Description 19th C. French Bronze Bust of a Woman, Signed Manuela. Anne de Rochechouart de Mortemart (Duchess of Uzes) was a painter and sculptor born in Paris (1847 - 1933), signed her worked under the pseudonym Manuela. President in 1902 of the union of women painters and sculptors, officer of the Legion of Honour, honorable mention at the Salon of French artists. Bust measures 16 inches tall.