Sculptor - Ferdinand Pautrot
Title - Renard
Sand Cast Bronze
Circa 1868
3" height by 5 1/2" length
(7.5 cm by 14 cm)
The Fox has long been celebrated in fable and legend for his cunning, and there are many paintings of foxes created over the years, yet there are not many sculptures of this wily canine.
Pautrot has sculpted a Fox on the hunt who has just caught a plump game bird for his dinner. There is a hollow stump behind the Fox and possibly it was made as a match safe. A very rare and nicely cast 19th century bronze of a Fox in the wild, it has a light brown patina.
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