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16th Century Cameo Pendant of Christ the Redeemer in a Gilt Bronze Frame

16th century

A fine patinated bronze sculpture of a mother elephant with her baby elephant by Niels Holm (1860-1933). Signed NIELS HOLM, ELEPHASINDICUS, ENDANGER. Also signed L. RASMUSSEN, KOBENH...

A rare round relief cast, elaborate chiseled bronze/copper with brown patina by Jean François Marie Garnier (1820-1895). Cast c.1859-1864. Not signed. The motif is taken from Dantes...

A view from Rome with the Church of San Bonaventura al Palatino, also called San Bonaventura alla Polveriera, and the Colosseum. In the distance is the church of Santa Maria Maggiore...

A fine painting depicting an oriental shoreline sunset with red skies and two oriental women walking towards their village by the beach and sea. Oil on cardboard by an unidentified a...

A fine portrait of an oriental bearded man, wearing a fez and holding a walking stick, second half of the 19th century. Oil on canvas. Relined. Unknown artist but probably Swedish. ...

A fine oil painting by Emil Cordius Heinrich Orth (1833-1919) depicting a woman and a man in a rowing boat near the shore laying out fishing nets on a sunny summer day. It is signed ...

Impressive white Candoglia marble bust depicting the Greek philosopher Diogenes of Sinope. Northern Italy, first half of the 18th century. Diogenes of Sinope, called the Cynic, was ...

Early 19th Century Italian School The Borghese Gladiator, c. 1810 Bronze with green patination 27 x 18 x 26 inches Since its discovery in the early seventeenth century, the Borghes...

19th Century Italian School Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Dionysus, 19th Century Bronze with black-green patination 24 x 10 x 10 inches Dionysus, in Greco-Roman religion, a nature ...

These four plaques represent either domestic (a horse, two rams) or exotic animals (a rhinoceros and an elephant). Made on slate slabs cut to shape (a rectangle with concave angles), they are all based on the same narrative scheme: in a frame of Egyptian porphyry, an animal in multicoloured marble is represented advancing on a green marble floor, standing out against a black slate background. These plates were made in Italy, probably in Florence or in Rome, during the 18th century. We think that their primary purpose was to decorate the drawers of a cabinet. Like many other compositions in hard stone, these plaques were inspired by engravings that were a widespread decorative repertoire in the workshops. Three of the plaques presented here were directly inspired by works by Antonio Tempesta (1555 - 1630): the Rhinoceros, the Polish Horse...

Magnificent neoclassical head in pure white Carrara marble, depicting Aphrodite of Cnidia. Italy, early 19th century around 1830. There are numerous specimens of this head, many of w...

The Philosopher by Vincenzo Gemito (1852-1929) Bust in bronze with a nuanced dark brown patina Signed "Gemito" Stamped with the foundry mark "Fonderia Gemito Napoli - Merca di Fabbr...