Date: 1893
Credit Line: Bequest of Anthony J. Drexel
Means of Accession: Bequest
Made/Created
Artist
Jules Moigniez
Place
Country
France
Continent
Europe
Dimensions
Height
30 in
Width
15 in
Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Curator Pick of the Month
Label
Jules Moigniez, the sculptor of this pheasant, was an expert in casting bird representations and was wildly popular in the late 19th century. A French artist, he exhibited much of his most notable work in The Salon, however his work was especially popular in Great Britain and America. After he became ill in 1869, he stopped producing work and took his own life. His father continued to cast his sculpture with his old molds but stopped around the time of the First World War when tastes had begun to change.
