Seated Bather

The routine activity of a bather drying her foot was a typical subject for Dalou. The sense of movement, which focuses the eye on the bather's activity, shows a neobaroque tendency characteristic of his work. Auguste Rodin, one of Dalou's contemporaries, commented on his style: "Dalou was a great artist, and many of his works hve a superb decorative value which allies them to the most beautiful groups of our seventeenth century "