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Alexandre Dumas the Younger (sculpture)
a cast terracotta sculpture, showing: the portrait bust of Alexandre Dumas fils (1824-1895), the French author and playwright, and son of Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870); the original of this portrait was commissioned in marble for the Comédie-Française theatre in Paris; this cast, which is a smaller version of the marble, was made by the artist's workshop; the artist was a friend of Dumas