Lot 616: Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848 - 1884) A bronze study

Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848 - 1884) A bronze study of Jeanne d,Arc ecoutant les voix (Joan of Arc listening to the voices) her hair tied back with a scarf, wearing a long dress and shawl, leaning on a staff, signed J Bastien - Lepage to the naturalistic circular base, 34cm. high. In her biography of the artist published ten years after his death, Julia Cartwright makes reference to a clay study of Jeanne d'Arc modelled as a shepherdess leaning on a crook. This appears to be one of twelve casts one of which is currently with the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and one which was offered in Sotheby's, 17th June 1986, lot 61.