Royal & Noble
Royal & Noble
Pierre-Jules Mêne
Levrier à l'Éventail, 'Plock' (Greyhound with a Fan, 'Plock'), and Levrette Jouant à la Boule, 'Jiji' (Female Greyhound Playing with a Ball, 'Jiji')
Lot Closed
January 18, 02:58 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Pierre-Jules Mêne
French
1810 - 1879
Levrier à l'Éventail, 'Plock' (Greyhound with a Fan, 'Plock'), and Levrette Jouant à la Boule, 'Jiji' (Female Greyhound Playing with a Ball, 'Jiji')
each signed: P.J. MÊNE
bronze, dark brown patina
16.5 by 18.5cm., 6½ by 7¼in. and 15 by 17cm., 6 by 6¾in.
Most probably D. Maria Luísa de Sousa Holstein, 3rd Duquesa de Palmela (1841-1909);
By descent to Dom Alexandre de Sousa e Holstein Beck, Visconde de Lançada (1934-2014);
Thence by descent to the present owner.
RELATED LITERATURE:
M. Poletti and A. Richarme, Pierre-Jules Mêne: Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2007, p. 131, CHI 57, fig. 146 and p. 132, CHI 58, fig. 147
M. Poletti and A. Richarme, Pierre-Jules Mêne: Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2007, p. 131, CHI 57, fig. 146 and p. 132, CHI 58, fig. 147