Henri-Frédéric Iselin
Henri-Frédéric Iselin (1826–1905) was a French sculptor. Henri-Frédéric Iselin was born in Clairegoutte, Haute-Saône, he was a pupil of François Rude. He started at the Salon of 1849 and became famous and successful, sculpting many portraits.
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Henri-Frédéric Iselin
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- Died
- 1905 · Paris.
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- France
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- Knight of the Legion of Honour
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Henri-Frédéric Iselin (1826–1905) was a French sculptor. Henri-Frédéric Iselin was born in Clairegoutte, Haute-Saône, he was a pupil of François Rude. He started at the Salon of 1849 and became famous and successful, sculpting many portraits.
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• Illustration — Henri-Frédéric Iselin, Eurypylus, Paris, palais du Louvre. Iselin created many statues or busts, including those of: • Napoléon III (Château de Compiègne) • Eugénie de Montijo (Vesoul, musée Georges-Garret) • Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc de Morny (Deauville and Château de Compiègne) • Mérimée (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale) • Joachim Murat (Versailles, museum) • Boileau (Paris, musée d'Orsay) • Claude Bernard (Château de Versailles) • Mirabeau (Versailles, Salle du Jeu de Paume) • François Miron (Hôtel de Ville de Paris), • Louis-Benoît Picard (Paris, Institut de France) • Denis Poisson (Vesoul, musée Georges-Garret) • Général de Lamoricière (Vesoul, musée Georges-Garret) • Louis Lagrange (Vesoul, musée Georges-Garret) • Pierre Gardel (Paris, Académie nationale de musique) • L'Élégance (Opéra Garnier)
Henri-Frédéric Iselin (1825-1905), Honoré Gabriel Riqueti de Mirabeau, buste en marbre, Versailles, salle du Jeu de paume.
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- 1.« Jeune Romain », notice du musée d'Orsay.
- 2.Base Joconde M0332007865 Buste du duc Alphonse Charles Jean de Bauffremont .
- 3.« Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte (-Patterson) (1805-1870) », notice sur frenchsculpture.org.
- 4.« Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte (-Patterson) (1805-1870) », notice sur frenchsculpture.org.
- 5.« Petit buste », notice du musée d'Orsay. Un autre exemplaire en plâtre de ce buste est conservé à Annapolis au Maryland State Archives sous le titre de Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte (-Patterson) (1805-1870).
- 6.Base Joconde M0121003558 Buste du Duc de Morny .
- 7.« Le président Boileau », notice du musée d'Orsay.
- 8.« Napoléon III en uniforme », notice du musée d'Orsay.
- 9.« Napoléon III en Hermès », notice du musée d'Orsay.
- 10.« Napoléon III en Hermès », notice du musée d'Orsay.
- 11.« Napoléon III », notice du musée d'Orsay.
- 12.« Monument au duc de Morny – Deauville (fondu) », notice sur e-monumen.net.
- 13.« Monument au docteur Desault – Lure », notice sur e-monumen.net.
- 14.Base Joconde M0332007887 Chrétien-Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes .
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