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A Louis XVI white marble and gilt bronze allegorical group 'Monument à l'Amour'
Estimate
4.000 - 6.000
Session 1
25 March 2026
Hammer Price
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White marble and chiseled and gilt bronze, representing a Monument to Love: the figure of Cupid holding a garland of flowers appears at the top of a cylindrical altar decorated with a foliage frieze and garlands; on the steps beside the altar, on the right side, a female figure in a position of adoration, kneeling, with raised arms and clasped hands, wearing a classically-inspired tunic; on the left side, on the upper step, a small tripod cassolette, flanked by two doves, on a draped mantle
Raised on a later stepped base with fluted frieze, in carved wood painted in imitation of green marble
Numbered in brown ink "153"
France, last quarter of the 18th century
23x21x21 cm
Additional Information
Provenance:
Collection of Maître and Madame Michard-Pellissier, apartment decorated by Victor Grandpierre;
Christie's Paris, 27 June 2007, lot 171.
Exhibitions:
Literature:
Closed Auction
