Monumental Antique French Bronze Sculpture Statue Cupid & Marble Ormolu Pedestal by Antoine-Denis Chaudet, 1870 Redo treasured for its aesthetic and

treasured for its aesthetic and cultural significance

now known as the Bellosguardo Foundation

the lamp having a 'barley' twist column and a circular repousse base which is raised on three claw feet

Boulle was "the most remarkable of all French cabinetmakers"

There are only a handful of the 16th century engravings in museums

Monumental Antique French Bronze Sculpture Statue Cupid & Marble Ormolu Pedestal by Antoine-Denis Chaudet, 1870 Redo treasured for its aesthetic andAn incredible antique 19th century French bronze of Cupid seated on a gilt ormolu marble column, cupid shown feeding rose to a butterfly (L'Amour Prenant un Papillon) after Antoine Denis Chaudet (17631810), circa 1870. The plaster for Cupid or L'Amour was exhibited at the Salon of 1802, it was well received, but unfortunately, Chaudet was unable to complete the marble version. After his death in 1810, however, Pierre Cartellier, a friend of long