Lot 57
57
A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE GROUP ENTITLED 'APOLLON ET L'AMOUR'
A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE GROUP ENTITLED 'APOLLON ET L'AMOUR'

CAST FROM THE MODEL BY JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE GROUP ENTITLED 'APOLLON ET L'AMOUR'
CAST FROM THE MODEL BY JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Unsigned, on an ormolu rotating spreading circular socle
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high, overall

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Lot Essay

Gilt and patinated bronze signed examples of Apollon et l'Amour, or Le Jour and its pendant pair Vénus et L'Amour, or La Nuit, are illustrated in M. Poletti and A. Richarme, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux Sculpteur catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2003, no. AN. OD 2, p. 175 and no. AN. OD. 3, p. 176. Another example of Vénus et L'Amour, with Graux Marly foundry cachet, is recorded in the Collection Ginépro (Exhibition catalogue, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux 1827-1875, Nice, Musées de Nice, 1980, no. 1, pl. 1).

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