Lot 365: European Bronze Finery Minstrel Sculpture by Léon Fagel

After Leon Fagel (ca.1890), "A Minstrel" Signed on Base, Fagel. French Bronze Sculpture with rich dark brown patina. Figure of a minstrel, holding a later added sword on a circular marble plinth. Circa 1890, Thiebaut Freres Foundry mark. Léon Fagel was a French sculptor, best known for his busts. Fagel was born in Valenciennes, won the second Prix de Rome in 1875, and the Prix de Rome in 1879. He exhibited busts of Chevreul, J. Cavelier, and Le Greffeur at the Exposition Universelle, along with two large reliefs for Sacré-Cœur