Walter Pompe (Lith 1703-1777 Antwerp), second half of the 18th century Jupiter and Venus Amphitrite Pair of figures in patinated lead Resting on a base entirely moulded in the naturalist style; Jupiter signed W.POMPE.F H.50 and 49 cm (19 ¾ and 19 ¼ in.) Provenance: Acquired from Galerie Philippe Vichot, Paris. Comparative bibliography: Allard (ed.), Terres cuites des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. La collection van Herck, Antwerp, 2000, pp. 96. P. Philipot, D. Coekelberghs, P. Loze, D. Vautier, L'architecture religieuse et la sculpture baroques dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux et la principauté de Liège, 1600-1770, Sprimont, 2003, pp. 1044-1045. Fascination baroque : La sculpture baroque flamande dans les collections publiques françaises, cat. exp. Museum of Flanders, Cassel, 2011, pp. 122-131. A pair of patinated lead figures of Jupiter and Venus Amphitrite, Walter Pompe (1703-1777), second half of the 18th century Walter Pompe is considered to be one of the last representatives of eighteenth-century Antwerp sculpture. He trained from 1722 in the workshop of Michiel van der Voort the Elder (1667-1737), before becoming a master sculptor of the Saint Luke's guild in Antwerp in 1730. He is best known for his production of religious works, but also for the private commissions he carried out with the help of his flourishing Antwerp workshop. His secular sculptures mainly depict mythological and allegorical subjects, such as Venus and Jupiter here. Sculptures by Pompe can be found in prestigious institutions, notably the Musée du Louvre, which owns two terracottas: a Saint Sébastien dating from 1740 (inv. no. RF 1694), and Combat d'un lion et d'un serpent from 1759 (inv. no. RF 2007-10).