DAVID VAINQUEUR DE HENRI HONORE PLE (1853-1922)

A patinated bronze sculpture in light and nuanced brown depicting King David victorious over Goliath. Signed in relief on the base: "Henri Plé". Titled on a cartouche "David vainqueur" (David Victorious), and annotated "Salon des Beaux-Arts". Stamped on the back by the Société des Bronzes de Paris and numbered AP 3139. Henri Honoré Plé (1853-1922) studied under Gérault and Mathurin Moreau and worked as a painter and sculptor of portraits and bas-reliefs. Seductive oriental figures or powerful male figures, mostly heroes of history or mythology, occupy a significant place in the eclectic production of this sculptor. He exhibited at the Salon from 1877 and received an honorable mention in 1879, before being awarded a bronze medal at the 1900 Paris Universal Exposition. The Barbedienne and Thiébaut foundries produced bronze casts of several of Plé's works. Bibliography: Pierre Kjellberg, Les bronzes du XIXe siècle, Paris, Editions de l'Amateur, 2005, pp. 511-516. 19th century, Circa: 1890. Dimensions: W: 25cm, D: 28cm, H: 77cm.