Retour de chasse, Bronze statue in Tuileries Garden, France
Retour de chasse is a bronze statue in the Tuileries Garden depicting a hunting scene with careful attention to detail. Standing along Allée de Diane, this work measures roughly 2.5 meters (8 feet) in height and shows the skill of its creator through realistic modeling.
Created by French sculptor Antonin Carlès in 1888, the statue gained recognition when it was displayed at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1889. This exhibition brought the work into the spotlight of the art world at that time.
Antonin Carlès, born in Auch in 1858, trained under Jouffroy and Falguière and won the Prix de Rome in 1884; his hunting and falconry subjects drew on the aristocratic chase once staged in the Tuileries before it became a public garden. The bronze was shown at the 1889 Exposition Universelle.
The statue sits in the public Tuileries Garden and is freely accessible to visitors exploring the park. Finding it is straightforward since it stands along Allée de Diane, a clearly marked path through the grounds.
Plaster models of this sculpture are preserved at the Musée des Jacobins d'Auch in the Gers region. These preliminary works offer rare insight into how the artist developed the final piece.
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