French school of the XVIIIth century after Barthélémy Prieur (1540-1611 )Marie de Médicis Small life bust in bronze with light brown patinaH : 24,5 cm, on a brown-grey marble base H : 3 cmUsesReference work : Barthélémy Prieur, Marie de Médicis, small bust on ebony base inscribed with brass, H : 24,7 cm, Los Angeles, LACMA inv. 81.222. 2Related literature : G. Bresc-Bautier, G. Scherf, Bronzes français de la Renaissance au Siècle des lumières, cat. Musée de Louvre, Paris, 2008, pp. 126-127, no. 23 and 24.