Marechal Ferrant (Farrier) (Primary Title)
Bas-relief of a Farrier and Horse; Le forgeron (Former Title)
Aime-Jules Dalou, French, 1838-1902 (Artist)
Sculptor Jules Dalous grew to dislike the academy after repeatedly failing to win the Prix de Rome, a French art scholarship to study in Italy. Dalous eventually moved to England where he became attracted to “the new sculpture” movement and studied under the Realist artist Alphonse Legros. This innovative, freely-rendered relief is a sketch for a panel to be inset in a planned immense, ultimately unrealized monument on the subject of labor.
Founder's mark "cie perdue AA Hébrard #3"
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
"The French Horse from Géricault to Picasso: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", The National Sporting Library & Museum, May 6 - July 31, 2016
"The French Horse from Géricault to Picasso: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", University of Richmond, March 3 - April 25, 2016
Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., March 10 – May 26, 1974
"The French Horse from Géricault to Picasso: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", University of Richmond, March 3 - April 25, 2016
Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., March 10 – May 26, 1974
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