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Late 19th Century Bronze Figure of a Dog with a Ball, Arthur Waagen (1833-1898)
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Late 19th Century Bronze Figure of a Dog with a Ball, Arthur Waagen (1833-1898)

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A late 19th century bronze figure of a dog playing with a ball on a naturalistic base. Nice dark rich brown patina with slightly lighter rubbed area to lower side of base. Signed 'Waagen' on upper edge of base.

Dimensions:

Height 15 x width 23cm

Provenance: Private collection, Mayfair, London

Arthur Waagen (1833-1898) was a German sculptor and animalier; a member of the 19th-century movement specializing in the realistic portrayal of animals. Celebrated in his time for his Orientalist cast bronze sculptures, the artist frequently depicted imagery associated with North African Muslim culture, sport hunting iconography, and historical or popular culture themes. He is best known for his depictions of dogs, often using related objects and other accompanying figures to create a context for his sculptures. One example is one of his most popular works, 'Kabyle au retour de la chasse' (1869), a sculpture featuring a Beber tribesman mounted on horseback and surrounded by hunting dogs, which the artist cast multiple times, one of which is now housed in the Dahesh Museum in New York.

Born in 1833 in East Prussia, Waagen traveled to France to pursue his artistic career and set up a studio along the Parisian street Cours-de-Vincennes. Waagen exhibited regularly at the Parisian Salons from 1869 to 1887, and died in 1898.

Date of Manufacture

Isherwood Fine Art has dated this Antique Bronze Dog Sculpture to the 19th Century.

Independent Date Guide ID 08865746
Dealer's Item Date19th Century
Sellingantiques Date19th Century
Sellingantiques agingItem 125-160 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to THE 19TH CENTURY:
Dark brown patinated surface: French animalier foundry finish.
Rubbing along the front plinth moulding: decades of handling and cleaning.
Crisp chasing across the rough coat: skilled bench work after casting.
Moulded oval plinth base: standard format for late nineteenth-century cabinet bronzes.

This Independent Date Guide was compiled by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. It works only from the photographs shown on this page and is never told the date the dealer has declared. It is a guide, not a guarantee of age, and occasional errors can occur.

Physical Dimensions
Height
15cm (5.91")
Width
23cm (9.06")
Reference Numbers
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SA1123678
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Description
A late 19th century bronze figure of a dog playing with a ball on a naturalistic base. Nice dark rich brown patina with slightly lighter rubbed area to lower side of base. Signed 'Waagen' on upper edge of base.
fig 1. A late nineteenth-century dark brown bronze sculpture depicting a dog crouched playfully over a ball set on an oval base.
fig 1. Late 19th Century Bronze Figure of a Dog with a Ball, Arthur Waagen (1833-1898)

Dimensions:

Height 15 x width 23cm

Provenance: Private collection, Mayfair, London

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Arthur Waagen (1833-1898) was a German sculptor and animalier; a member of the 19th-century movement specializing in the realistic portrayal of animals.
Isherwood Fine Art

Celebrated in his time for his Orientalist cast bronze sculptures, the artist frequently depicted imagery associated with North African Muslim culture, sport hunting iconography, and historical or popular culture themes. He is best known for his depictions of dogs, often using related objects and other accompanying figures to create a context for his sculptures. One example is one of his most popular works, 'Kabyle au retour de la chasse' (1869), a sculpture featuring a Beber tribesman mounted on horseback and surrounded by hunting dogs, which the artist cast multiple times, one of which is now housed in the Dahesh Museum in New York.

fig 2. A late nineteenth-century dark brown bronze sculpture depicting a dog crouched playfully over a ball set on an oval base.
fig 2. Late 19th Century Bronze Figure of a Dog with a Ball, Arthur Waagen (1833-1898)

Born in 1833 in East Prussia, Waagen traveled to France to pursue his artistic career and set up a studio along the Parisian street Cours-de-Vincennes. Waagen exhibited regularly at the Parisian Salons from 1869 to 1887, and died in 1898.

Date of Manufacture

Isherwood Fine Art has dated this Antique Bronze Dog Sculpture to the 19th Century.

Independent Date Report ID 08865746
Dealer's Item Date19th Century
Sellingantiques dating19th Century
Sellingantiques agingItem 125-160 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to the 19th Century:
Dark brown patinated surface: French animalier foundry finish.
Rubbing along the front plinth moulding: decades of handling and cleaning.
Crisp chasing across the rough coat: skilled bench work after casting.
Moulded oval plinth base: standard format for late nineteenth-century cabinet bronzes.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Height
15cm (5.91")
Width
23cm (9.06")
Reference Numbers
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SA1123678
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Late 19th Century Bronze Figure of a Dog with a Ball, Arthur Waagen (1833-1898)

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A late nineteenth-century dark brown bronze sculpture depicting a dog crouched playfully over a ball set on an oval base.
Late 19th century bronze figure of a dog with a ball, Arthur Waagen (1833-1898)
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A late nineteenth-century dark brown bronze sculpture depicting a dog crouched playfully over a ball set on an oval base.
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  • ObjectSculptures
  • Period19th century
  • Style19th Century Animalier
  • MaterialBronze
  • ColourDark Brown
  • MotifsCanine form, Playful pose, Sphere detail, Naturalistic base
  • SizeH 15 cm (6 in) x W 23 cm (9 in)

This late 19th-century animalier sculpture depicts a dog in a playful pose crouched over a sphere. Cast in bronze with a dark rich brown patina, the piece shows a slightly lighter rubbed area to the lower side of the base, along with a signature on the upper edge of the base and a naturalistic rocky terrain beneath the canine form. Measuring 15 cm high and 23 cm wide, the compact object fits easily on a mantelpiece or within a gentleman's library. It brings a classic nineteenth-century sculptural element to a traditional interior study, desk, or display surface in the home today.

FAQs

The Animalier movement originated in nineteenth-century France, focussing on the realistic depiction of animals, particularly dogs, horses, and wildlife, cast in bronze using detailed lost-wax or sand-casting methods.

These figures were cast from copper alloy bronze using moulds, followed by extensive hand-chasing to render detailed fur textures and finished with chemical patination to produce varied brown tones.

Authentic period bronzes display hand-chased surface details, natural wear to high points, chemical patina variations rather than painted surfaces, and often feature foundry stamps or sculptor signatures cast directly into the base.

A bronze animal sculpture functions well placed on a timber mantelpiece, styled alongside books on an open shelving unit, or positioned upon an office desk as a focal decorative accent.

Dust the surface using a soft, dry microfibre cloth or a natural bristle brush, and periodically apply a thin coat of clear microcrystalline wax to protect the underlying patina from oxidisation.
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