A Fine 19Th Century Glit Bronze

A superb quality gilt and patinated bronze figural group, with Cupid pulling at a maidens robes, with another figure kneeling, a broken arrow to the naturalistic base, by Émile Pierre Eugène Hebert, French, 1828-1893 cast signature E.HÉBERT., on a variegated marble base. 470mm high, 240mm wide and 220mm deep. French. Circa 1860.

Pierre-Eugène-Émile Hébert (October 12 or 20, 1823 – 1893) was a French sculptor. As the son of sculptor Pierre Hébert, he studied with his father and Jean-Jacques Feuchère (1807–1852). Émile Hébert participated in the Salon de Paris and the Exposition Universelle (1855), creating the allegorical statues La Comédie and Le Drame for the vaudeville theatre in Paris. He was awarded a Second Class Medal in 1872. Émile Hébert was one of the few sculptors to collaborate with the renowned bronze fondeur Georges Servant, resulting in pieces in the Neo-Grecian and Egyptian Revival styles.