A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF A YOUTH, ENTITLED 'VAINQUEUR', cast from a model by Marcel Debut, stepping forward, a bow in his right hand, and holding a victor's palm in his left, signed Marcel Début with a cartouche at the front inscribed VAINQUEUR PAR MARCEL DEBUT(MH), late 19th/20th Century

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A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF A YOUTH, ENTITLED 'VAINQUEUR', cast from a model by Marcel Debut, stepping forward, a bow in his right hand, and holding a victor's palm in his left, signed Marcel Début with a cartouche at the front inscribed VAINQUEUR PAR MARCEL DEBUT(MH), late 19th/20th Century
35in. (89cm.) high

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Born in Paris in 1865, Marcel Début studied at the Ecole des beaux arts and was a pupil of Thomas and Chapu. He exhibited paintings and sculpture at the Salon des Artistes Francais in the 1890's.

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