A FRENCH GILT BRONZE FIGURE ENTITLED 'LA COSTUME', cast from a model by Agathon Lèonard, the actress with flowing dress, her right hand raised and looking down to her left, signed at the back A. LEONARD Sclp with the SUSSE FRERES EDITEURS, PARIS stamp, impressed M, and stamped to the inside of the cast DORURE, late 19th Century

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A FRENCH GILT BRONZE FIGURE ENTITLED 'LA COSTUME', cast from a model by Agathon Lèonard, the actress with flowing dress, her right hand raised and looking down to her left, signed at the back A. LEONARD Sclp with the SUSSE FRERES EDITEURS, PARIS stamp, impressed M, and stamped to the inside of the cast DORURE, late 19th Century
20¾in. (52½in.) high

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Born in Lille in 1841, Agathon Léonard (pseudonym of Van Weydeveldt) studied under Deleplanche and at the School of Fine Arts in Lille. He became an Associate of the Artistes Français in 1887 and an Associate of the Societé Nationale in 1897, winning various different medals at the Expositions.

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