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Grégoire GIRAUD (1783-1836).
Naturalist sculpture of a dog lying down.
Bronze proof with brown patina,
Signed GIRAUD on the terrace with 'F. Barbedienne fondeur'.
Nineteenth-century edition cast, numbered below, circa 1850.
Height 15 cm L 24 cm.
The original marble model presented at the 1827 Salon is currently on display in the Sculpture Department of the Louvre Museum.
Pierre-François-Grégoire Giraud, known as Grégoire Giraud or Giraud du Luc, born March 17, 1783 in Le Luc (Var), and died February 19, 1836 in Paris, was a French sculptor. Prix de Rome in 1806 and 1811.
Strongly influenced by the art of Antiquity, Grégoire Giraud's work is representative of the neoclassical style, yet remains marked by the French statuary tradition thanks to the naturalistic study of his models.
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