A late 19th century French bronze figure of Hippocrène, cast from a model by Êdouard Drouot, the semi-naked maiden with laurel garlanded hair, her arms outstretched, a scarf billowing about her shoulders, standing on a rocky promontary with tree stump and wave cast base, the cylindrical, rotating socle with a label inscribed HIPPOCRÈNE par Druout -- 27½in. (70cm.) high.

A late 19th century French bronze figure of Hippocrène, cast from a model by Êdouard Drouot, the semi-naked maiden with laurel garlanded hair, her arms outstretched, a scarf billowing about her shoulders, standing on a rocky promontary with tree stump and wave cast base, the cylindrical, rotating socle with a label inscribed HIPPOCRÈNE par Druout -- 27½in. (70cm.) high.

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A late 19th century French bronze figure of Hippocrène, cast from a model by Êdouard Drouot, the semi-naked maiden with laurel garlanded hair, her arms outstretched, a scarf billowing about her shoulders, standing on a rocky promontary with tree stump and wave cast base, the cylindrical, rotating socle with a label inscribed HIPPOCRÈNE par Druout -- 27½in. (70cm.) high.

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Edouard Drouot, born 1859.

This French born sculptor studied under Thomas and Mathurin-Moreau. The present bronze displays a fine degree of attention to finishing and tonal variation in patination.

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