ADRIEN ETIENNE GAUDEZ (French, 1845 – 1902). Jean-Baptiste Poquelin dit Molière, tapissier, circa 1880, Patinated Bronze on a rotating circular plinth. - total height: 15 inches. Estimate $1,500-2,500
Boy in a seated pose with an open book on his lap. With this model, Gaudez recreates a well-known incident in the life of an upholsterer's apprentice who would grow up to become the renowned French actor and author of the 17th century.