Pierre Kjellberg, Bronzes of the 19th Century: Dictionary of Sculptors, London, 1994, p. 203

Overall in fair condition with the usual tarnishing and minor scratches to gilt bronze consistent with age and atmospheric conditions through the years. Dirt has amassed in the crevices. the figure is a two tone patina with the human figure in the light brown and the rock and dress gilded. Please note that the surface has been waxed
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The sculptor Chatrousse started exhibiting at the Paris salon in 1848 and won awards at each of the 1863, 1864 and 1865 exhibitions.