Emmanuel Fremiet, a French sculptor, born in Paris about 1824. He acquired the rudiments of his art in the studio of his uncle, the late Francois Rude, and was employed in anatomical labors at the clinic of the medical school. In 1843 he exhibited the picture of a gazelle, and in 1850 one of a wounded dog, which made him famous as a rival of Barye. The ministry of state purchased in 1853 his "Horse at Montfaucon," and subsequently his "Gallic Cavalier. He has executed many other works, including equestrian statues of Napoleon I. and III., and numerous statuettes. Among his later productions is the Transformation of Neptune into a Horse (1863).