Lot 238: Charlotte Gabrielle Besnard, née Dubray , French 1855 - 1930 Seated beauty white marble , raised on a later rosso marble pedestal

signed Charlotte Dubray / Rome / 1876 . white marble , raised on a later rosso marble pedestal

measurements figure height 45 in., length 4 ft. 9 in., width 24 in.; pedestal height 30 in., length 4 ft. 10 in., depth 27 1/2 in. alternate measurements 114.5 cm, 175.5 cm, 61 cm; 76 cm, 178 cm, 70 cm

Charlotte-Gabrielle Besnard, née Dubray, was taught sculpture by her father, Gabriel-Vital Dubray. She first exhibited at the Salon in 1874 and was awarded a silver medal in 1900. Dubray married the painter Albert Besnard, who was director of the French Academy in Rome. She was a sociétaire of the Société des Beaux-Arts and exhibited a series of portrait busts at the Rome Academy from 1875-1878.