A MID 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF VENUS AND CUPID IN THE MANNER OF ÉTIENNE-MAURICE FALCONET (FRENCH, 1716-1791) the nude figure of Venus holding an arrowhead, leaning against a draped rock, Cupid beside her, an upturned ewer on the naturalistic ground, raised on a re-entrant cut, square, moulded marble plinth, 38cm high The composition of this figural group is very similar to that attributed to Joseph Broche, circa 1775-1800, in the style of Falconet, in the Huntington Collection, Inv. No. 16.7