CLÉSINGER, Auguste
(b. 1814, Besançon, d. 1883, Paris)

Madame Sabatier

1847
Marble
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Madame Sabatier was a professional model. Clésinger's statue of Madame Sabatier (La femme piquée) provoked one of the liveliest art scandals of the nineteenth century.