A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF NARCISSUS AFTER BARTHÉLEMY PRIEUR (FRENCH 1536-1611), LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY the naked youth with a fig leaf hiding his modesty, later mounted on a Sicilian jasper socle 22.7cm high (Narcissus), 31.5cm high (overall) Catalogue Note It is believed that Prieur's original Narcissus was directly inspired by the Dying Slave by Michelangelo for the unfinished tomb of Pope Julius II, which was brought to France and presented to King François I in 1546.