Monumental Antique French Bronze Sculpture Statue Cupid & Marble Ormolu Pedestal by Antoine-Denis Chaudet, 1870 Redo treasured for its aesthetic and

treasured for its aesthetic and cultural significance

now known as the Bellosguardo Foundation

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Antique English Impressionist Female Portrait

Monumental Antique French Bronze Sculpture Statue Cupid & Marble Ormolu Pedestal by Antoine-Denis Chaudet, 1870 Redo treasured for its aesthetic andAn 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