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A BRONZE GROUP OF THE EDUCATION OF CUPID The associated ormolu base possibly by Jean-Caude Cambellan Duplessis, mid-18th century 17 ? in. (43.8 cm.) high, 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide, overall (2)
Acquired from Alain Moatti, Paris, 1987.
For a similar example of this bronze group, see K. Corey-Keeble, European Bronzes in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1982, no. 70.
The tightly controlled fluidity of the ‘rocaille symmetrisé’ of the ormolu base relates to the oeuvre of Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis (1699-1774), who was not only orfèvre du roi but also artistic director of the Vincennes and Sèvres porcelain factories, and a number of porcelain vases designed by Duplessis circa 1755-1765 feature similar bases with scrolling feet joined by a central foliate motif.
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