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163 - Lovers' Group Featuring "Cupid and Psyche": A kissing couple, depicted in an antique-style portrayal of Cupid and Psyche, standing tenderly entwined on a profiled rectangular plinth and draped only in fabric. Designed by Johann Carl Schönheit (attributed). Model No. D 79. Minimally restored; sword mark reworked. Height: 27.5 cm.
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Lovers' Group Featuring "Cupid and Psyche": A kissing couple, depicted in an antique-style portrayal of Cupid and Psyche, standing tenderly entwined on a profiled rectangular plinth and draped only in fabric. Designed by Johann Carl Schönheit (attributed). Model No. D 79. Minimally restored; sword mark reworked. Height: 27.5 cm. The sculptor drew inspiration from the “Cupid and Psyche” group in the Dresden Collection of Antiquities, which Augustus the Strong acquired from the Roman collection of Cardinal Alessandro Albani. A “Venus” modeled by J.C. Schönheit was also created based on a Roman prototype in Dresden. See P. von Spee, Die klassizistische Porzellanplastik der Meissener Manufaktur (Ph.D. dissertation), Bonn, 2004, No. 119, p. 316. A porcelain figure group “Cupid and Psyche.” Minor chipping/restoration. Revised crossed swords mark. Meissen. Late 19th century.
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International Fine Art Auction No. 198 - PART IAuction house
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