LOUIS-ERNEST BARRIAS (FRENCH 1841-1905): A FINE CHRYSELEPHANTINE FIGURE OF A MAIDEN 'LA RECONNAISSANCE' CAST BY SUSSE FRERES, the maiden holding an ormolu stylus and writing on the marble pedestal beside her, her upper body and foot carved in ivory, her dress cast in gilt bronze and signed 'E. Barrias', stamped with the Susse Freres foundry maker's stamp / medallion and signed 'Susse Frères Éditeurs', mounted on a chamfered green marble base and support held by a gilt bronze bracket to the reverse, 33cm high This lot is subject to CITES Barrias is most famous for his work 'Nature Unveiling Herself Before Science' (La Nature se dévoilant à la Science) produced in 1899 and also cast by the important Susse Freres foundry in Paris in numerous sizes and with numerous variations including ivory, gilt bronze, patinated bronze, silvered bronze and with various embellishments. The present bronze was first produced in 1900 as a full size figure before Susse produced smaller versions such as the present example which was also produced in 1900 and1901. (33cm high, 11cm wide)