A FRENCH WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A YOUNG CHILD

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A FRENCH WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A YOUNG CHILD
By Alphonse Henri Nelson, dated 1906

With drapery falling from his back and holding a foliate branch above his head, on a naturalistic rocky base signed HNELSON 1906
54in. (137.2cm.) high; 16in. (40.6cm.) wide; 15½in. (39.3cm.) deep

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Born in Paris in 1854, Alphonse Henri Nelson exhibited at the Salon from 1882 onwards, received an honourable mention at the Universal Exhibition of 1889, and was eventually made Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur.

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