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D'après François-Joseph BOSIO (1768-1845)

Henri IV as a child, near a tree trunk, left hand clutching his sword, right leg slightly bent Bronze with brown patina H: 75 - L 29 cm F Barbedienne founder and Colas mechanical reduction stamp Deformation to the sword Based on the silver original intended for the King, this full-length figure of Henri de Navarre, founder of the Bourbon dynasty, was inspired by a painting by François Bunel at Versailles (n°inv. MV 3282). A highly successful propaganda figure for the Bourbon dynasty, it was produced in various sizes and materials, including silver, marble and bronze. Bibliography Stéphanie Deschamps-Tan, Unique et multiple. L'Henri IV enfant de François-Joseph Bosio, in Annales monégasques, 42, 2018, 33-48, p. 33-48. Related works: - François Joseph Bosio, Henri IV enfant, plaster presented at the Salon of 1822 - François Joseph Bosio, Henri IV enfant, 1824, silver statue commissioned by Louis XVIII, signed and dated, H. 125 x L. 42 x W. 40 cm, Paris, Musée du Louvre (n°inv.CC 37) - François Joseph Bosio, Henri IV enfant, 1824, original marble, H. 125 x L. 42 x W. 40 cm, Château de Versailles - François Joseph Bosio, Henri IV enfant, 1823, marble, H: 126.7 x W. 51 x D. 50 cm; H: without plinth 118.7 cm, Musées des Beaux-arts de Pau, acquired 1864 (former inv. no. 864.1.1; 1)

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D'après François-Joseph BOSIO (1768-1845)

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