French Animalier Bronze Sculptures
May 2026
These objects are French bronze animal sculptures from the 19th-early 20th century animalier tradition, which specialized in realistic depictions of wildlife and domestic animals.
62 objects · 5 institutions
Amazon Taming a Horse
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1840–1843
Amazon: Mme. L. Riding Monte Cristo, Pure-Bred English Horse
Art Institute of Chicago
1865
Ariadne on a Panther
Cleveland Museum of Art
1873
Autumn
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Axis Deer
Cleveland Museum of Art
19th century
Beast
Harvard Art Museums
1954
Bull
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1841
Bull
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1896
Cheval Turk
Art Institute of Chicago
1850–1900
Child
Metropolitan Museum of Art
19th century, after 17th century model
Child
Art Institute of Chicago
18th century
Dawn
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1883
Deer
Cleveland Museum of Art
after 1830
Eagle with Chamois
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1830 – 1875
Equestrienne in Renaissance Dress
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1840
Figure of Phryne
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1845
Figure of a Retriever
Art Institute of Chicago
1840–60
Gazelle d'Ethiopie
Cleveland Museum of Art
1887
Gloria Victis
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1880
Hare
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1830 – 1875
Hercules Carrying the Erymanthean Boar
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1820–1830
Jaguar
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1850
Kangaroo
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1900–1925
L'Amazone blessée
Art Institute of Chicago
1839
La Cothurne (Tragic Pose from Le Jeu d'escharpe)
Art Institute of Chicago
modeled 1895 (cast 1900)
La Pensée
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1900
La Source
Art Institute of Chicago
1864
Le Grenouillard (Frog-Man)
Art Institute of Chicago
1892
Lion
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1880
Lion Fighting a Serpent
Art Institute of Chicago
1847–55
Lion and Fly
Art Institute of Chicago
18th century
Lion and Serpent
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1830 – 1875
Mask of Hercules
Cleveland Museum of Art
1909
Mythological Banquet Scene
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1680
One of a pair of Decorative Figures
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silver 1738–1750; bronze 1745–1749
One of a pair of Decorative Figures
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silver 1738–1750; bronze 1745–1749
Orpheus
Cleveland Museum of Art
early 1860s
Pair of Bronze Statues: Autumn and Winter
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Panther Seizing a Stag
Art Institute of Chicago
Modeled c. 1833, cast 1889
Plaque: Eagle with Snake
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1830 – 1875
Python and a Gnu
Art Institute of Chicago
Cast c. 1934–35
Relief of a Walking Lion
Art Institute of Chicago
1850–1900
Reproduction of Antoine Louis Barye Hare
Harvard Art Museums
Roger and Angelica Mounted on the Hippogriff
Art Institute of Chicago
Modeled c. 1840, cast c. 1884
Sauterelle (Grasshopper)
Art Institute of Chicago
1857
Spaniel Pointing a Rabbit
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1830 –1875
Spaniel and Duck
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1830 – 1875
Standing Lion
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1837
Stray Horse
Art Institute of Chicago
1906
Tiger Devouring a Gavial
Cleveland Museum of Art
1831
Turtle
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1820
Walking Leopard
Cleveland Museum of Art
1831
Walking Lion
Cleveland Museum of Art
after 1836
Walking Panther
Cleveland Museum of Art
1903
Walking Panther
Cleveland Museum of Art
1831
Walking Tiger
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1836
Whippet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1825 – 1879
Wild Basilisk
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Wild Boar
Cleveland Museum of Art
19th century
Winter
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Woman (Elevation)
Art Institute of Chicago
Modeled 1912–15, cast 1927
Zola
Cleveland Museum of Art
1898