Monumental French Figurative Bronze Statue 'Au Loup' Shepherd Dog Sheep Hunting by Louis-Auguste Hiolin, 1874 Drawings & Prints The casket having engraved carrying

The casket having engraved carrying handles to each side and raised on compressed turned bun feet

Each base finely cast as a seated putto on a gilt bronze rocky outcrop

It is not surprising to learn of Bouguereau's great admiration for the painter Boucher who also found in the subject of Eros expression of infinite pictorial variations

A Beautiful Pair of antique solid silver "Grotto" style Rococo Revival master table salt cellars

this fine pair of screens date to the late 19th century

Monumental French Figurative Bronze Statue 'Au Loup' Shepherd Dog Sheep Hunting by Louis-Auguste Hiolin, 1874 Drawings & Prints The casket having engraved carryingAn impressive and monumental French antique figurative group bronze statue, titled 'Au Loop, by Louis Auguste Hiolin (1846 1910), Beaux Arts period, Paris 1874. This very finely sculpted and patinated figural bronze statue, Au Loup (Chase the Wolf) depicts a young shepherd and his dog who, after discovering their fallen lamb, are in pursuit of the unseen wolf responsible for its demise. At the young shepherd's feet lies the body of a sheep from his