Jean-Joseph-Alexandre Falguière (French, 1831-1900), a patinated bronze bust of Diana the Huntress, cast by the Thiebaut Frères, circa 1890, the deity with loosely modelled hair and crescent moon diadem and portrayed glancing to sinister, inscribed A. Falguière to her left shoulder, above the truncation, with foundry stamp THIEBAUT FRERES/FONDEURS/PARIS to rear, on spreading square section rouge marble socle, 59cm high Provenance: Property of Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava and thence by direct descent. The present bust is derived from Falguière's full length model of Diana, which was first exhibited in plaster at the Salon in 1882. The model was a success, and Falguiere enlisted the Thiebaut Frères to cast both the full and truncated versions, of which this lot is an example. A near identical example including Thiebaut foundry mark and rouge marble socle is in the collection of the Portland Museum of Art, and another is at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. See also Christie's New York, 24 October 2007, lot 234.