Ferdinand Pautrot (French, 1832-1875), Partridge Feeding Its Young

Patinated bronze, signed "F. PAUTROT" to the terrace edge.

10 3/8 x 7 3/4 x 4 in.

Private Collection, Roanoke, Virginia

Animalier sculptor, Ferdinand Pautrot, was born in Poitiers and exhibited at the Salon regularly between 1861 and 1870. The Sladmore Gallery exhibition in 2010 "Barye to Bugatti" featured ten different bronze works by Pautrot.

Literature:
Mackay, James. THE ANIMALIERS: A Collector's Guide to the Animal Sculptures of the 19th & 20th Centuries, pages 82-83.

One screw missing to the upper grass blade; light rubbing to the patina and some dust to the interstices.

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