Monumental Antique French Bronze Sculpture Statue Cupid & Marble Ormolu Pedestal by Antoine-Denis Chaudet, 1870 Mid-Century Modern Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619– 1683) recommended

Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619– 1683) recommended him to Louis XIV of France

the carved legs terminating on scrolled feet

a deer is just visible standing in the distance behind a tree

The top is inlaid with a large enameled 'Bleu Celeste' Sevres style plaque and framed with a gilded bronze ribbon

where he lived

Monumental Antique French Bronze Sculpture Statue Cupid & Marble Ormolu Pedestal by Antoine-Denis Chaudet, 1870 Mid-Century Modern Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619– 1683) recommendedAn 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