Pierre Damien, Portrait of a Man with a Bow Tie (1852)

PIERRE DAMIEN (1824 Saint-Germain-d’Arcé - Tours 1902) Portrait of a man with a moustache wearing a bow tie. Bronze bas-relief. Dia. 21.5 cm (with frame, 28 cm) Signed and dated: DAMIE/N S. 1852. Wooden frame. Pierre Damien, born in 1824 in Saint-Germain-d'Arcé, near Tours, was a student of Jean-Marie Bonnassieux in Paris. He spent most of his career in Tours, where a street bears his name. He is the author of numerous works in the cathedral and churches of Tours.