Monumental Antique French Bronze Sculpture Statue Cupid & Marble Ormolu Pedestal by Antoine-Denis Chaudet, 1870 Redo cream and pink

cream and pink

he moved to England

now known as the Bellosguardo Foundation

the lamp having a 'barley' twist column and a circular repousse base which is raised on three claw feet

The painting is signed lower right and also to the to the rear of the canvas & is titled "Vino Con Frutos"

Monumental Antique French Bronze Sculpture Statue Cupid & Marble Ormolu Pedestal by Antoine-Denis Chaudet, 1870 Redo cream and pinkAn incredible antique 19th century French bronze of Cupid seated on a gilt ormolu marble column, cupid shown feeding rose to a butterfly (L'Amour Prenant un Papillon) after Antoine Denis Chaudet (17631810), circa 1870. The plaster for Cupid or L'Amour was exhibited at the Salon of 1802, it was well received, but unfortunately, Chaudet was unable to complete the marble version. After his death in 1810, however, Pierre Cartellier, a friend of long