Large ormolu clock depicting Venus guided by Love, the dial set in a terminal decorated with lyre, butterfly, brandons and child-arabesques, resting on a cherry-red marble base with palmettes and Cupid. Dial and movement signed Lesieur. Empire period. H. 62 cm, W. 49 cm, D. 22 cm A clock with identical figures is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p. 366. The authors attribute it to the bronzemaker Antoine André Ravrio on the basis of the child figure. It is also interesting to note that Lesieur worked closely with the bronzemaker Pierre-Philippe Thomire.