A Fine Pair of Bronze Figures Entitled 'Avant le Combat' and 'Apres le Combat

Object Description

A Fine Pair of Bronze Figures Entitled ‘Avant le Combat’ and ‘Apres le Combat’, Cast from the models by Etienne-Henri Dumaige (1830 – 1888).

Signed H. Dumaige, with title plaquettes.

The bronzes represent two separate moments in the French Revolution, the uprising against Louis XVI and the fall of the monarchy in 1792.

One figure is entitled ‘Avant le combat 1792’ and depicted as a Drummer calling the the citizens to the barricades.

The second figure is entitled ‘Apres le Combat 1792’ and depicted as a Grenadier or infantryman; this figure is portrayed smoking a pipe and relaxing as he leans on his musket.

Dumaige studied sculpture under Féuchère and Dumont. He exhibited his sculptures depicting groups, statues, and busts at the Salon from 1863-1886.

French, Circa 1870.

Object History

Henry Etienne Dumaige

Born in Paris in 1830, Henry Etienne Dumaige studied sculpture under Féuchère and Dumont. He exhibited his sculptures depicting groups, statues, and busts at the Salon from 1862-1877.

He sculpted a large number of busts, groups and statuettes in marble, plaster and bronze, including statuettes of Desmoulins and Rabelais. He died at St-Gilles-Croix-de-Vié in 1888.

Object Literature

Lami, Stanislas (1914), Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs de l’Ecole Francais.
Berman, Harold (1981), Bronzes- Sculptors and Founders 1800-1930, Abage, Chicago.
Forrest, Michael (1988), Art Bronzes, Schiffer Publications, Pennsylvania.
Kjellberg, Pierre (1987), Les bronzes du XIX siecle, dictionnaire des sculpteurs, L’Amateur, Paris.

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