Eros Sleeping

A fine pair of George III statuary marble busts of a boy and a girl by John de Vaere (1755 – 1830), 1798. Signed J DE-VAERE Sculpr. 1798. Considering what a sensitive and accomplished sculptor he was, surprisingly little is known about John de Vaere. Born in France in 1755, he settled in England some time before 1786 when he enrolled as a student at the Royal Academy Schools. In 1787 he left to study in Rome, with the financial assistance of Josiah Wedgwood. In Rome he won a Silver Medal for Sculpture from the Pope and became an assistant to John Flaxman. On his return to England in 1790, he worked as a modeler for Wedgwood until the latter’s death in 1795, after which he worked with Eleanor Coade, probably replacing John Bacon...

Joseph Gott (1785-1860) 'A Hindu Woman Placing a Lamp on the Ganges’ Terracotta Measures: 13.5in. (34cm) high This terracotta figure is a finishe...

A Roman bronze and gilt-bronze figure of a Bacchante, circa 1780.

JOSEPH GOTT R.A. (LEEDS 1786 - ROME 1860) A GREYHOUND BITCH WITH HER PUPPY, SIGNED J. Gott Ft. Statuary marble. Writing in his Guide to the Studios in Rome, published in the year ...

This marble figure of a sleeping child was crafted around 1800 in the style of François Duquesnoy, a sculptor active in Italy in the early 17th Century....

Carrara Marble "Sleeping Cupid" Statue. Does NOT include marble base. Similar marble statue available in similar style but facing opposite direction and child is covered with bla...

Italian School 'Cupid Sleeping on a Bed of Flowers', circa 1928, carved marble sculpture depicting a recumbent cupid holding arrows and a partial box, signed and dated to right lower...

A charming Italian 19th century white Carrara marble statue of sleeping Cupid. The statue is raised by a terrain designed base where the richly sculpted Cupid sleeps. He lays on a wonderfully executed blanket with his head resting gently on a rock. He holds his bow and quiver...