The Water Carrier, bronze sculpture

The Water Carrier, bronze sculpture with double patina, signed on the base Debut and stamped Bronze garanti au titre Paris.
Cartouche: Prix de Rome

Didier Début was a French sculptor born on 4 June 1824 in Moulins, who died on 5 April 1893 in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. He exhibited at the Salon from 1848 and was awarded the second Prix de Rome in 1851. He contributed to the major decorative commissions for Parisian monuments in the second half of the 19th century, including the Hôtel de Ville, the Palais Garnier and the Tribunal de Commerce.