Antique Beaux Arts Sleeping Cherub — Gilded and Bronzed with Soft Patina

This antique Beaux Arts sleeping cherub captures a quiet moment of serenity, rendered in bronzed metal with a gilded finish now softened to a warm, glowing patina. Time has gently mellowed the gilding, allowing the sculpture to radiate a subtle luminosity that brings its delicate modeling and tender gesture to life. Resting peacefully upon a cross, the cherub’s form evokes a tender image that could also suggest the Christ child, adding a quietly spiritual dimension to its classical charm.

Measuring just 4½" x 3½" x 3", this intimate cherub is small enough to nestle into a library shelf, atop a mantel, or within a curated vignette, yet its presence feels larger than its scale. Each curve, softly closed eye, and rounded form conveys the classical Beaux Arts devotion to beauty, emotion, and harmonious proportion. on an ebonized wood platform with gilded small round wood feet.

If you collect classical European art and love heritage décor, this sculpture is more than a decorative object — it is a fragment of time, a whisper of quiet elegance, and a poetic reminder of the romance and artistry of a bygone era. The bronzed metal and gilded surface, softened by years of care and life, make it glow with the grace of time, perfectly suited for your French-inspired home. 

• Measures 4-1/2" x 3-1/2" x 3"h.