Late C19th French Bronze ‘Grand Tour’ Souvenir Study , After the Antique, “ Faun with Pipes “ by Ferdinand Barbedienne Foundry .

Late C19th French bronze ‘Grand Tour’ souvenir study, after the antique, “Faun with Pipes” by Ferdinand Barbedienne foundry.

Well cast bronze reduction of the antique marble original itself probably a copy of a lost original by the Greek sculptor Lysippus , now housed in the Louvre Museum, Paris , France.

Acquired by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807 as part the Villa Borghese family collection in Rome and brought to Paris .

The mythical woodland faun is depicted casually leaning on a tree stump which is draped with a lion’s skin pelt , whilst playing the flute or pipes , associated with the feast of wine , merriment and the cult of Bacchus.

He is shown in this example naked except for a fig-leaf concealing his modesty.

Good consistent colour and patina, the rear edge of the base bearing the signature of the Ferdinand Barbedienne Foundry , established in 1838 in Paris , France . Also bears the stamp of Achille Collas , whose patented pantograph method was used in partnership with the bronze foundry, to accurately produce reductions of large classical statutory and objects .

H 10”

W 4”

D 4”

France c.1880

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