François-Raoul Larche (French, 1860 - 1912)
An exceptional patinated bronze sculpture "La Source et le Ruisseau" ("The Source of the Stream") by, François Raoul Larche" of a mother and her young child at the mouth of a river embracing her son and gently kissing him upon his cheek. The sculpture is signed, "Raoul Larche" and furhter impressed bearing the foundry seal: "Siot-Decauville, Fondue Paris, N734"