Friendship sacrificed on the altar of love, early 19th century attributed to de Carlis

A young woman draped in antique lays a wreath of flowers on a column symbolizing an altar with a flaming heart rests.
This sculpture shows the great tradition of paintings by Jean-Marie Vien, or sculptures Falconet which this sculpture is closer.
This sculpture is in the finest tradition of neoclassicism emphasizing perfection of the line. This movement was born under the influence of Winckelmann sculptor, advocating a return to virtue and simplicity of ancient after the excesses of the Baroque, gave rise to what is called "the great taste." We no longer cursed by antiquity.
Beginning of 19th century