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Don Juan (?) 20" bronze
We have a set of 2 bronze statues since about 14 years that have been left to us in a succession lot. This one that I call "Don Juan", that was stored in 3 broken pieces in a humid basement since we have it, but recently fixed with epoxy glue, and another one that does decorate the living room that I now call Don Caesar (detail in this site section).
Why the (?) on them, is that they haven't been officially identified as beeing Don Caesar and Don Juan. There names on the bases seems to have been volontary removed (erased) as they are barely visible now and I doubt that they have weared out as other base details are excellent. I've suspected that the maker have used the same molded base use for the Don Juan and Don Caeser set,  to create these 2 medieval caracters but I may be wrong. Internet researches haven't been successfull to identify them besides that there are pairs of statues of "real" Don Juan and Don Caesar using this base's shape and design with there un-erased names on them.
According to some sources, they could be from the 19th century but again, nothing concluding that proves this. If anyone knows about these, informations would be apreciated.
Don Juan 20 inches bronze statue

Don juan front side view

Don juan front view

Don juan base

Don juan repair spots
Repair to them have been done using wood stud engraved to fit inner part of legs and arm, and then glued with Epoxy glue. It's not a perfect job, I know but was done with what I had to have this statue reborn finally after a 14 years storage. The hand repair have moved later due to flag's weight. I have to keep the flag removed for now. A real soldering job would be great to it.
Don juan repair 2

Type: Solid bronze statue
Height: 20" approx with flag
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-Year(s):N/A
-Retail: N/A
-Status: In hand







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