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François Rude ( 1784 - 1855 )

HÉBÉ ET L'AIGLE DE JUPITER

Bronze, gilt patina
H : 77,3 cm, L : 51,7 cm, D : 31 cm
Bronze signed «F.Rude», probably cast by Busson & Leroux (without
foundry mark, the only currently identified).
Circa 1862-1867 (before 1878)

Example exhibited at the Universal Exhibition in 1878 by the Maison
Thiebaut with sealed underneath the exhibition coin «Thiebaut &
Fils, 144 faubourg St Denis, Paris, Exposition Universelle 1878».
Museum reference :
Marble (1855-1857, original size) currently at the Fine Arts Museum
of Dijon.

François Rude