17th Century Italy Small Bronze Technique Lost Wax "La Pietà" by Stefano Landi

Code: FS88 17th Century Important Renaissance table with turned legs, all in solid oak wood   

Italian antique precious mid-1600, Lombard-Piedmont chest of drawers all in massive walnut, with maple inlays, wax-polished. Restored the working locks ...

Heavy and massive 17th century antique lampholder candelabrum in gilt bronze with tripod stand Tripod stand decorated with image of Christ, Madonna...

Very rare and precious 1600s Italian massive silver crucifix in bulletin board golden wood frame Measures cm: H 40, W 26, D 6 About: On an iconogr...

17th century heavy bronze candelabra or candlestick, baroque table lamp, signed with date. From the Della Torre family residence in Rezzonico-Lake Como- Italy Measures cm: H 60, Diam...

A very detailed, exquisite statuette, entirely executed in bronze with the lost-wax casting technique depicting "Birth of Venus". The patinated bronzes figure is mounted on a beautif...

This contemporary solid bronze sculpture of a ram's head is inspired by the art of Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece with a reference to neoclassicism. The artist is able to attribute ...

Cerberus Black painted stone Italy, 17th century Measures: 80 x 69 x 36cm (one head missing) Cerberus, cruel monster, fierce and strange, Through his wide threefold throat barks as a dog Over the multitude immers'd beneath. His eyes glare crimson, black his unctuous beard, His belly large, and claw'd the hands, with which He tears the spirits, flays them, and their limbs Piecemeal disparts (Dante, Inferno, Canto VI). Cerberus figure seated, in his role of ferocious guardian of the underworld; he shows a nervous musculature, an adherent skin which reveals the ribs, long and robust limbs; his heads are broad and the eyes set well apart. Painted in black to amplify his menacing look, the infernal guardian is depicted with his famous attributes, writhing his heads, growling and barking furiously. Cerberus, in Greek mythology, was the monstrous watchdog of the underworld – also known as the “hound of Hades” – preventing the dead from leaving, and making sure that those who entered never left. A child of Typhon and Echidna, he was part of a monstrous family, which included Orthus, the Lernaean Hydra, and the Chimaera as well. Only on three occasions Cerberus was tricked by visitors of Hades: Heracles did it with his strength, Orpheus with his music. In "The Inferno", Dante places Cerberus as the guardian of the third circle of Hell. With his three mouths, Dante saw Cerberus as a beast that was synonymous with the sin of Gluttony. Virgil gets past the monster by throwing mud in his three mouths, temporarily choking him. Very rare are the representations of Cerberus in ancient statuary...

A lost wax cast bronze sculpture depicting a stag head in brown patina on black marble base. This item is available now and this is also a current production. Created with the tradit...

Italian Memento Mori skull Marble North of Italy, 17th century H 9 x L 7 x P 14 cm At the turn of the 16th century, they were the height of fashi...

A vintage lost wax cast bronze snail sculpture from the mid 20th century with dark patina. We have several available. Created with the tradition...

A vintage lost wax cast bronze snail sculpture from the mid 20th century with verde patina. We have several available. Created with the traditio...