ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO DI VIRGILIO FANELLI (1585-1661) Venus and Cupid after a model by Giambologna (1529-1608) Small bronze group with brown patina. Italy or England, first half of the 17th century Height: 14.4 cm - Width: 4.4 cm Depth: 4.7 cm (Wear, accidents, visible missing parts, on a wooden pedestal and marble base) PROVENANCE - Nicolas de Hurtado Collection (1854 - 1920) - Probably stolen on 21 December 1937 and returned to the family on 23 current to the widow of the previous owner, née Amparo, Baroness Beyens (1859 - 1946) - It has remained in the family to this day. The contoured and typically Mannerist attitude of our small group is derived from the large standing female figures that Giambologna produced around around 1560. It is assumed that he and his and his workshop later produced small wax models wax models of these pleasing subjects around the theme around the theme of Women in the Bath. These wax models were bronze, notably by Susini or Fanelli. The latter, to whom our subject is attributed subject is attributed, was of Italian origin and England to work at the court of Charles I where he specialised in the production small bronzes in the Florentine style.