Sculptor - Ferdinand Pautrot
Title - Perdrix et Papillon
Sand Cast Bronze
Circa 1860
9" height by 6 1/2" length
(23 cm by 16.5 cm)
This is an expertly modeled and superbly cast bronze sculpture of a Partridge catching a butterfly. Ferdinand Pautrot was considered to be the master at capturing birds. The detail that he places in this lifelike bronze is just amazing. Words cannot describe the almost "life" that this sculpture presents. It is finished in a dark coppery guilt patina very similar to those used by Jules Moigniez and it may have been cast by Moigniez in his foundry for Pautrot.
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