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A versatile artist active during the second half of the 19th Century, Herbert produced romantic bronzes and marbles, as well as furniture and decorative pieces in the Neo-classical and Egyptian styles. Some of his bronze statues are included in the collections of prestigious public institutions such as his Amazon Preparing for Battle, which is in the collection of the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. and another captivating bronze composition, Mephistopheles, which is in the collection of the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. A Neo-classical gilt bronze, ebony and marble table executed in 1878 is in the collection of the Musèe D'Orsay. Herbert was also a reknowned portrait artist and there is an exquisite teracotta bust by Hebert of Honoré de Balzac in the collection of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.