Monumental Antique French Bronze Sculpture Statue Cupid & Marble Ormolu Pedestal by Antoine-Denis Chaudet, 1870 Sold This very beautiful Italian Grand

This very beautiful Italian Grand Tour marble sculpture is ready to take pride of place in your space

engraved to the middle of the tray is a star of David with inlaid silver Arabesque

rather than the Anglicized versions of their names to appeal to the Spanish speaking market

the cabinet is finely inlaid and overlaid with gold lacquer decoration of

Monumental Antique French Bronze Sculpture Statue Cupid & Marble Ormolu Pedestal by Antoine-Denis Chaudet, 1870 Sold This very beautiful Italian GrandAn 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