GASTON LEROUX (FRENCH 1854-1942): A BRONZE FIGURE OF

GASTON LEROUX (FRENCH 1854-1942): A BRONZE FIGURE OF REBECCA
in the Orientalist style, the youthful beauty in traditional dress and descending steps with an urn atop her head, on a naturalistic base, signed 'G. L'EROUX', mid brown patination, raised on the original rotating Rouge Griotte marble cylindrical plinth, with a plaque inscribed 'REBECCA PAR G. LEROUX 3me MEDAILLE'
79cm high overall

Leroux specialised in Oriental and classical subject matters, and exhibited numerous models at the Paris Salon during the 1880s.
Related Literature: This model is illustration on page 436 of Les Bronzes du XIXe Siecle P. Kjellberg, Les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris.