A French bronze group entitled 'L'Amour se confie a l'amitie'

CAST FROM A MODEL BY ALBERT-ERNEST CARRIER-BELLEUSE, CIRCA 1880

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A French bronze group entitled 'L'Amour se confie a l'amitie'
Cast from a model by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, Circa 1880
The naturalistic base inscribed A. CARRIER and DALBERGUE CISEL, the plinth with engraved title to the front
28½in. (72.4cm.) high

Lot Essay

The original model for the present group formed part of Carrier-Belleuse's (d. 1887) début collection at the Paris Salon in 1857. The subject is a sensitive depiction of the story of Cupid and Psyche, as recounted in the late Antique fairy tale, The Golden Ass by Lucius Auleius (2nd Century A.D.).

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