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A ROMAN MARBLE CUPID AND PSYCHE

Description : A ROMAN MARBLE CUPID AND PSYCHE CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D. Depicted embracing, the two tenderly leaning toward each other about to kiss, their arms intertwined, standing together on an integral plinth, the youthful god of love depicted nude, his left leg advanced and crossing over the right, his upper torso twisted to the left toward Psyche, his right arm bent upward with his hand resting on the neck of his lover, his left arm wrapped over her right shoulder with his hand in her hair, his head turned sharply to the left and tilted back, creating creases across his neck, his thick wavy hair pulled up in a top-knot, wispy curls falling along his neck and onto his shoulders, his childlike countenance with idealizing features, the eyes unarticulated, Psyche with her left arm supporting Cupid's right arm, crossing his chest, her hand resting on his back just below his right shoulder, her right arm below his left, crossing his upper back, an armlet adorning her left arm, her hand in his hair, her locks with a fringe of curls along her forehead, cinched in a band behind, a central plait along the crown of her head, her face similarly rendered, her body below the breast composed of 18th-century restorations, likely based on a similar example in the Capitoline Museums, her drapery rolled over and wrapped around her hips, gathered between her legs and falling to her feet in swallow-tail folds, Cupid's legs and the plinth also 18th century, as well as his left forearm 30 7/8 in. (78.4 cm.) high
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About the lot N° 629
Title : A ROMAN MARBLE CUPID AND PSYCHE
Provenance : Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803), Naples and London. A catalogue of a select part of the capital, valuable, and genuine collection of pictures, the property of the Rt. Hon. Sir W. Hamilton, K.B., purchased by him with great taste and at a liberal expense, from several distinguished cabinets in this country, and during thirty-seven years' residence as Minister Plenipotentiary at the court of Naples; Christie's, London, 27-28 March 1801, lot 45. Thomas Hope (1769-1831), London and Deepdene, acquired in the above sale. Henry Thomas Hope (1831-1884), London and Deepdene. Anne Hope (1862-1884), Deepdene. Lord Henry Francis Hope Pelham-Clinton-Hope (1866-1941), Deepdene. Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Greek, Roman & Egyptian Sculpture and Ancient Greek Vases, Being a Portion of The Hope Heirlooms; Christie's, London, 23-24 July 1917, lot 245. William Randolph Hearst, New York and California, acquired in the above sale by Benjamin Young McPeake, manager of National Magazine Company, Hearst's main European office. Art objects & furnishings from the William Randolph Hearst collection; presented by Saks Fifth Avenue in cooperation with Gimbel Brothers; under the direction of Hammer Galleries, New York, February 1941, lot 1011. D.M. Blair, Richmond, Virginia; thence by descent.
Literature : C.M. Westmacott, British Galleries of Paintings and Sculpture, London, 1824, p. 222. T.D. Fosbroke, Encyclopedia of Antiquities, London, 1825, pl. 5, 9. Hope Marbles, no. 29, pls. 20-21. J.P. Neale, The Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland 2nd series, vol. III, London, 1826, no. 8. F. de Clarac, Musée de sculpture antique et modern, vol. IV, Paris, 1826-53, pl. 653, no. 1501B. G.F. Prosser, Select Illustrations of the County of Surrey comprising Picturesque Views of the Seats of Nobility and Gentry, London, 1828. A. Michaelis, Ancient Marbles in Great Britain, Cambridge, 1882, p. 287, no. 22. S. Reinach, Répertoire de la Statuaire Grecque et Romaine, Tome I, Clarac de poche, Paris 1897, p. 361, pl. 653, no. 3. G.B. Waywell, The Lever and Hope Sculptures, Berlin, 1986, pp. 52, 57, 86-87, no. 29, figs. 22-23. I. Jenkins, "Seeking the Bubble Reputation," in Journal of the History of Collections 9, no. 2, 1997, p. 198, item 3, no. 71. T. Coffman, Hearst as Collector: the First Fifty Years, Summerland, 2003, p. 73. M. Levkoff, "Hearst and the Antique," in Apollo, October 2008, p. 55, no. 12. D. Watkin and P. Hewat-Jaboor, Thomas Hope, Regency Designer, New Haven and London, 2008, p. 117, no. 52.
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Sale title : Antiquities
Sale date : 06 Jun 2013 It's free to register now to view!
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