A Beautiful Late 19th Century Biscuit Group Entitled “Le Nid” by Aristide-Onésime Croisy

$5,500 Modeled as two children fast asleep atop an upholstered armchair. Signed Croisy on the base. Croisy was a pupil of Toussaint, then Dumont and Gumery at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He won the second prize in Rome in 1863. The present model won the distinction of a second prize médaille in 1882, and an example of it is now in the permanent collection of the Musée du Luxembourg. Details: Height – 15 inches / 38cm Width – 14 inches / 36cm Depth – 14 inches / 36cm