HENRI CHAPU (1833-1891), Jeanne d'Arc in Domremy

bronze; height: 36 cm;
Signed on base: H. Chapu and F. BARBEDIENNE / Fondeur Paris
and a circular foundry seal with a male head in profile and an inscription in the rim: REDUCTION MECANIQUE / A. COLLAS BREVETE,
above number: 5 / 7.
France, Paris, Ferdinand Barbedienne foundry; original 1872 / cast 1st quarter of 20th century.
The figure of a young woman in an almost kneeling pose on a circular base; hands folded, placed on her knees; wearing a long skirt, blouse with an overhanging loincloth, with her head turned to the side - in a gesture of expectation;
The prototype of the offered sculpture by Henri Chapu executed in marble (1870-1872, height 117 cm) is in the Musée d`Orsay in Paris.