Jean-Pierre CORTOT (1787–1843) - Lot 596

Jean-Pierre CORTOT (1787–1843) “The Soldier of Marathon Announcing Victory” Large-scale patinated bronze sculpture. Signed on the base, numbered “873,” and bearing the mark of the foundry Barbedienne in Paris. Height: 66 cm Length: 73 cm Signs of wear, minor scratches. Note: Jean-Pierre Cortot studied sculpture under Antoine Bridan at the École des Beaux-Arts and won the Grand Prix for Sculpture in 1809. Presented at the 1822 Salon, the plaster model of *The Soldier of Marathon Announcing Victory* was a great success and led to a commission for a marble version for the Tuileries Gardens. The work entered the Louvre in 1877, and smaller bronze versions were cast by the foundryman Barbedienne.