Cupid Sculpture By Hippolyte Moreau

Great Cupid made of cast iron by Hippolyte Moreau (1832-1927), after a work by Bouguereau.

patina, cast old edition, very nice patina.
Signed on the left side of the base: "Hipp Moreau after Bougereau ". Seal of the founder on the reverse: LN Paris JL.
Height: 74 cm. Width on the wings: 38 cm ; width at the base: 22 cm.

Hippolyte François Moreau, born in Dijon in 1832. Sculptor, French school.
Second son of the famous sculptor Jean-Baptiste Moreau (1797-1855). Student of Robert brothers, exhibited at the Salon of French Artists from 1889 to 1917, honorable mention in 1888, medal of third class in 1889. He is the author of the statue Alexis Claude Clairaut (1880), on one of the facades of the Paris City Hall, rue de Lobau. Most of his works are kept at the Museum of Fine Arts in Dijon.