EMILE CORIOLAN HIPPOLYTE GUILLEMIN (FRENCH, 1841-1907): A LATE 19TH CENTURY BRONZE FIGURE OF ATHENA CAST BY THE DELAFONTAINE FOUNDRY the standing figure holding her shield in her left hand and a figure of Peace in her right, dark greenish patination, on a stepped circular base, the back of the shield stamped 'A.D'. 73cm high Numerous examples of this bronze signed 'E. Guillemin' have been sold at auction, and so we can firmly attribute the model to him, although the present cast is not signed. It features the stamp 'A.D' which refers to the Delafontaine foundry, who cast bronzes for many of the most renowned Parisian sculptors of the late 19th century.