BRONZE ANIMAL SCULPTURE "THE LIONESS TAMER" BY ÉDOUARD DROUOT

Important bronze animal sculpture with a brown and green patina by Édouard Drouot (1859-1945), depicting a lion tamer. Signed in relief on the side: "Drouot". Foundry mark "LN Paris JL" (Les neveux de Jules Lehmann). Numbered "12". Les Neveux de Jules Lehmann, abbreviated LN Paris JL, was a Parisian art foundry, renowned particularly for its production of bronze statuettes, mostly chryselephantine, during the Art Deco period. The company headquarters were located at 26 rue de Paradis, Paris. Another part of the business was located at 14 avenue de l'Opéra. The foundry produced works by renowned artists such as Demetre Chiparus, Madeleine Granger, Claire Colinet, Édouard Drouot, Maurice Guiraud-Rivière, Jean-Antoine Injalbert, Agathon Léonard, Pierre Le Faguays, Raoul Lamourdedieu, Gaston Hauchecorne, Amedeo Gennarelli, Georges Chauvel, and Jean Ortis. Production at this foundry ceased with the Second World War and the German occupation of France. Édouard Drouot (1859-1945) was a French sculptor, a student of Mathurin Moreau at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1889 onward, showing busts, male and female figures, allegories, Orientalist, animal, and mythological compositions, and receiving a medal and several honorable mentions. A significant number of his works have been cast in bronze. Art Deco period, circa 1930. Dimensions: W: 42cm, D: 20cm, H: 61.5cm. In very good condition.