After Pierre-Jules Mêne (French, 1810–1879) Fauconnier Arabe à ChevalSigned 'P.J. MÊNE.' on base, bronze with golden brown patinaHeight: 29 3/4 in. (75.6cm)Conceived in 1873.ProvenancePrivate Collection, Pennsylvania.Footnote:LiteratureSophie Eloy and François Michaud, Animaux. La Sculpture Animalière Dans les Collections du Mée International de la Chasse. 19ème et 20ème siècles, an exhibition catalogue, Mée Internaitonal de la Chasse, Gien, 1999, pp. 42-43, n. 10 (another model illtrated).Christopher Payne, "Animals in Bronze," in Antique Collector's Club, Woodlbridge, 1986, p. 355, no. H221.Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, Pierre-Jules Mêne 1810-1879: Catalogue Raisonné, Univers du Bronze, Paris, 2007, p. 38, F. 10 (another model illtrated).NoteThe present sculpture differs from the other subjects Mêne captured and cast in the 1870s. When it was presented at the Salon of 1873, it met an immediate success. Many casts were produced in the 19th century, but few were made in the following century, making this piece rare.