Adolphe Jean Lavergne: French school Lived and worked in Paris, he sculpts with grace and elegance small bronzes, such as the Troubadour, the Charmeur à la Lampe, the Joueur de Croquet, the Charmeur de Lézards, the Joueur de Bilboquet etc. and even a Bonaparte au Grand Saint Bernard, a pretty equestrian figure of the Emperor. He also made numerous busts, inspired by those of Carrier-Belleuse, and a few spelters that completed his collection of small bronze figures. He followed the teaching of François Jouffroy ( Prix de Rome in 1832 ), and exhibited at the Salon from 1863 onwards. Bibliography: Les bronzes du XIXème par P. Kjellberg, Éditions de l’amateur 2005, page 445 Bronzes Sculptors & founders 1800-1950 by H. Berman, Abage publishers 1974 tome 1 n° 410, page 85 Bronze numbered and signed. Beautiful condition, finely chiselled. Listed sculptor.