Marius Jean Antonin Mercié Art

(MERCIÉ) MARIUS JEAN ANTONIN (1845-1916) “MULTIPLE” “GLORIA VICTIS” – Molded, relief and patinated bronze sculpture of great gesturalism and detai...

Antonin Mercié 1845-1916 French David vainqueur de Goliath (David Conquering Goliath) Signed "A.Mercié" Bronze Created by the hailed French sculptor Antonin Mercié, David vainqueur de Goliath stands among the artist's crowning achievements in sculpture. An exceptional rarity capturing a timeless biblical tale, the larger-than-life sculpture is one of only three large-scale bronzes of Mercié's David ever produced; one greets visitors as they enter the famed Musée d'Orsay in Paris, while the other stands proudly in front of the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse. When the artist Antonin Mercié showcased his grand plaster depicting David and Goliath at the 1872 Paris Salon, it overjoyed both the critics and the visitors and won First Prize. Impressed with the superb model, the French state commissioned two bronzes from his plaster. Because of the purchase by the French state, all further casts were prohibited, with the singular exception being a bronze the artist...

"David Apres le Combat" by Antonin Mercie (1845-1916), bronze statue with the original ormolu & red Languedoc marble pedestal, circa 1880. The bronze depic...

This is a magnificent bronze version of this most iconic late 19th century bronze of "David after the Battle", with David sheathing his sword with his foot on the head of Goliath by Marius Jean...

Exceptional quality bronze Group of Gloria Victis, a winged figure of victory carrying a fallen warrior by Antonin Mercié Gloria Victis, bronze with brown patina. Inscribed with 'F....

The bronze "Gloria Victis" is recognized by most to be Jean-Antonin Mercie's (1845-1916) best known sculpture. The work received great acclaim and won a medal of Honor when the plaster model was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1874, and cast in bronze by Barbedienne shortly after. The plaster model for 'Gloria Victis" was purchased by the City of Paris. The same subject of greater size is at the entrance of the Petit Palais, in Paris. Signed "A. MERCIÉ"; inscribed "GLORIA VICTIS", with the foundry mark "F. BARBEDIENNE, Fondeur. Paris", and stamped "mechanical reduction Achille Collas". This bronze group is in perfect condition, but it has remained several decades outside and has thus acquired a natural green patina, and gilding is slightly worn. Mercié was one of the most successful French sculptors of his generation, and as early as 1868 he was awarded the Prix de Rome, soon followed by accolades such as the cross of the Légion d'honneur, the Medal of Honor at the 1874 Salon (for his Gloria Victis sculpture...

Also known as "David with the Head of Goliath", this very fine sculpture not only won a first class medal but also resulted in Mercie being honored with the Cross of the Legion of Honor, the only artist ever to receive this distinction while still a student at the French Academy in Rome. At just twenty-three, as a student both of Jouffroy and Falguiere at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Mercie won the Prix de Rom in 1868 with his Thesee Vainqueur du Minotaure. He remained in Rome from 1869-1873, creating both of his most famous works: David Vainqueur...

19th century French patinated metal figure of Joan of Arc standing on a rectangular rouge marble base, by Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercie b.1845-d.1916.