Bronze patinated. Foundry mark "Reduction Mechanique A.le Collas Breveté". 40.5 x 27 x 20 cm. 5.7 kg.

Carved after the somewhat larger-than-life antique original in the Louvre, goddess of the hunt with shouldered quiver of arrows and accompanying stag. Inconspicuous hairline crack (repair?) at the hand/stag's head connection.

Achille Callas (1795 - 1859) invented numerous machines, e.g. for engraving and reproducing reliefs. In 1837, he patented a machine for reproducing three-dimensional objects that could enlarge and reduce to scale. In 1838, together with Ferdinand Barbedienne, he founded the Société Ferdinand Barbedienne et Achille Collas, which focused on the reproduction of antique works of art.