Willows Antiques and Interiors has dated this piece to the 1870s.
An impressive bust of exceptional quality and patina. Signed to the underside by the French firm of V Lesqurieux & M Fedide of Paris.
After a model by Jean-Antoine Houdon.

French, circa 1870.
Jean-Antoine Houdon was a French neoclassical sculptor.
Houdon’s original art is displayed in various museums including ‘Madame Houdon’ after a model by Jean-Antoine Houdon, at the Louvre Museum in France.
Willows Antiques and Interiors has dated this piece to the 1870s.
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