Achille Valois - Large Bust Of A Man In Plaster

Large bust of an unidentified man wearing sideburns and magnificent curly hair.
Plaster signed on the side "Valois" and dated 1821.

Achille Valois obtained his training as an artist at the School of Fine Arts in Paris under the direction of the painter Jacques-Louis David and the sculptor Antoine-Denis Chaudet. He won the second Grand Prix de Rome in 1808 on the subject Daedalus putting wings on his son Icarus. It begins at the Salon of 1814 with a bust of Louis XVIII made from life. A version of this bust is currently in the Saint-Denis basilica.
He is related by his mother to the painter specializing in portraits under Louis XV, François-Hubert Drouais.