The hands join together, resting on his right thigh, gazing up at the sky, his cattail resting on the ground between his feet.
Alabaster proof.
Signed Eugène LAURENT (1832-1898) on the right side of the terrace
Height: 49 cm. Base: 12.50 cm x 14 cm
Minor scratches and chips, natural shades of the stone.
Eugène Laurent (1832-1898),
French sculptor, student of Théodore Coinchon (1814-1881). He participated from 1861 in the Salon of French artists. He became known for his classic subjects, his busts of celebrities Public orders: Jacques Callot in Nancy and François Boucher for the Hôtel de Ville in Paris.