Bronze XIXth Ense And Aratro By Émile Boisseau

Superb and elegant bronze from the end of the XIXth century representing "Ense et Aratro" by Émile André BOISSEAU (1842-1923), French sculptor from Varzy, he started at the Paris salon in 1869, made many busts of characters in a neoclassical style , vice-president of the society of French artists, his works are present in several French museums and in different public spaces. This sculpture represents the Currency of the citizen who serves his country, in time of war by his sword, in time of peace by the plow, that is to say by the work of agriculture. It was the motto of Marshal Bugeaud. “This illustrious man (Marshal Bugeaud) applied his genius for more than six years to justify his noble motto: Ense et aratro. He crushed the great insurrection excited by Abd-el-Kader, defeated Morocco at Isly, attracted European settlers, founded villages, opened roads and strongly pushed the colony into the path of agricultural progress. »(Colonel DE GONDRECOURT). Superb patina, signed on the base carries a catouche with the title and the stamp of cast iron "society of the brozes of Paris"