The underside of the base bears marks characteristic of the lost-wax casting technique. Signed 'R. Bugatti'.

Bears founder mark 'A.A Hebrard' underneath.

Numbered '7'

As of today, and based on the current state of research, the bronze casts of this model are recorded in 27 known examples.

Cast using the lost-wax technique, these Two Walking Leopards powerfully embody the singular temperament of Rembrandt Bugatti — an autodidact in the truest sense. Raised in the richly creative world of his father, Carlo Bugatti — at once goldsmith, architect, sculptor, and cabinetmaker — he developed from an early age an instinctive relationship to material and form.

Yet his true school was the observation of living beings. Above all, Bugatti was an eye. Observation was not merely a preparatory stage in his work; it formed the very core of his creative process. He could spend hours contemplating animals — in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris or later at the Zoo of Antwerp — studying their movements, tensions, stillness, and fleeting impulses.

Then, suddenly, he would model. With an almost voracious intensity, he seized the clay and captured not only anatomy but the animal’s inner momentum. Here, one raises its paw to reach its companion in a suspended moment, poised between play and dominance. Bugatti conveys a scene charged with contained energy. The sculpture does not describe the animal; it reveals its inner pulse.