A FRENCH WHITE MARBLE GROUP OF VENUS AND CUPID, by Auguste Moreau, the goddess, nude, seated in her scallop shell with cupid at her side with a bow and arrow in his hands, on a naturalistic rocky base carved with floral garlands and a dove, signed, Auguste Moreau, (her left and right index figners broken); on a gilt metal mounted verde antico stepped rotating socle, late 19th Century

A FRENCH WHITE MARBLE GROUP OF VENUS AND CUPID, by Auguste Moreau, the goddess, nude, seated in her scallop shell with cupid at her side with a bow and arrow in his hands, on a naturalistic rocky base carved with floral garlands and a dove, signed, Auguste Moreau, (her left and right index figners broken); on a gilt metal mounted verde antico stepped rotating socle, late 19th Century

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A FRENCH WHITE MARBLE GROUP OF VENUS AND CUPID, by Auguste Moreau, the goddess, nude, seated in her scallop shell with cupid at her side with a bow and arrow in his hands, on a naturalistic rocky base carved with floral garlands and a dove, signed, Auguste Moreau, (her left and right index figners broken); on a gilt metal mounted verde antico stepped rotating socle, late 19th Century
the group: 28¾in. (73cm.) high; 33½in. (85cm.) high overall

Lot Essay

Born in Dijon, the third son of sculptor and painter Jean-Baptiste Moreau, Auguste Moreau (1834-1917) exhibited regularly at the Salon between the years 1861 to 1913. His subject matter consists of genre scenes, allegorical figures and romantic country subjects. His style was always realistic and graceful and not easily distinguished from the works of other members of the Moreau family in terms of his treatment of his subject and material.

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