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Jean-Baptiste-Gustave Deloye (French, 1838-1899) "Cupid and Psyche" White Marble Sculpture, the figures with flowers in their hair and embracing atop a stepped base, signed "S. Deloye". 27.5" H x 17" W x 13.5" D. Provenance: From a Fifth Avenue Collection. Note: Jean-Baptiste-Gustave Deloye (1838-1899) moved to Paris in 1858 to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, winning a mention in the Prix de Rome in 1861, and second grand prize in 1862. Deloye first exhibited at the Salon of 1863, and continued to exhibit over the years winning a third-class medal in 1887 and a bronze at the Universal Exhibition of 1889. One of his most important works is the Garibaldi monument in Nice, inaugurated in 1891. Keywords: French sculptor, Neo-Baroque, Statue, Carving, Figural, Figurative, Gods, Mythological figures, Nude man, Nude woman, Belle Epoque, Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, Continental School, European, Antique, 19th Century Art, Decorative Arts