Detail of leg showing darker rectangular repairs. It is likely that the numerous repaired casting flaws were originally intentionally hidden by a dark or opaque coating. These repairs are now visible due to exposure to the weather and loss of original coating. Simon Mazière (French, 1649–1722), Un Amour tenant un oiseau et deux enfants, ca. 1685, cast by Aubry, Bonvalet, Schabol, and Taubin 1686–90, H. 161 cm (Water Parterre, Musée National des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, France, inv. 1850.8931). See Maral, Alexandre, David Bourgarit, and Antoine Amarger. 2014. “Keller et les autres: Les fondeurs des Jardins de Versailles.” In French Bronze Sculpture: Materials and Techniques 16th–18th Century, edited by David Bourgarit, Jane Bassett, Francesca G. Bewer, Geneviève Bresc-Bautier, Philippe Malgouyres, and Guilhem Scherf, 76–94. Paris: Archetype..