Jules Bertin, French sculptor late 19th c., imposing patriotic figure reaffirming the French claim to Alsace and Lorraine. A female nude exotically decorated with shells holding a flag stands on a hemisphere showing the corresponding territory as a map. Inscribed on the standing ring ''Alsace RF Lorraine'', dark patinated bronze over a plinth of red marble, signed u. dated 1879, one arm loose, bumped, extremely heavy, only shipping possible, h. 138 cm