BRONZE SCULPTURE, "VENUS AND CUP"

bronze sculpture with a brown patina, signed Edmé Antony Paul Noël (1845-1909), depicting Venus and Cupid . Nude, she holds her son, Cupid, in one hand and an arrow she has just removed from him in the other. Cupid, looking amused, rests on a stone, clinging to Venus's leg. A stepped white marble base enhances this beautiful sculpture. Cupid, son of Venus, goddess of beauty, love, and seduction, is considered in Roman mythology to be his mother's devoted servant. He performs many services for her, as evidenced by the myth of Psyche. He is often depicted as a small angel and carries a bow and arrows representing the points of desire. According to mythology, whoever is struck by one of these arrows immediately falls under the spell of the first person who sees them. Edmé Antony Paul Noël, born in 1845, was a French sculptor. At the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris, he studied under Eugène Guillaume, Eugène-Louis Lequesne, and Jules Cavelier. Thanks to his "Theseus Victorious over the Minotaur," he won the Prix de Rome in 1868. He made his debut at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1872, before exhibiting at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts from 1891 to 1901. He was appointed professor of modeling for evening classes at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1905 and died in 1909. He is buried in Paris at the Père-Lachaise Cemetery.

Late 19th century

Circa: 1890

Dimensions: L:30cm, W:30cm, H:74cm.

Condition report : good condition.