19th Century Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne Sculpture Capodimonte Porcelain

XIX secolo Nereide e Tritone (2) Bronzo e marmo, cm alt. 26,5 La coppia di sculture raffigura le divinità fluviali identificabili in Tritone, riconoscibile dallo scettro, e una dell...

19th Century. Cesare Beccaria Bronze, 49 x 13 x 15 cm The bronze statue examined faithfully reproduces the famous Milanese monument by Giuseppe Grandi (1843-1894) dedicated...

Nineteenth century Young woman portrait Measures: Plaster, 50 x 40 x H 40 cm Dated 10 - 1 - MCMI The emergence of a "disheveled manner" in sculpture is affirmed since the 1880s with Giuseppe Grandi, author of the Monument to the Five Days of Milan, Ernesto Bazzaro, Paolo Troubetzkoy...

Genoa, early 19th century. Immaculate. Silver plate, 30 x 26 cm. The figure of the Virgin victorious over sin is one of the most fortunate Marian images: already widespread in the Renaissance also thanks to German engravings...

First half of the 19th century Madonna and Child with souls in Purgatory Lacquered and gilded papier-mache with polychrome wooden base cm 96.5 x 37.5 x 28 "At that time I asked the Lord Jesus: 'For whom do I still have to pray?'. Jesus answered me that the following night he would make me known for whom I had to pray. I saw the Custodian Angel, who ordered me to follow him. At a moment I found myself in a foggy place, invaded by fire and, in it, a huge crowd of suffering souls. These souls pray with great fervour, but without effectiveness for themselves: only we can help them. The flames that burned them, they did not touch me. My Guardian Angel did not abandon me for a moment. And I asked those souls what their greatest torment was. And they unanimously answered me that their greatest torment is the ardent desire of God. I read the Madonna who visited the souls of Purgatory. The souls call Mary 'Star of the Sea'. She brings them refreshment ". (Diary of Sister Faustina Kowalska p. 11) A Polish religious, Saint Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938) reinterpreted in the pages of her testimony the ancient role of the Virgin as savior and supporter of the souls of Purgatory. The Second Vatican Ecumenical Council established that, assumed into Heaven, the Mother of God should operate a continuous intercession in favor of those children waiting for Paradise who were in the place, quoted for the first time by Pope Gregory the Great...

19thC Bust of Juliette Récamier Alabaster, 42 x 23 x 11 cm The sculpture depicts the bust of Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard, better known as Juliette Récamier or Madame R...

Beautiful pair of statues in refined Capodimonte porcelain. Two young girls dancing. Characterized by elegant eighteenth-century dresses with full lace skirts completely made in porc...

Beautiful sculptural group in refined Capodimonte porcelain. A young mother walks with her little girls accompanied by a tender fawn. Please note the sweetness expressed by this rare...

This bright Capodimonte porcelain group of four putti and a goat symbolizes abundance and the spirit of life. Capodimonte was originally an 18th century Italian porcelain...

19th Century French Small Bronze Sculptures Dionysus & Ariadne

Clodion, Claude Michel Terracotta Sculpture, Triumph Bacchus, 19th century Clodion, Claude Michel (French, 1738-1814) 19th century terracotta sculpture...

A lovely antique Italian Capodimonte white porcelain biscuit male and female figurines sculptured in the round depicting in a very romantic moment. This centrepiece group features tw...