A FRENCH SILVERED AND GILT-BRONZE GROUP ENTITLED 'ENTRE DEUX AMOURS'
Lot 62 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

A FRENCH SILVERED AND GILT-BRONZE GROUP ENTITLED 'ENTRE DEUX AMOURS'

CAST FROM A MODEL BY ALBERT-ERNEST CARRIER-BELLEUSE, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed20 September 2012

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A FRENCH SILVERED AND GILT-BRONZE GROUP ENTITLED 'ENTRE DEUX AMOURS'
CAST FROM A MODEL BY ALBERT-ERNEST CARRIER-BELLEUSE, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Signed to the side A. CARRIER, on a shaped base and conforming rouge griotte marble plinth
30¾ in. (78 cm.) high, overall

Christie's, London, 28 September 2006, lot 61.

Specialist note

In Entre deux Amours, a young mother sits clutching one child to her breast while another, Cupid, whispers tantalizing ideas in her ear. As always, Carrier-Belleuse's feats of execution were greatly admired, and the exhibition of the present work at the Salon in 1867 prompted one critic to comment: "Le ciseau a été partout d'une habileté extraordinaire; M. Carrier-Belleuse est incontestablement un practicien de premier ordre; il ne néglige aucun détail et se plaît à rendre dans toute leur gracieuse minutie les mille inflexions de la chair; il interprète la vie aussi près que possible et donne au marbre des frissonements d'epiderme" (M. du Camp, Salon de 1867, Paris, 1867).