The lifesize, 22½in (57cm) high sculpture, which is signed F. Barbedienne Fondeur on the edge of the bust and marked 14 and J on a bar underneath, has an estimate of $6000-9000.
French sculptor's bust of George Washington to be offered in Rhode Island sale
This 19th century bronze bust of George Washington cast by the French metal founder Ferdinand Barbedienne after the model by the French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) will feature in the Bruneau and Co sale at Cranston, Rhode Island, on March 14.