Bronze; chiseled casting, patinated H 47.5 cm; W 16.8 cm, D 17.8 cm.
France, late 19th century.
Figure of a young man standing in counterpoint, wearing Liberian uniform: hat, knee-length pants, stockings with garters, slippers with buckles, shirt with jabot, short jacket with cord braid on shoulders and sash tied at waist. In front of him he holds a 6-string guitar with a bent-down neck. At his feet lies a razor bifurcated at right angles. On the base in the left rear corner - signature: "Anfrie".
In front on the rectangular base - a plaque with the inscription: "FIGARO / Par Anfrie".
A figure from the works of Pierre Beaumarchais (1732-1799), made famous by the operas of Rossini ("The Barber of Seville") and Mozart ("The Marriage of Figaro").
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