"Street urchin" belongs to the genre strand in the work of Charles Eloy Bailly. The image is devoid of ceremonial character and is built around the distinctiveness of the pose and costume, bringing the statuette close to the 19th-century sculptural interest in everyday urban types. Patinated bronze and ivory create the dark-and-light contrast familiar in chryselephantine sculpture. The marble base completes the small cabinet composition.

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