BISCUIT "LOVE DISARMED BY A VESTAL" AFTER LOUIS-SIMON BOIZOT

A biscuit porcelain sculpture depicting "Cupid Disarmed by a Vestal Virgin," after Louis-Simon Boizot . It shows a vestal virgin draped in Greek style and crowned with flowers, holding Cupid by a floral leash. She has taken his quiver, which she places on an altar. Cupid, depicted as a winged putto, rests his finger on her lips. The piece rests on an oval base signed Boizot in relief on the back and stamped with the mark "VTM Porcelaine de France," the name of the Victor, Mauger, and Tessier workshop in Villenauxe-la-Grande. It also bears the number 532. An apocryphal Sèvres mark . This piece dates from the early 20th century.

Louis-Simon Boizot (1743-1809) was a French sculptor who headed the sculpture workshops at the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory from 1774. He primarily created neoclassical allegorical models that contrasted sharply with the prevailing Rococo style. However, he drew inspiration from the work done before him at the Sèvres Manufactory. Here, he adopts the pose of Étienne-Maurice Falconet's "Threatening Cupid."

Condition report: restoration to one finger of love and minor chips on the base