Bronze of young archer by Joseph-Antoine Gardet, Paris Foundry mark, original rotating bronze base.Circa 1880.////////////////////////////////////////////////////////(From French WIki):"Joseph-Antoine Gardet , born in Paris 6 th February 22 , 1861 1 and died on February 24 , 1891 in the same city, is a French sculptor , Rome sculpture prize in 1885. Son of the sculptor Joseph Gardet , and brother of the sculptor Georges Gardet , Joseph-Antoine Gardet is enrolled at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris , where he is a student of Jules Cavelier and Aimé Millet .After a second prize in 1884, he was awarded in 1885 the first prize in Rome for his plaster bas-relief, The Body of a Spartan Soldier Dead in Battle, delivered to his mother . This award allows him to stay at the Medici Villa in Rome until 1889.After returning to Paris, he exhibited his statue of the Shooter at the Salon of the Society of French Artists in 1890.He died in Paris on February 24, 1891 and is buried in the Montparnasse Cemetery .A few months after his death, his last work, The Sleep of the Child Jesus , is exhibited at the Salon of 1891 where it receives a favorable critical reception.Works in public collections Angers , Museum of Fine Arts : Bust Alexis Axilette 2 , bust plaster.Châlons-en-Champagne , Museum of Fine Arts and Archeology : The Sleep of the Child Jesus , Salon of 1891, marble statue.Grenoble , museum of Grenoble : The Shooter , Salon of French artists of 1890, marble statue.Paris :National School of Fine Arts :Torso de fauna , sent from 1886, marble copy of an antique from the Uffizi Gallery of Florence ;The body of a Spartan soldier killed fighting, reported to his mother , Salon of 1885, plaster bas-relief, 1st prize of Rome sculpture.Orsay museum :Bust of Étienne Dollfus child 3 , marble bust;Portrait of Mrs. Ernest Hébert 4 , 1887, bronze plaque;Portrait of Mrs. E. Trubert , 1890, bronze plaque;Portrait of Jean Patricot 5 , 1887, bronze medal;Portrait of Henri Lechat 6 , 1886, bronze medal;Portrait of Georges Doublet 7 , 1886, bronze plate;Portrait of Countess J. de Chambrun , 1888, bronze plaque;Charity , bronze plate."H 27".

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