After Louis-Marie Morise (French, 1818-1883): A late 19th century French bronze equestrian figure of Napoleon ('Napoleon Bonaparte à cheval')the Emperor depicted wearing his bicorne hat and holding a telescope in his right hand and with a small sword to his left side, on elaborate fringed saddle, his steed standing on a black rectangular marble plinth base, the bronze with greenish brown patination, 57cm high, 56cm wide, 19.5cmFootnotesLiterature Pierre Kjellberg, Bronzes of the 19th Century: Dictionary of Sculptors, London, 1994, (p. 519). Morise exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1857 to 1883, specialising in equestrian works. Editions of his works were often cast by the Pinedo foundry bearing its foundry cachet and BRONZE GARANTI AU TITRE/PARIS marks. His figure of the Emperor Napoleon on horseback was first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1864 but was subsequently cast in editions by Pindeo and then by other foundries during his lifetime and also posthumously.
After Louis-Marie Morise (French, 1818-1883): A late 19th century French bronze equestrian figure of Napoleon ('Napoleon Bonaparte à cheval')the Emperor depicted wearing his bicorne hat and holding a telescope in his right hand and with a small sword to his left side, on elaborate fringed saddle, his steed standing on a black rectangular marble plinth base, the bronze with greenish brown patination, 57cm high, 56cm wide, 19.5cmFootnotesLiterature Pierre Kjellberg, Bronzes of the 19th Century: Dictionary of Sculptors, London, 1994, (p. 519). Morise exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1857 to 1883, specialising in equestrian works. Editions of his works were often cast by the Pinedo foundry bearing its foundry cachet and BRONZE GARANTI AU TITRE/PARIS marks. His figure of the Emperor Napoleon on horseback was first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1864 but was subsequently cast in editions by Pindeo and then by other foundries during his lifetime and also posthumously.
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