Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001852Figure of a Retriever
Inscriptions
Marked: P.J. MENE (impressed on proper right front corner of plinth)
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf, Winnetka, Illinois, by 1975; given to the Art Institute, 1975.
Exhibition history
Art Institute of Chicago, "Small Bronzes from Chicago Collections," 22 July – 8 October 1972 [no cat.].
Publications
Stanislas Lami, Dictionaire des Sculpteurs de l’Ecole Francaise (Liechtenstein, 1970), pp. 427–30. Pierre Cadet, Susse Frères, 150 Years of Sculpture (Paris: Susse Frères, 1992), p. 229.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Pierre-Jules Mêne (French, 1810–1879)
- Date
- 1840–60
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 22.9 × 34.3 cm (9 × 13 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- statuette
- Style
- nineteenth century
- Place
- France
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf
- Accession no.
- 1975.700
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