HENRY ETIENNE DUMAIGE: Large font in bronze with green patina dating back to 1838 Representation of an angel with a shell. Very nice foundry quality. Henry Etienne Dumaige (1810-1888) was a French sculptor. He is the student of Jean Feuchère and Christophe Dumont. He exhibited at the ‘Salon des artistes français’ (Salon of French artists) from 1863 to 1886. He particularly exhibited L'âge d'or, a plaster group, in the Salon of 1863, then in 1864; Héros in the Salon of 1866 and Patrie, a bronze group in the Salon of 1886. Dumaige was awarded a second medal in 1880. For the founder Houdebine, who took part in the 1878 World Exhibition in Paris, he created two caryatids-women-flares, but he also worked for other founders. Among other things, he created statues for the Hôtel de Ville of Paris, then the one representing Rabelais, a marble for the city of Tours. Dimensions: H 44 x 27