Nicolas-François Gillet

Lot 139: AFTER N.F. GILLET (1712-1791) LOVE TRIUMPHANT

Name: AFTER N.F. GILLET (1712-1791) LOVE TRIUMPHANT
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
SKU: 5ayue9bx1m

Est: £5,000 GBP - £7,000 GBP

Lyon & TurnbullEdinburgh, United KingdomMarch 21, 2007

Item Overview

Description

AFTER N.F. GILLET (1712-1791)
LOVE TRIUMPHANT
A large plaster study depicting Cupid resting against a festooned tree stump gazing forward, about to draw an arrow from his quiver, on a substantial cylindrical moulded pedestal draped with gold painted ribbon tied with festoons of summer flowers, on plinth base, stamped Musee Du Louvre and inscribed around the top edge: ''Qui que tu sois, voici ton maitre.. il l''est le fut, ou le doit etre'' (whoever you are, here is your master.. he is or he should be - i.e. love)

Artist or Maker

Nicolas-François Gillet

Notes

Provenance: Ballroom of the Warwick Hotel- Houston Landmark
The original version in marble is within the Musee Louvre, another version is held at the Wallace Collection in London. See Wallace Collection Catalogues: ''Sculpture'' by J.G. Mann, London 1981, fig 527.
Interestingly, Cupid''s pupils are rendered as heart shaped

Auction Details

Fine Antiques

Lyon & Turnbull

March 21, 2007, 11:00 AM EST

33 Broughton Place, Edinburgh, EBH, EH1 3RR, UK

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