This beautiful bronze sculpture of a young man training two dogs on a ball is made by the Antwerp sculpture Alphonse van Beurden. He was a pupil of Joseph Geefs and Eduard Dujardin at the Academy of Antwerp. Van Beurden is the designer of the caryatid and allegorical sculptures on the façade of the Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp.
In the United Kingdom Van Beurden is famous for his ivory sculptures. He exhibited thirteen times (1887-1904) in the Royal Academy of Art with sixteen images in ivory and marble.
Alphonse van Beurden era uno scultore belga, nato ad Anversa il 23 aprile 1854. Morì il 21 settembre 1938. Ha studiato con Joseph Geefs e Eduard Dujardin presso l'Accademia d'arte di Anversa. Van Beurden ha progettato la cariatide e le sculture allegoriche sulla facciata di il Museo di Belle Arti di Anversa. Nel Regno Unito è rinomato per le sue sculture in avorio. Tra il 1887 e il 1904 espose tredici volte alla Royal Academy of Art.
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