The designs for the hounds in Société anonyme des fonderies d’Art du Val d’Osne, circa 1900, pl. 631, nos 65 & 66.
A PAIR OF SECOND EMPIRE CAST IRON SEATED HOUNDS BY HENRI ALFRED MARIE JACQUEMART, French, circa 1870
Length: 36½ in; 93 cm
Depth: 18 in; 46 cm
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Note: The castings retain their original patination, which is exceptionally rare.
The lifesize models are each marked with the sculptor’s monogram ‘AJ’ and numbered to the underside 0106 and 0209 respectively.
Henri Alfred Jacquemart was one of the best-known 19th century sculptors of French monumental art. He became internationally renowned for his fine lifesize animal sculptures, and examples of his work in Paris included giant eagles for the fountain in Place Saint-Michel, sphinxes for the fountain in Place du Châtelet and a full size rhinoceros for the Trocadero.
Today, his sculptures adorn private and public collections around the world and can be seen at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, England, a bridge in Cairo, Egypt, and the Botanical Gardens in Sydney, Australia.
Many of his sculptures were cast by the Barbezat Foundry at Val d’Osne, a short distance from Paris.
