GASTON LEROUX (FRENCH 1854-1942): A BRONZE FIGURE OF REBECCA in the Orientalist style, the youthful beauty in traditional dress and descending steps with an urn atop her head, on a naturalistic base, signed 'G. L'EROUX', mid brown patination, raised on the original rotating Rouge Griotte marble cylindrical plinth, with a plaque inscribed 'REBECCA PAR G. LEROUX 3me MEDAILLE' 79cm high overall  Leroux specialised in Oriental and classical subject matters, and exhibited numerous models at the Paris Salon during the 1880s. Related Literature: This model is illustrated on page 436 of Les Bronzes du XIXe Siecle P. Kjellberg, Les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris.