After a model by Eugène-Antoine Aizelin (French, 1821 - 1902). Titled "Bergers d'Arcadie (Shephards of Arcadia)". Circa 1867, a bronze sculpture with light brown patination with polished accenting. Modeled as a maiden and a shepherd mourning at a tomb. She is in a flowing robes with head downcast, and he is wearing a woven shepherd's hat with crook in his right hand, with its tip resting on a papyrus bearing an inscription in Ancient Greek. Signed E. AIZELIN with foundry mark. H: 25 in. L: 12 in.