Clement Leopold Steiner (1853-1899) The Palace Guard Polychromed bronze Signed "L. Steiner" on the back in the skirt H : 37 cm Related literature : - Stéphane Richemond, Les Orientalistes, dictionnaires des sculpteurs, XIXème-XXème siècles, Paris, Les éditions de l'Amateur, 2008, illustrated model p. 201. Léopold Steiner studied sculpture with his father and then in the workshops of François Jouffroy, Aimé Millet and Charles Eloy Bailly at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He exhibited regularly at the Salon from 1876 to 1898. He received a gold medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1889 for his group Berger and Sylvain. During his career, Steiner painted portraits of numerous political figures, public settings and orientalist subjects. Constantin Emile Meunier (1831-1905) The longshoreman Bronze with brown patina Signed "C. Meunier" in the right rear corner H : 41 cm Related works: - Constantin Meunier, The Docker, 1893, bronze, H. 118.2 x W. 58.55 x D. 47.3 cm, Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, inv. 1 0000