Bust of Cupid

Bronze, c 1700
Franco-Flemish

After François Duquesnoy

Provenance:
Duchess of Sutherland
Cyril Humphris (New York 1995)
H 37x W 30x D 24 cm (14? x 11% × 9½ in.)

François Duquesnoy, born Brussels 1597-died Livorno 1643, was known as 'il maestro dei putti', owing to the fondness he had for their inclusion. Another version of this bronze, but cast with shoulders, is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna