Arthur Jacques LE DUC (1848–1918) - Lot 202

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Arthur Jacques LE DUC (1848–1918) - Lot 202
Arthur Jacques LE DUC (1848–1918) The Cuirassier of Reichshoffen, 1873 Bronze sculpture with a brown patina, signed and dated on the base. Inscribed: "Reischoffen 1870". 61 x 63 cm. Bibliography: Pierre KJELLBERG, “Les bronzes du XIXe siècle,” *Dictionnaire des sculpteurs*, Les Éditions de l’Amateur, Paris, 1987, p. 421 An example is housed at the Museum of Art and History in Saint-Lô, Normandy. The work depicts the Battle of Reichshoffen (which actually took place at Woerth and Froeschwiller) on August 6, 1870, and the defeat of the French cuirassiers, led by Mac Mahon, at the hands of Prussian troops.
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