Lot 236
Lot 236
PROVENANT D'UNE IMPORTANTE COLLECTION FRANÇAISE
MARIUS-JEAN-ANTONIN MERCIÉ (1845-1916)

Gloria Victis

Price Realised EUR 17,640
Estimate
EUR 10,000 - EUR 15,000
Closed: 22 Nov 2024
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MARIUS-JEAN-ANTONIN MERCIÉ (1845-1916)

Gloria Victis

Price Realised EUR 17,640
Closed: 22 Nov 2024
Price Realised EUR 17,640
Closed: 22 Nov 2024
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MARIUS-JEAN-ANTONIN MERCIÉ (1845-1916)
Gloria Victis
bronze et bronze doré, signé "A.MERCIÉ", titré "GLORIA VICTIS", avec les cachets "F. BARBEDIENNE. Fondeur Paris" et "RÉDUCTION MÉCANIQUE / A. COLLAS", numéroté "195"
H. 107 cm (4218 in.)
Provenance
Collection particulière, France.
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A BRONZE GROUP ENTITLED 'GLORIA VICTIS', BY MARIUS-JEAN-ANTONIN MERCIÉ (1845-1916) AND CAST BY BARBEDIENNE

When the Franco-Prussian war broke out in 1870, Antoine Mercié, winner of the Prix de Rome in 1868, was a resident at the Villa Medici. While the start of the fighting inspired him to create a composition of an allegorical figure and a triumphant soldier, France's subsequent defeat forced him to change his initial plan and to create the sculpture we know today. Completed in the summer of 1872, the plaster was first exhibited under the loggia of the Académie de France in Rome before being brought back to France by Mercié at the end of his stay in 1873. In Paris, the plaster was exhibited at the Salon of 1874 while the bronze cast by Thiebaut & fils was shown at the Salon of 1875.
In January 1877, two years after the public success of this bronze, the rights to reproduce this model were given to the Barbedienne foundry ; by whom our sculpture was cast.
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