PATINATED BRONZE, "CUPIDON" AFTER JEAN-BAPTISTE PIGALLE

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Sculpture in bronze with brown patina representing "Cupid", after Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. Cupid represented as a young child wearing his traditional attributes, arrows in the quiver on his belt and wings on his back. He rests on a flowerbed. Signed "Pigalle" on the base. Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714-1785) was a great French sculptor. He studied sculpture at a very young age under the guidance of Robert Le Lorrain and then Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, before going to Italy in 1734 to perfect his technique. On his return, he joined the Beaux-Arts thanks to his work "Mercure attachant sa talonnière" (1740), which was an immediate success. Artists have a copy of it, painters represent it on their canvases. A reduction in bisquewas produced by the Sèvres factory in 1770. Pigalle's reputation spread to the heart of the Parisian aristocracy. Mme de Pompadour took him under her wing at the same time as orders poured in. Juggling between the baroque and the classical, he made the portraits of Diderot and Voltaire and then created the famous funeral monuments for the Maréchal de Saxe (Strasbourg, 1776).

19th century

Circa: 1870

Dim: W:30cm, D:20cm, H:58cm.

Condition report in very good condition, with micro-wear patina on the nipple.

Period: 19th century
Style: Rome and Ancient Greece
Materials: Bronze
Identifier Exists False
LP : 2980
Availability : Object available
Width : 30 (cm)
Height 58 (cm)
Depth 20 (cm)
Delivery : Free delivery

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