Stanislas Lami

Overall the condition is excellent. There is a restored break to the tip of one wing of the pigeon on her left shoulder. There is a restored break to the beak of the pigeon at her left thigh. There is some naturally occurring veining in the marble, visible in the catalogue photograph. One toe on her proper right foot has been reattached.
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This life-size group of a girl surrounded by doves is a very rare work by the sculptor-writer Stanislas Lami. Lami was the son of a sculptor, Alphonse Lami, and he followed in his fathers footsteps exhibiting regularly at the Salon. Stanislas was prolific in his writing, famously producing the many volumes of his dictionary of French sculptors, which spanned from the Medieval age to the end of the 19^th century. This charming group amply testifies to his skill as a marble carver.