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Antique bronze sculpture David after the combat.
Antique bronze sculpture David after the combat signed by Antonin Mercié, With Founders signature Barbedienne Paris and the Collas seal.
Bronze with brown patina.
France 1880.
A life-size nude version of this model, was exhibited at the Salon of 1872 where it not only won a first class medal but also brought Mercié the distinction of being the only artist to receive the Cross of the Legion of Honor while still a student at the French Academy in Rome. This bronze is now in the Musée d' Orsay.
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