After Louis-Charles-Hippolyte Buhot (French, 1815-1865), a black patinated bronze model of Hebe and the Eagle, late 19th century, the maiden portrayed wearing a tiara and in light drapery, raising her cup of ambrosia with her right hand, and bearing a dish with the other, seated between the wings of the spreadeagle below, with a canted square section green serpentine marble base, approximately 61cm high overall, 40cm wide Louis Charles Hippolyte Buhot (1815-1865) trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and was a pupil of David d'Angers. He was a regular exhibitor at the Paris Salon between 1837 and 1865. The plaster model of Hebe and the Eagle was exhibited in the year of his death, and may have been inspired by Francois Rude's 1855 interpretation of this popular subject. A silvered bronze version was sold at Sotheby's New York, 30 October 2003, lot 121.