BY PAUL-GABRIEL CAPELLARO, THE BRONZE CAST BY SUSSE FRÈRES, PARIS, DATED 1894

A student of Mathurin Moreau, Capellaro received the Prix de Rome in 1886 and, in addition to several medals won in the Paris Salons, was later awarded Chevalier de Légion d'honneur in 1903. Various works by the artist now reside at the Palais de la Légion d'honneur and Versailles, notably a marble bust of celebrated writer Gustave Flaubert.