GASTON LEROUX (FRENCH 1854-1942): A BRONZE FIGURE OF REBECCAin 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 overallLeroux specialised in Oriental and classical subject matters, and exhibited numerous models at the Paris Salon during the 1880s.Related Literature: This model is illustrated on page 436 of Les Bronzes du XIXe Siecle P. Kjellberg, Les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris.