French school of the second half of the XIXth century after the antique Diane de Gabies Bronze with brown patina Bears the founder's mark " F. BARBEDIENNE. FONDEUR" and the stamp "REDUCTION MECANIQUE A. COLLAS". COLLAS" H. H. : 56 cm and black marble base H. : 8 cm Dust and accidents Related work : Italy, Diane de Gabies, marble, H. 174 x W. 52 x D. 48 cm, Paris, Musée du Louvre, inv. Ma 529. Related literature : Florence Rionnet, Les Bronzes Barbedienne. L'œuvre d'une dynastie de fondeurs (1834 - 1954), Paris, Arthena, 2016, model listed under Cat. 26, p. 211. This is a bronze reduction of the famous ancient marble Diana of Gabies discovered in 1792 in the estate of Prince Borghese in Gabies, near Rome. After the marble was sent to France, purchased by Napoleon in 1807, the model met with great success and was distributed by the publisher Barbedienne.