The Wounded Bear

The Wounded Bear

Emmanuel Frémiet

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This composition, which was shown as a plaster model at the Salon of 1850, was one of the first successes for Frémiet, a gifted "animalier." Frémiet's most popular inventions were frequently replicated in terracotta, at less expense than in bronze. This group was cast after an example in which the blade in the she-bear's shoulder was already missing.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.