CIRCA 1825, AFTER MODELS BY JEAN-CLAUDE ROSSET, CALLED ROSSET PÉRE (1706-1786)

The figures of Rousseau and Voltaire are after the model by Jean-Claude Rosset, called Rosset pére (1706-86). Originally trained in the mediums of wood and ivory, he established himself in Paris in 1771, specialising in busts of Voltaire, Rousseau, de Montesquieu and d'Alembert.