Auguste Caïn

Auguste Caïn , (1821 - 1894) is a French sculptor. He is the son-in-law of the animalist sculptor Pierre Jules Mène and as him specializes in the animalist sculpture very in vogue towards the end of the XIXe century.

Some works

Tiger embanking a crocodile , bronzes (1873), Jardin of Tileries.
Lion and lioness disputing a wild boar , bronzes, garden of Tileries
Two lionesses attacking a bull , bronzes, 1882, garden of Tileries
Tigresse bringing a peacock to its small , bronzes (1873), garden of Tileries.
Lionesses of the Sahara , bronzes (1867), two specimens which decorate the Porte of the lions with dimensions North of the wing of Flora, the southern part raises him to them Lions sitted of Barye.
Tégresse Férieuse , bronzes (1863) gift in Préfier de Télemcen… Algerie (1866)
the Lion of Nubie and its prey , bronzes (1870), Jardin of Luxembourg.

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