Description
This is a reduced version of the original by Dagonet's father-in-law, Augustin-Jean Moreau-Vauthier (1831-1890), who exhibited a bronze bust of Lucas at the Salon of 1890 (no. 4282).
Provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [from 5 West Mt. Vernon Place]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Transcription] Proper left shoulder: E. Dagonet, depuis Moreau-Vauthier 1899; [Transcription] cire perdue E. Gruet Jne., Fondeur, Paris
Credit
Acquired by Willam T. or Henry Walters