PATINA BRONZE, "CUPID" AFTER JEAN-BAPTISTE PIGALLE

A bronze sculpture with a brown patina depicting " Cupid ," after Jean-Baptiste Pigalle . Cupid is shown as a young child, bearing his traditional attributes: arrows in a quiver at his belt and wings on his back. He rests on a bed of flowers. Signed "Pigalle" on the base. Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714-1785) was a great French sculptor . He studied sculpture from a very young age under the tutelage of Robert Le Lorrain and then Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, before traveling to Italy in 1734 to refine his technique. Upon his return, he was accepted into the École des Beaux-Arts thanks to his work "Mercury Fastening His Heel" (1740), which was an immediate success. Some artists owned copies, and painters depicted it in their canvases. A biscuit porcelain reduction was produced by the Sèvres porcelain factory as early as 1770. Pigalle's reputation grew among the Parisian aristocracy. Madame de Pompadour took him under her wing at the same time as commissions poured in. Juggling between baroque and classical styles, he painted portraits of Diderot and Voltaire, then created the famous funerary monuments for Marshal de Saxe (Strasbourg, 1776).

19th century

Circa: 1870

Dimensions: L:30cm, W:20cm, H:58cm.

Condition report : in very good overall condition, with micro wear and patina at the nipple.