Offered by Galerie Nicolas Bourriaud
          19th and 20th Century Sculptures
Bronze with nuanced brown patina, signed « BARYE ». 
Posthumous cast by Barbedienne. Mark « F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR » and gold stamp « FB ». Bears some founder's references and numbered  « 9 » under the terrace
Circa 1876 - 1889
Literature : Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, Barye catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Paris, 2000, p. 251, model ref. A119, reproduced n° 238.