Lot 70: Duchoiselle , French 19th Century La Pêche, La Chasse bronze, brown and parcel-gilt patina with minor polychromy

the male figure signed Duchoiselle to the base. bronze, brown and parcel-gilt patina with minor polychromy

measurements height of male figure 24 in.; width 40 in.; depth 12 in. alternate measurements 61 cm; 101.5 cm; 30.5 cm

Little is known about the sculptor Duchoiselle, except that he supplied ceiling reliefs for the Louvre and Garnier's Opera in 1882. Other examples of this model were produced in marble by the Frilli Gallery, Florence. The idealized American Indian female, representing the artistic personification of the country itself, was a popular 19th-century subject for both American and European sculptors.