CESARE LAPINI | CUPID IN DISGUISE

Established in Florence, Cesare Lapini had a successful career as a sculptor of elaborately carved contemporary subjects, which included figures of beautiful young women and various types of genre sculpture. His genre sculpture frequently featured mythological subjects and allegories, often depicted through means of charming putti - refer, for instance, to his Amor della Terra sold in these rooms, 16 December 2015, lot 39 and Amor del Mare, sold at Christie's New York, 26 October 2004, lot 353. In the present lot, Cupid, depicted as a putto, is readying an arrow behind his back. Pulling a drape over his upper body, it appears he is disguising himself, hiding while contemplating his next amorous victim.