18th-century Sèvres porcelain sculpture of Venus by Étienne Maurice Falconet after Venus Medici 26¾"

A masterful eighteenth-century reproduction by Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716 - 1791), one of the most important sculptors of the French Rococo style, after the 1st century BC sculpture "Venus de Medici". The piece represents Venus (or Aphrodite in Greek mythology), the Roman goddess of love. This work was created in 1764 as marked next to Falconet's signature on the base. The blue mark by the Porcelain de Sèvres factory exhibiting a crown with an arrow beneath through a date can also be seen on the base on the other side. In lovely condition for the age. 

About the Artist:

Excerpts from the Benezit Guide: "Étienne Maurice Falconet [1716 - 1791] may be considered as one of the masters of French Neoclassical sculpture in the eighteenth century." An artist, man of letters and aesthetician, the career of Falconet is particularly exemplary. Overcoming the handicap of his birth, he made his mark through his talents went on to rub shoulders with the greatest as a protégé of Lemoyne and friend of Madame de Pompadour (mistress of Louis XV) and friend of Diderot and the Encyclopedists. His son, Pierre Étienne Falconet, went on to become a well known portrait artist.