The original plaster of this bronze is in the Musée du Petit Palais, Paris. Another bronze cast is in the Kunsthalle, Bremen.

Paul Paulin was a dentist and amateur sculptor who regularly exhibited at the Salon de Beaux-Arts between 1885 and 1922. He modelled busts of many notable figures of his day, including artists such as Degas, Guillaumin, Monet and Rodin