Master Sculpture & Works of Art Part II
Master Sculpture & Works of Art Part II
Property of an American Private Collector
After Carlo Finelli (Carrara 1785-1853 Rome) Italian, 19th century
Cupid with a Butterfly
Lot Closed
January 28, 08:23 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property of an American Private Collector
After Carlo Finelli (Carrara 1785-1853 Rome)
Italian, 19th century
Cupid with a Butterfly
marble
with indistinct signature on the tree trunk
height 36 ¾ in.; 93.3 cm.
The present work is one of a small group of marbles that was carved after Carlo Finelli's Cupid with a Butterfly which was purchased by the 6th Duke of Devonshire to display at Chatsworth house. Finelli's marble remains in that illustrious collection of Ancient and Neoclassical marbles today. The 6th Duke was a prolific patron of Italian sculptors during the first decades of the 19th century, including Antonio Canova (1757 - 1822), and it is recorded that he purchased Cupid with a Butterfly from Finelli in memory of Canova.
RELATED LITERATURE:
A. Yarrington "'Under Italian Skies.' the 6th Duke of Devonshire, Canova, and the Formation of the Sculpture Gallery at Chatsworth," Journal of Anglo-Italian Studies, 10, 2009, pp. 60.