Gilded Bronze Sculpture, Saint-michel Terrassant Le Dragon Signed By Emmanuel Frémiet (1824-1910)

Gilded bronze sculpture, representing the Archangel Saint-Michel, defeating a reptilian demon, the dragon by the sculptor Emmanuel Frémiet. Saint-Michel is standing, he rests on an octagonal capital, to which a dragon with bat wings clings. The Archangel threatens the dragon embodying evil with his sword. This sculpture is consistent with the monumental work of four meters in height hoisted on the spire of Mont-Saint-Michel. The statue stands out in the production of Emmanuel Frémiet by the dynamism of its silhouette. At the Salon of 1879, Emmanuel Frémiet exhibited a bronze "Saint Michel" executed by the publisher Charles More, the archangel defeats a serpent with a man's head. In 1896, the architect "Petitgrand", who directed the restoration site of Mont-Saint-Michel, asked the sculptor Emmanuel Frémiet to carry out an enlargement of his work, undoubtedly according to his instructions, the sculptor modifies the base to adapt it to the architecture and transforms the demon. Bronze signed "E.FREMIET", hollow on the terrace. Sculpture resting on a sea green marble base. Very good state of conservation and patina.