Detail of head showing how the vivacious modeling of the curls in the wax model has been captured in the bronze. Barthélemy Prieur (French, 1536–1611), Funerary Genius, 1583–85, L. 109 cm (Musée du Louvre, inv. MR 1685). See Bewer, Francesca G., David Bourgarit, and Jane Bassett, “French Bronzes (16th–18th centuries): Notes on Technique.” In Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution, ed. Geneviève Bresc-Bautier and Guilhem Scherf with James David Draper. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum.; Seelig-Teuwen, Regina, David Bourgarit, and Francesca G. Bewer. 2014. “Barthélemy Prieur Fondeur, son atelier, ses méthodes de travail.” In French Bronze Sculpture: Materials and Techniques 16th - 18th Century, edited by David Bourgarit, Jane Bassett, Francesca G. Bewer, Geneviève Bresc-Bautier, Phillippe Malgouyres, and Guilhem Scherf, 18–38. London: Archetype.. See fig. 526 for an overall view.