This white marble portrait bust Head of a young Ephebe by the Belgian-born, Paris-trained sculptor Jean Baptiste Joseph Debay (1779-1863) is one of the works that the Paris Galerie de Bayser is taking to Fine Arts Paris.
The 23in (58cm) high work is a study for the head of Mercury in the sculpture Mercury seizing his sword to cut off Argus’ Head which was shown at the 1824 Salon and is now at the Chateau de Compiegne. It is priced at €120,000.