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Large oil on canvas in period frame, titled "Cupid Asleep", by Jacques Clement Wagrez (French, 1850-1908), in the Romantic style, depicting five young girls watching Cupid asleep by a tree. A painter and designer of decorative arts (including tapestries), Wagrez studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, under Farochon, Lenepveu, Pils, and Henri Lehmann, the two latter of whom most influenced him. Appearing first at the Paris Salon in 1876 with a portrait and mythological subject, "Eros”, in 1878 his "Education of Achilles by the Centaur" won him a medal and was purchased by the Government for the Aurillac Museum. [Art: 46" H x 63" W; Frame: 64" H x 81" W]. In good condition.