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Lot 83
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Isidore-Jules Bonheur French, 1827-1901

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Description

  • Isidore-Jules Bonheur
  • Taureau Chargeant (A Pacing Bull)
  • signed: I. BONHEUR and stamped: PEYROL and inscribed on underside: 34884
  • bronze, mid and dark brown patina
  • 17.4kg., 38.3lb.

Catalogue Note

The majesty and strength of bulls appealed to Bonheur and he exhibited no less than ten models of cattle at the Salon. Bonheur was dedicated to anatomical exactness; his model of the Normandy Cow has enabled breeding experts to see how little the breed has changed in over a hundred years. Taureau Chargeant was shown at the Salon in 1865, together with a pendant model of a standing bull. Casts of the pair were ordered for the Sultan Abdul-Aziz's Palace in Constantinople.

RELATED LITERATURE
Lami, vol. 1, p.128, Mackay, p.55