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ISIDORE-JULES BONHEUR FRENCH, 1827-1901 JUMENT ANGLAISE MONTÉE PAR UN JOCKEY (AN ENGLISH MARE AND JOCKEY)

signed: ISIDORE. BONHEUR and stamped PEYROL

bronze, warm mid-brown patina

CATALOGUE NOTE

This rare model shows the horse and jockey frozen in mid trot, with only two horses hooves momentarily touching the ground. The Jument Anglais montée par un Jockey was exhibited in plaster at the Salon of 1863. Isidore Bonheur, the son of the painter Raymond Bonheur and brother of Rosa, studied under his father and worked closely with his brother-in-law, the editeur-fondeur Hyppolyte Peyrol, whose stamp is found on the present model.

Amongst Bonheur's wide variety of animal sculptures exhibited at the Salon, there were a number of mounted equestrian models. Variations on the theme of the Jockey include models in which the rider twists sideways looking behind the horse over his shoulder, another shown jumping a hedge and others shown trotting as in the present example, or where the rider looks straight ahead. They were all edited by Peyrol and were popular with the racing fraternity on both sides of the channel, for both Isidore and Rosa exhibited for a time at the Royal Academy.

RELATED LITERATURE
Lami vol.1, pp.127-130