France | 04058-M00051 |
A Pair of Signed 19th Century French “Grand Tour” High Relief Gilt-Bronze Wall Plaques, by master founder Ferdinand Barbedienne, in the Greek taste, depicting charioteer scenes (perhaps from a race in the Panathenaic Games similar to Victorious Apobates 4th century BC) , inscribed ‘F. Barbedienne,’ in the lower right. Barbedienne was a world famous bronze founder and metalworker in the 19th century
Height: 12"; Width: 23 1/4"; Depth: 1 1/2"