A fine study of a harlequin bronze statuette, after Rene De Saint Marceaux.
He was born northeast of Paris in Reims in 1845 to a noble family. At the age of eighteen went to Paris to study at the École des Beaux-Arts. Among his works were several statues created for Baron Rothschild for his Château de Ferrières and the tomb at Montmartre Cemetery in Paris.
This mischievous Harlequin, arms crossed in contemplation, is wearing a grin and a mask and treading the boards of the stage.
