No eminent Victorian’s mantelpiece was complete without its little bronze ... Certain early 19th century French artists, quite logically called les animaliers, made small sculptures, of fauna ...

The sculpture had not been seen in public since an exhibition ... Created towards the end of the 19th century, the bronze work was inspired by Claudel's painful break-up with French sculptor Auguste ...

The sculpture had not been seen in public ... Created towards the end of the 19th century, the bronze work was inspired by Claudel’s painful break-up with French sculptor Auguste Rodin.