Fratin's work was extremely popular in Europe, America and especially England. Records show that at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 he was acclaimed as 'the greatest animal sculptor of his day'. In his own country he was considerably successful, winning prizes at exhibitions and receiving private commissions and State commissions for work for public places in Paris and his home town.
Provenance
Private Collection U.K
Victor Franses Gallery London
Private Collection France, acq. from the above (1980s)
Literature
Forrest, M. Art Bronzes, Schiffer Publications Ltd , Pennsylvania 1988, p 166
Horswell, J. Les Animaliers, Collectors Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1971 p.81-102
Payne, C. Animals in Bronze, Collectors Club, Woodbridge,1986, p.352
Kjellberg, P. Les Bronzes du X1Xe Siecle, Les Editions de L’Amateur, 1986
