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

Zingara, Neapolitan Dancer

c. 1860
White marble, height 118 cm
Private collection

The original marble Zingara or Woman with Tambourine was executed by Clésinger in 1857. It was one of his eight submissions to the 1859 Paris Salon.