MEISSONIER Ernest (1815-1891) - Lot 270

MEISSONIER Ernest (1815-1891) "Wounded Horse Bronze with shaded brown patina, bearing the annotation: "Siege of Paris / Model of the wounded horse / made in 1884". Signed on the terrace: "Vve EMeissonier". Marked on the front: "Paris 1893". Marked on the side: "P. Bingen fondeur". Inlaid copper stamp on the terrace, showing a profile of Meissonier by Chaplain. Height: 27 cm Width: 44.2 cm Depth: 36.5 cm (with head protruding behind) Wax model created by Ernest Meissonnier for the painting Le siège de Paris 1870-1871 (Musée d'Orsay), in which the horse is shown in the same position but three-quarters forward. Bronze print made by his widow in 1893, after inheriting six of these models, including this "wounded horse" and "General Duroc at Castiglione".