The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals

FRANCE, Taureau [Bull], 1880, a cast bronze plaque by C.V. Peter, bull running left, head turned to viewer, 127 x 77mm, 219.43g (BDM IV, 462; cf. DNW M2, 2670). Good very fine, patinated £120-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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DNW Auction 44, 17 November 1999, lot 902, recté 1880

An early study of this animal by the artist; his two later works depicting bulls, executed c. 1906-8 and exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1909 and the ANS Exhibition of 1910, show the animal in different poses.