Victor Ségoffin

Ségoffin was born in Toulouse and studied in Paris under Pierre Jules Cavalier, as well as Louis Ernest Barrias, who was a strong influence, at the École des Beaux-Arts. He debuted at the Salon in 1890 and won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1897. The plaster model of the present work was first exhibited in 1892. Another cast was sold at Sotheby's New York on 21 October 2008 as lot 7.