Aimé-Jules Dalou

This extremely rare life-sized sculpture in terracotta by 19th-century French artist Aimé-Jules Dalou shows a young mother breast-feeding her baby. Boulonnaise allaitant son enfant (A Young Mother from Boulogne feeding her Child) comes up for auction in Sotheby’s London sale of 19th & 20th Century Sculpture on 21 May, estimated value £300,000 - £500,000 (CLICK).