PIERRE-JULES MÈNE (1810–1875) Dog Guarding Game, 1850 model Bronze cast with a nuanced brown patina Signed and dated 1850 Early cast, PJ. Mène workshop 31 x 36 x 22 cm Provenance Me Leclere auction, Marseille, 24 June 2015 Private collection Bibliography Michel Poletti, Alain Richarme, ‘Pierre-Jules Mène, 1810–1879: catalogue raisonné’, Paris, 2007, model listed under no. CHI 34 and reproduced on page 114 (ill. 119) Brown patinated bronze Signed and dated 1850 Ancient cast, P.J. Mène’s studio, circa 1850 12 1/4 x 14 1/8 x 8 5/8 in.