• CHÂTEAU - A Distinguished Amer auction at Christies

    Sale 1562

    CHÂTEAU - A Distinguished American Collection of Important 19th Century Furniture & Works of Art

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    28 October 2014

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    • Professore Cesare Lapini, Flor
    • Professore Cesare Lapini, Flor
    • Professore Cesare Lapini, Flor
    • Professore Cesare Lapini, Flor
    • Professore Cesare Lapini, Flor
    • Professore Cesare Lapini, Flor
    • Professore Cesare Lapini, Flor
    • Professore Cesare Lapini, Flor
    Lot 25

    Professore Cesare Lapini, Florence, dated 1902

    AN ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE FIGURAL GROUP OF CUPID AND PSYCHE, ENTITLED 'L'AMORE DEGLI ANGELI' (THE LOVE OF THE ANGELS)

    Price realised

    GBP 116,500

    Estimate

    GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000

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    Professore Cesare Lapini, Florence, dated 1902
    AN ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE FIGURAL GROUP OF CUPID AND PSYCHE, ENTITLED 'L'AMORE DEGLI ANGELI' (THE LOVE OF THE ANGELS)
    Signed 'C. Lapini 1902'
    60 in. (152 cm.) high

    Provenance

    Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 23 October 2007, lot 31 ($91,000).

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    Lot Essay

    Cesare Lapini was a sculptor of allegorical and genre subjects and models after the Antique which he sold with great success from his Florence shop to an elite global clientele. His unique compositions of partially disrobed maidens, such as La Sorpresa, and his allegorical creations of figures taking flight, such as the present work of two angels, and his group Celeste, are his most popular subjects. The Galleria Lapini exhibited an impressive number of such statues at the Paris 1900 Exposition universelle.

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