CHARLES-ARTHUR BOURGEOIS (1838–1886) Bronze cast with a brown patina Signed and dated 1862 on the pedestal Foundry mark: L. Marchand Early edition cast Height: 112 cm Two marble plinths are included, total height 75 cm Provenance Mes Lesieur et Le Bars auction, Le Havre, 24 October 1999, lot 191 Private collection Bibliography Pierre Kjellberg, ‘Les bronzes du XIXe siècle : dictionnaire des sculpteurs’, Les éditions de l’Amateur, Paris, 1987, smaller version reproduced on page 137 Brown-patinated bronze Signed and dated 1862 on the base Foundry mark: L. Marchand – Ancient cast Height: 44 1/8 in. On a marble base: height: 13 3/4 in.