CAST AFTER THE MODEL BY FRANÇOIS SICARD, CIRCA 1900

Born in Tours in 1862, François Sicard (d.1934) studied under Barrias and Félix Laurent. He won the Prix de Rome in 1891. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français, getting an honourable mention (1887), and second and first class medals in 1894 and 1897 respectively. He was awarded a Gold Medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle and became an Officier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1910. He was a member of the Institut and had numerous public commissions in the early years of the 20th Century. His chief works include the Revolution monument in the Pantheon (Paris), Agar at the Petit Palais and The Good Samaritan at the Luxembourg. He also sculpted the figures for the Archibald fountain in Sydney. The main collection of his sculpture is in the Tours Museum.