Antique French Egyptian Revival Bronze Bust Sculpture Statue "Queen of Babylon" By Paul Auguste Gagne 1875 Drawings & Prints Vinea became quite famous and

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Antique French Egyptian Revival Bronze Bust Sculpture Statue "Queen of Babylon" By Paul Auguste Gagne 1875 Drawings & Prints Vinea became quite famous andA good antique cast bronze sculpture an Egyptian Revival bust "The Queen of Babylon", by the 19th century French sculptor Paul Auguste Gagne, circa 1875. This rare & unusual bronze bust was cast by the Lost Wax method (Cire Perdue), Paul Auguste Gagne was a sculptor active in Paris in the to late 19th century, stylistically his work compares to that of Emile Eugene Hebert (1828 1893) who also produced such Egyptian Revival sculptures. Gagne exhibited