BOURGEOIS Charles Arthur, 1838-1886 (Dijon, France) The Snake Charmer

Bronze with brown patina, signed on the base "Arthur Bourgeois sculp." Overall Height: 33.5 cm. Orientalist work of a beautiful expression and great quality.
CA Bourgeois was a pupil of Francisque Duret at the School of Fine Arts in Paris.
Grand Prix de Rome in 1863, he exhibited at the Salon in Paris where he was medalist in 1870, 1873 and 1878.