Guglielmo PUGI (1850-1915) Lot n° 42

Venus clipping the wings of Love or Faithfulness clipping the wings of Love so that it does not fly away Group in white marble H : 78 - L : 31 cm Signed Pugi on the terrace Small chips and scratches Born in Fiesole in Tuscany, Guglielmo Pugi opened a sculpture workshop in Florence with his two sons, a workshop largely oriented towards foreign clients. Several works were presented at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo in 1901 and at the Universal Exhibition in St. Louis in 1904. Pugi executed a large number of portraits, copies of antiques and mythological subjects. It is to this last vein that belongs the sculpture we present with which the artist revives the works of the eighteenth century, and echo those of Carrier-Belleuse or Mathurin Moreau.