Alfred DAUBRÉE was a French sculptor, bronze maker and jeweler, born in Nancy in 1817, and died in Paris in 1885. He owned a goldsmith shop in Nancy before establishing himself as a bronze art and jewelry merchant in the 1850s at 85 rue Montmartre in Paris. He cast a number of bronzes for Fratin, Cumberworth, Menessier, Michel Pascal, Kampf. He sells a lot through agents and his bronzes rarely bear his mark. From 1860, he established himself at 48 boulevard de Strasbourg, then at 12 boulevard de Strasbourg in 1881. During the Universal Exhibition of 1867, he was cited among the famous bronze makers of the time. His son succeeded him after his death in 1885.