"Jeune Fille aux Nattes", a patinated bronze bust France, 19th century, after the model by Jacques-François-Joseph Saly

Overall in good original condition with the usual wear to the patina in places especially to high reliefs of the composition and such consistent with handling, touching, and cleaning. Light scratches consistent with age.
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For further information on the original model see:

X. Salmon, Madame de Pompadour et les Arts, cat. exp. Versailles, 2002, p. 518-519.
M. Levey, ‘A new identity for Saly’s Bust of a young girl’, dans Burlington Magazine 1965, p. 91.

M. Beaulieu, ‘La fillette aux nattes de Saly', dans Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art, 1955, pp. 62-66.

D. Walker, Art in Rome in the 18th century, cat. exp., Philadelphia Museum of Arts, 2000, p. 285, no. 154.