Bronze group with brown patina, representing the famous basset hounds of Napoleon II “Ravageot and Ravageode”, exhibited at the Salon of 1853, by the sculptor Emmanuel Frémiet (1824-1910).
Version with chain around the dogs' necks.
Signature of the sculptor “E. FREMIET” in hollow, on the richly chiseled naturalist terrace, where a snail appears.
Old edition sculpture, second part of the period XIXth century.
Perfect state of conservation and patina.

Dimensions: 15 cm x 16 cm x 13.5 cm

Emmanuel Frémiet (1824-1910)

Emmanuel Frémiet is a French animal sculptor, born on December 6, 1824 in Montrouge (Hauts de Seine).

Main representative of rationalist realism and even French naturalism of the second half of the 19th century.
He entered the workshop of his uncle François Rude, after attending evening classes.
The fashionable theme of "Confrontation between Man and Beast" inspires Emmanuel Frémiet and other artists.
He was elected a member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1892.
Emmanuel Frémiet succeeded Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875) as professor of animal drawing at the Museum of Natural History in Paris.
He became the official sculptor of the Third Republic.

Emmanuel Frémiet died in Paris on September 10, 1910.