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Emile André Boisseau, “Defending the Household”, Bronze Sculpture, 19th Century

Sold for $800 at Collective Hudson, LLC on May 4, 2025.

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Keywords: Beaux-Arts, 19th century French sculpture, salon sculpture, naturalism, classical revival, allegorical art, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux style, Antonin Mercié style, Jules Dalou style, bronze, patinated metal, 1880s, Salon des Artistes Francais 1881, Musée d'Orsay model, heroic male figure, figurative bronze Emile André Boisseau (1842–1923), "Defending the Household" bronze sculpture modeled after the artist's 1881 Salon des Artistes Français submission. The work was later referenced in the Musée d'Orsay's catalog in 1986.

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