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Pierre Jules Mène — Whippet

Pierre Jules Mène

Whippet

1825

Cast in bronze using traditional lost-wax techniques, this elegant study of a slender sighthound demonstrates Mène's reputation as the foremost animalier sculptor of 19th-century France.

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bronze

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Pierre Jules Mène, Whippet, 1825

Cast in bronze using traditional lost-wax techniques, this elegant study of a slender sighthound demonstrates Mène's reputation as the foremost animalier sculptor of 19th-century France.

Medium
bronze
Year
1825
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Nineteenth Century, Bronze, French, Small Scale, Animal, Sculpture, Naturalism, Realistic, Dog, Figurative

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