Bronze, circa 1832-35. 153 mm; 6 inches (height). Numbered 9/25 and stamped with the foundry mark MLG on the verso near the base.
Published in Gobin, Daumier Sculpteur , 1952, page 233, number 34 (the terracotta illustrated); and Mourre, Bustes et Personnages, from Daumier: Arts et Livres de Provence, 1948, page 100, number 8,.
Ex-collection private collection, Sweden; M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, until 1966; Herbert M. Singer until 1996; Dorothy Friedman until 1999; thence to the current owner.
