LEON BUREAU (FRENCH, 1866-1906)

Born in Limoges, Bureau studied under Falguière at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He exhibited at the Salon beginning in 1884, and specialized in the portrayal of exotic animals.
See C. Payne, Animals in Bronze, Woodbridge, 1986, p. 353, fig. H214, for an illustration of another cast.