Bronze with nuanced brown patina
Cupid, seated on a rock covered with a drape, puts a string back to his bow.
The quiver is at his feet.
Base with a raised red marble.
Old edition cast signed "Lemire"
This model created by the artist for the Salon of 1814.
The quality of the bronze is distinguished by great precision in the chiseling of the hair indicating a cast from the beginning of the 19th century.
Charles Gabriel Sauvage LEMIRE (1741-1827)
Bénézit, Les Bronzes au 19è siècle, Dictionnaire des sculpteurs par Pierre Kjellberg.
Height of bronze: 41 cm Total height: 45 cm