Barbizon School Decorative Objects

Carved Marble Figure of Seated Nude Child, 19th/Early 20th Century, Statue A lovely finely detailed figure of a male child seated upon a base playing with his toes. This statue has ...

Very sensitive rendering of a greyhound at rest with a rich dark brown patina with lighter highlights showing through. The dog is shown reclining with one paw turned up, a detail I find endearing as a dog owner, my border collie does this too! Mounted on a polished black slate base, marked Fratin on the base. Also stamped with the foundry mark 'Daubree, Editeur'. A fine desk top, shelf, or mantel piece for the dog lover, Christopher Fratin (1 January 1801 – 16 August 1864), also known as Christophe Fratin, was a noted French sculptor in the animalier style, and one of the earliest French sculptors to portray animals in bronze. Fratin was born in Metz, Moselle, France the son of a taxidermist. He first studied drawing under Pioche in Metz and later worked in Paris at the studio of Théodore Géricault. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1831 to 1842 and 1850–1862, as well as at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. Fratin never signed his bronzes but instead used a stamp showing his last name in straight block letters. Fratin received monumental commissions in France and elsewhere, including the Deux Aigles Gardant Leur Proie (Eagles and Prey, created 1850) displayed since 1863 in New York City’s Central Park. Today, Fratin’s sculpture is on permanent display in the Louvre, the city museums of Metz, Lyon, Strasbourg, Nîmes and at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. The Georg Eisler...

Rabbit size: 28" x 36 Really good American or English gilt Gesso Frame, Barbizon late 19th C. Having cast gesso ornament made by a master frame maker of outstanding quality. Good ...

American-made reverse cove picture frame, circa 1885. Gold Leaf. Rabbet dimensions: 16" x 26" Frame profile: 5" Depth: 2" **The dimensions provided represent the inner sp...

American gold leaf barbizon picture frame, circa 1880. Rabbet dimensions: 34.5" x 45" Frame profile: 5.5" Depth: 2" **The dimensions provided represent the inner space allotment, o...

Barbizon frame with foliate ornament. Gesso and gold leaf.

19th century American gold leaf Barbizon picture frame 18.5 x 28 American 1890 gold leaf Barbizon picture frame Rabbet dimensions: 18.5" x 28" Frame profile: 3" Depth: 2"...