Laurent Marqueste, Bust Of An Advocate (circa 1910)

Laurent Marqueste (1848 Toulouse - 1920 Paris)
Bust of an advocate
Circa 1910
Bronze
H. 30 cm
Founder: Claude Valsuani
Signed on the right shoulder: Marqueste
Stamp of the founder on the back: Cire / C. VALSUANI / PERDUE
Base in red marble
Repaired crack to the marble base

In addition to his dramatic mythological and allegorical groups Laurent Marqueste specialised in portrait busts of notables. In reference to our bust one needs to mention those of the composer, Camille Saint-Saëns (Philharmonie de Paris, Musée de la Musique), and particularly the bust of the medical doctor Paul Poirer (Granville, Basse-Normandie), both cast by Claude Valsuani. This is a previously unrecorded work by Marqueste.