Mars Vallet (1869-1957) - Sarah Bernhardt as "La princesse lointaine"

Bronze with multiple patinas depicting
Sarah Bernhardt in the role of the distant princess, after the play by Edmond Rostand.

Antique Siot Decauville cast circa 1900
Numbered N286
At its largest size: 54 cm high.

Mars Vallett, pseudonym of François Marius Vallet, born November 5, 1869, in Chambéry, where he died on March 15, 1957, was a French caricaturist and sculptor.

The son of a marble worker from Chambéry, Mars Valett studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Working as a caricaturist during his youth, he contributed to numerous Parisian publications.
Mars Vallett received several awards at the Salon des Artistes Français and the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.

During his time in Paris, he received visits in his studio from, among others, Auguste Rodin and Albert Bartholomé. He was very close to the painter François Cachoud and the sculptor Joseph Bernard (1866–1931).