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Title:
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Cavaliers Holding Halberds
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Artist: |
Baron Carlo Marochetti
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The journal Le Charivari for 2 May 1843 reported that "M. Marochetti from whom the government has recently commissioned the equestrian statue of Napoleon for his monument at the Invalides, has just executed for the firm of Susse freres, Place de la Bourse, a magnificent equestrian statue of Charles I, King of England, accompanied by two soldiers carrying halberds. All amateurs of the fine arts , amongst whom are a number of distinguished Englishmen, at present crowd the rooms of M. Susse to admire this work produced by the talent of one of our foremost sculptors". Susse's 1844 printed catalogue of statuettes and bronzes, offers the Charles I and the two soldiers, carrying either candelabra or hallberds, in two sizes, in bronze, plaster or 'carton'. Alexandre Dumas owned the pair of cavaliers. They were at his home in the Rue du Mont Blanc in Paris, where they seem to have been known in the household as 'the musketeers'. One had been christened Porthos and the other d'Artagnan. His daughter would recall a dangerous childhood game, involving taking the place of the 'musketeers' on their pedestals. (Marie-Alexandre Dumas, Lit de Mort, Paris, 1867, p.5) The complete set of king and soldiers can be found in Brodick Castle, on the Isle of Arran, one of the homes of the Dukes of Hamilton. (see entry on Marochetti's statue of the 11th Duke at Brodick School)
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Material(s): |
Bronze
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Medium: |
Unassigned |
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Cast |
Genre: |
Unassigned
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Location: |
London Art Market, , ,
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Year: |
1843 |
Height: |
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0 metres |
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Key: |
5785 |
Acc. No.: |
5785 |
Col. No.: |
5785 |
Number of views: |
2577 |
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