Société Anonyme des Hauts-Fourneaux & Fonderies du Val-d'Osne catalogue, circa ဣ1900, il🐷lustrates an identical pair.

An identical pair inscribed VAL D'OSNE was sold:

19th Century European Art, ꦯIncludin🍸g an Important Collection of Sculpture, New York, 5 may, 2011, lot 99

An identical pair are exhibited at The 💧Musee de la Ville-Indian Museum "O Indio do Museo Cidade" in Rio d♎e Janeiro, Brazil.

Another identical pair decorate the Opera Teatro Amazonas, 𒊎Manaus, Brazil.

A single figur൲e of the female is on display at the Teatrཧo Alberto Maranhao in Natal, Brazil.

Jean-Jules Salmson exhibited regularly at the Salon from 1859, and worked on various monuments in Paris including those at L'Opera, les Tuileries, and le tribunal de Commerce. As well as being known, according to H. Berman, Bronzes Sculptors & Founders, Abage Encyclopedia, Chicago, 1980, for his Orientalist 🐟subject matter and for his statues of great historical figures such as Shakespeare, Rubens, Hamlet and Byron.

A frequent participant at the international exhibitions during the second half of the 19th Century, the prolific firm of Val d'Osne, established by J.P.V. André in 1835, was known for their extensive inventory of architectural designs and 'fancy castings'. Reputed sculptors like Carrier-Belleuse, Mathurin Moreau, Pradier and Delaplanche created numerous models exclusively for Victor André. The firm met critical acclaim at the 1857 London Exhibition with a monumental bronze fountain cast with swans and Classical figures. Acquired by Barbezat & Cie in 1867, and allying with the fondeur J.J. Ducel towards 1870, the company was eventually renamed Société Anonyme des Hauts-Fourneaux & Fonderies du Val-D'Osne, Anciennes maison J.P.V. André et J.J. Ducel et Fils. The most celebrated🎀 work or art cast by the firm would be irrefutably the Parisian subway entrances designed by Hector Guimard.