Henri Alfred Jacquemart

Henri Alfred Marie Jacquemart (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi alfʁɛd maʁi ʒakmaʁ]; 24 February 1824 in Paris – 4 January 1896, in Paris),[1][2] often known as Alfred Jacquemart, was a noted French sculptor and animalier.

Jacquemart studied under painter Paul Delaroche and sculptor Jean Baptiste Jules Klagmann.

Many of his works were cast in bronze by the Val d' Osne foundry and some by the silversmith Christofle.

Jacquemart died suddenly at his apartment in the Rue de Babylone, Paris on the night of 4 January 1896.

[5] His funeral was delayed until 13 January for the arrival of his son, Maurice, who lived in Tunis and was held at the Eglise Saint Thomas d'Aquin, Paris.