Pair of sculpted bronze figures by Rousseau

This charming pair of patinated bronze figures is by the celebrated Belgian sculptor Victor Rousseau. Rousseau was famous in his own day for his work in bronze and as a medalist, serving for over twenty years during the early 20^th Century as a professor of sculpture at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.

The present pair depicts a young boy and girl. Each figure is raised upon a circular bronze plinth above a veined marble base. Both figures stand in naturalistic poses while they engage in music making. The boy plays a flute while the girl holds a music book aloft, their postures and the textures of their clothing skilfully rendered.

Each work is signed “Rousseau”.