Alphonse Emmanuel de Moncel de Perrin (1866-1930), 'Les amoreux', bronze, with a brown patina, cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris, early 20th century, cast with incised signature to the left side of the seat: Adolphe Moncel, with the founder's incised signature to the right of the base: F. Barbedienne, Fondeur, 49 cm high, 45 cm wide, 30 cm deep. Provenance: Camille Picard, president of the Chambre Syndicale Commercants Magasiniers, nice, to whom presented by the Chambre in April 1913 (as commemorated by an engraved plaque to the base of the sculpture). Other Notes: Moncel's marble original of this sculpture was exhibited at the Paris Salonm in 1898.