emmanuel Fremiet - F.barbedienne Founder

Emmanuel FRÉMIET (1824 - 1910) "Pan and cubs", bronze with a nuanced green patina signed on the base E.FREMIET and the foundry mark F.BARBEDIENNE 28 x 53 x 18.5 cm. Related works: -Emmanuel Frémiet, Pan and cubs, 1867, marble, signed "E. FREMIET", H. 82.7 x W. 182 x D. 67 cm, Paris, Musée d'Orsay, inv. RF 178; -Emmanuel Frémiet, Pan and cubs, circa 1870, gilt bronze, H. 38 x W. 53 x D. 18 cmParis, Musée d'Orsay, inv. ChB 151. Related literature: -Catherine Chevillot, Emmanuel Frémiet: 1824-1910: the hand and the multiple, cat. exp. Dijon, Museum of Fine Arts, November 5, 1988-January 16, 1989, Grenoble, Museum of Grenoble, February 23-April 30, 1989, marble model listed under cat. no. 150, pp. 157-158.