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Ferdinand Barbedienne. Ferdinand Barbedienne (Thomas Couture) Ferdinand Barbedienne's tombstone in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris. Ferdinand Barbedienne (6 August 1810 [1] – 21 March 1892) was a French metalworker and manufacturer, who was well known as a bronze founder.
Fonderie Nationale des Bronzes. Fonderie Nationale des Bronzes (established as J. Petermann fondeur Bruxelles [1]) was a 19th– and 20th–century artistic studio and foundry in Brussels, Belgium, that specialized in bronze sculptures. [2] It became known for casting the works of Auguste Rodin, [3] Rembrandt Bugatti, [4] Paul Delvaux, [5] and ...
The Accolade by Pierre-Jules Mêne (1851)—iron version of unknown origin. Mêne produced a number of animal sculptures, mainly of domestic animals including horses, cows and bulls, sheep and goats which were in vogue during the Second Empire. He was one of a school of French animalières which also included Rosa Bonheur, Paul-Edouard ...
Franz Xaver Bergmann. Foundry seal. "B" in an urn-shaped cartouche. Franz Xavier Bergman (n) (July 27, 1861 – January 1, 1936) [1] was the owner of a Viennese foundry who produced numerous patinated and cold-painted bronzes, Oriental, erotic, and animal figures, the latter often humanized or whimsical, humorous objets d'art.
André-Charles Boulle (11 November 1642 – 29 February 1732), [1] le joailler du meuble (the "furniture jeweller"), [2] became the most famous French cabinetmaker and the preeminent artist in the field of marquetry, [3] also known as "inlay". [4] Boulle was "the most remarkable of all French cabinetmakers". [5]
Bronze. Dimensions. 67 cm (25 1/2 in) Owner. Anonymous bidder. Grande tête mince is a bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti. The work was conceived in 1954 and cast the following year. Auctioned in 2010, Grande tête mince became one of the most valuable sculptures ever sold when it fetched $53.3 million.
The Rudier Foundry (Fonderie Rudier) was a foundry run by Alexis Rudier (died 1897) and his son Eugène Rudier (1875–1952). It worked with some of the most notable sculptors of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Auguste Rodin, Antoine Bourdelle, Gustave Miklos, Aristide Maillol and Daumier. Their casts were signed "Alexis RUDIER Fondeur ...
The Manufacture nationale de Sèvres (pronounced [manyfaktyʁ nasjɔnal də sɛvʁ]) is one of the principal European porcelain factories. It is located in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, France. It is the continuation of Vincennes porcelain, founded in 1740, which moved to Sèvres in 1756. It has been owned by the French crown or government since 1759.