Jean-Baptiste dit Auguste CLESINGER (1814-1883) & Maison MARNYHAC Child Hercules choking snakes Bronze fountain proof with brown patina, signed and titled on the base and inscribed Maison Marnyhac. Marnyhac. Height: 106 cm - Width: 48 cm - Depth: 37 cm MARNYHAC was the trade name of the Société des Marbres et Bronzes Artistiques de Paris, headed by Charles de Marnyhac and based in Paris at the end of the 19th century on avenue de l'Opéra, then rue de la Paix. Specializing in luxury objects, it closed its doors around 1910.

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