Louis VIDAL-NAVATEL known as VIDAL the blind (1831-1892). The stag with fourteen horns. Bronze with brown patina, signed on the terrace. Height 54 cm - Width : 40 cm Note: an animal sculptor active during the Second Empire and Third Republic, he followed in the footsteps of Antoine-Louis Barye, Pierre-Jules Mène and Emmanuel Frémiet. This composition of Cerf à quatorze cors illustrates his attraction to wildlife and naturalistic observation, major characteristics of XIXᵉ century animal sculpture.