Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss Sculpture

A finely carved white statuary marble figure of Psyche. In Greek mythology, Psyche is the goddess of the soul and wife of Eros, god of love. She was the most beautiful girl in the w...

A beautifully carved antique statuary Carrara marble statue of Adonis. The male figure is depicted in the nude leaning against a tree. Adonis was the mortal lover of the goddess Aph...

An extremely well carved pair of Statuary Carrara marble busts on marble pedestals, by important sculptor Odoardo Fantacchiotti.  Odoardo Fantacchiotti (11 May 1811–4 June 1877) was an Italian sculptor of the late-Neoclassic period. He was born in Rome, but his family moved to Florence. In 1820, he enrolled in the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. At the Academy, he studied under S. Ricci, and first started exhibiting in 1828. Gaining the patronage of the Grand Duke, he continued his studies, following the ideas of Aristodemo Costoli of depicting the "bello naturale". In 1839 at the Academy, he exhibited the work of the Massacre of the Innocents. In 1840 he was named professor at the Academy. Among his public works are the statue of Boccaacio and dell'Accorso for the ground floor niches of the courtyard of the Uffizi, medallions commemorating Francesco Redi and the bust of Ferdinando II de Medici for the Museo della Specola, a statue of Sallustio Bandini (now at the Accademia dei Georgeofili, but initially planned for the loggia of the Uffizi. A marble Virgin...

Antique statuary Carrara marble bust depicting a male in the classical Roman portrait style. Life-sized and beautifully carved in the purest of white statuary marble. The bust is of Sir Aubrey DeVere Hunt, 2nd Baronet (1788-1846), with stylized beard and wearing a Roman toga. Hunt was an Anglo-Irish...

A stunning French mid-19th century Neo-Classical st. Alabaster statue of Cupid and Psyche on its original Vert de Patricia marble pedestal. This statue is modeled after the original ...

Although this sculpture is reputed to be a telling of the story of Cupid and Psyche -- the Classic story of the union between Soul and Love -- it also serves as a story of the coming...

Pair of Exceptionally sculpted figures of the nymph Psyche as seated girl, and seated boy, Cupid, after the original 18th century models by Etienne-Maurice Falconet. Unsigned.

19th century, pair of French polychrome porcelain sculptures depicting cupid and psyche The delicious sculptures, made of hand-painted porcelain in polychrome, in Strasbourg in th...