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J.B.A. Clésinger’s ‘Fighting bulls’ of 1863

07/2011 | 1300 | 153

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Author:

Cocke, Richard (Cocke, Richard)

Subjects

artists:

Clésinger, Jean Baptiste

dates:

1860-1869

museums and institutions:

Forestry Commission

patrons:

Lyne Stephens, Yolande

places:

Lynford Arboretum, Thetford, Norfolk, Great Britain

print:

Clésinger, Jean Baptiste

subjects:

French sculpture / Sculpture / Marbles / Salons (art exhibitions) / Sculpture gardens

subjects:

Memorials

subjects:

Commissions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

38. Fighting bulls, by J.B.A. Clésinger. 1863. Marble, 130 by 270 by 60 cm.; brick base, 120 by 320 by 60 cm. (Forestry Commission, Lynford Arboretum, Norfolk).

Attributed works:

40. Roman bull, by J.B.A. Clésinger. 1858. Marble, 112 by 112 cm. (London art market; sold, Sotheby’s, 10th December 2004).

Attributed works:

41. Model for the Fighting bulls, by J.B.A. Clésinger. c.1862. Painted plaster, 88 by 144 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris, on loan to the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’Archéologie, Besançon).

Attributed works:

42. Detail of Fig.38.

Attributed works:

43. Detail of Fig.38.

Attributed works:

44. Mausoleum for Stephens Lyne-Stephens, by William Burn. 1864. (In the grounds of Grove House, Roehampton).

Attributed works:

45. Sarcophagus for Stephens Lyne-Stephens, by William Burn. 1864. (Stephens family, in the grounds of Grove House, Roehampton).

Attributed works:

46. Three children playing with a goose, here attributed to Henry Dasson. c.1880. Bronze, approx. 120 cm. high. Formerly in gardens of Lynford Hall, Norfolk; reproduced in Country Life (28th November 1903).

Western art unattributed:

39. View of the gardens of Lynford Hall, Norfolk, reproduced in Country Life (28th November 1903).

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