A Bronze Bust of The Chevalier d'Éon

With applied warm brown patina, 19th century, unsigned, likely French, with integral molded square base.

12.75 in.

Private Collection, Pittsboro, NC

Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont (1728-1810) was a diplomat, soldier, spy, and freemason who lived the first half of his life as a man, and the second half as a woman.

Small hole to rear of bust.