A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT BRONZE BUST OF A YOUNG WOMAN, cast from a model by Eugéne Laurent, shown wearing a hat, tied with a bow, and a rose to her breast signed E. LAURENT and by the foundry Susse Frs Edrs with their stamp SUSSE FRERES, PARIS in a roundel at the back, with an impressed 'D' above, on a circular speading socle and square plinth (slight wear to gilding)

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A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT BRONZE BUST OF A YOUNG WOMAN, cast from a model by Eugéne Laurent, shown wearing a hat, tied with a bow, and a rose to her breast signed E. LAURENT and by the foundry Susse Frs Edrs with their stamp SUSSE FRERES, PARIS in a roundel at the back, with an impressed 'D' above, on a circular speading socle and square plinth (slight wear to gilding)
22in. (56cm.) high

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Eugène Laurent (1832-1898) studied under Coinchon and exhibited at the Salon from 1861. He specialised in portrait busts and figures of contemporary and historical French celebrities.

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