Lot Essay
Another example of this model was sold Christie's London, 27 February 1997, lot 267 (£11,500).
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BY ANTONIO ROSSETTI, ROME, DATED 1874
Details
An Italian white marble figure of Cupid entitled 'Amor Secreto', on original pedestal
By Antonio Rossetti, Rome, Dated 1874
Sat on a tree-stump, hiding beneath a veil, secreting a quiver of arrows behind his back, the naturalistic base carved with mushrooms and ivy and inscribed to the back A. Rossetti/Roma, 1874, on a circular grey marble pedestal
The figure: 34½ in. (88 cm.) high; The pedestal: 39½ in. (100.5 cm.) high (2)
By Antonio Rossetti, Rome, Dated 1874
Sat on a tree-stump, hiding beneath a veil, secreting a quiver of arrows behind his back, the naturalistic base carved with mushrooms and ivy and inscribed to the back A. Rossetti/Roma, 1874, on a circular grey marble pedestal
The figure: 34½ in. (88 cm.) high; The pedestal: 39½ in. (100.5 cm.) high (2)
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