Europe Busts

Introducing our exquisite collection: Capipota Sanctuaries - XVII-XIX Century Devotional Statuettes. Originating from the Catalan expression "cap i pota" (head and feet), Capipota V...

Art Deco gilt bronze statue signed Reveil. This sculpture was made in the mid-1920s in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco period. It was probably made by Paul Philippe.This is authentic, ...

Rare 19th Century Hand Painted Over Papier Mache Gentleman’s Bust A rare and very unusual example dated from mid to late 19th Century, hand crafted papier Mache. In the form of a Fr...

A highly Art Deco style decorative pottery bust of a Balinese dancer in striking colors by the designer Helen Liedloff, who named it "Bali Head" for Goldsche...

We are delighted to offer for sale this Sculpture of Diskobolos The sculpture is carved from Alabaster with a Marble Base Signed - G.Ruggeri Circa 1950 -70 Italian Origin Dimension...

A fine quality late 19th Century patinated bronze sculpture entitled 'The Breeze' by Auguste Moreau. Auguste Moreau (1834 – 1917) was a French sculptor born in Dijon. The third and ...

Beautiful bust of Venus, the Goddess of Love, 20th century. Sculpture of the bust of Venus, Roman Mythology, in composite material, 20th century.     h: 75cm , w: 38cm, d: 26cm

A fascinating handcrafted sculptural work celebrating feminine beauty. "Nur" is part of a liimited first edition made in Italy according to the strictest craftsmanship techniques. Th...

Embark on a journey through the artistry of the 19th century with our captivating sculpture, "David Defeating Goliath." This remarkable patinated bronze piece hails from France and e...

This sculpture is a Body of a woman, with one hand in the hairs. This is in marble powder, in a White color, and has been made in France in the 20th Century. Art Deco Style.

Bronze female bust made with the lost wax technique, created by Giuseppe Motti (1908 - 1988) in the 1950s Ø 24 cmØ 12 cm h 31 cm

Step into the enchanting world of the "Winter Terracotta Figurine," a captivating piece from the early 19th century that beautifully embodies the essence of the season. Originally pa...

Transport your imagination to the splendor of the 18th century with our captivating pair of terracotta busts, straight from the French eleganc...

Stucco head of a Roman figure. Signed on the back (unknown). The head is separate from the base.

Dancer by Demétre Chiparus 1886 - 1947 Large chrysoelephantine sculpture in gilt bronze Marble base. Signed "D. H. Chiparus". Measures: 67 cms. alt. total and 49 cms. diam. base (26,...

Explore the timeless beauty of our intricately crafted sculpture featuring Mary adorned in a graceful mantle that elegantly envelops her form. This exquisite Virgin sculpture is meti...

French Art Nouveau sculpture, France, ca.1900. Young Lady Bust. Alabaster & marble. In direct carving. Height : 12.2"(31cm), Width : 11.8"(30cm), , Depth : 6.7"(17cm)

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely 21cm tall Victorian Dandy bronze statue with a nice patina. A very nice piece, I bought this around 20 years ago from a little antiq...

An elegant plaster “thoughtful head” sculpture. Italy 1970s.

Gilded bronze bust of Louise Brongniart by Houdon. Sculpture of a bust of Louise Brongniart by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828), reproduction of the XIXth century.     h: 23cm , w: 1...

Walking stick: ivory carved handle depicting a refined portrait of Louis Philippe, King of France. Malacca wood shaft. Silver gilt engraved ring. Metal ferrule. France circa 1870. ...

Italian sculpture from the first half of the 20th century. Marble work depicting a young girl with a turtleneck and winter hat of excellent quality. Finished sculpture of excellent w...

Dancer by Demétre Chiparus 1886 - 1947 Large chrysoelephantine sculpture in gilt bronze Marble base. Signed "D. H. Chiparus". Measures: 56cms. alt. total and 19 cms. diam. base ( 22....

This sculpture reflects the artistic influences of neoclassical style, with a blend of traditional Sicilian craftsmanship. The terracotta medium allows for intricate detailing and a...

Great Belgian sculpture from the 1920s/30s. Statuary marble work of great size and impact, depicting a bust of a woman with a flower of excellent quality. Sculpture finished from the...

Antique wax mannequin head - wax child mannequin head. This wax head dates circa 1920s. Signed : Cires Belges Frans Repers Bruxelles. Wax...

'Ondine' a bronze bust of a young lady by Henri Jacobs (1864-1935). Excellent features and original condition. Signed 'H Jacobs to back' with 'Ondine' title to...

Superb and rare polychrome plaster sculpture representing the bust of a young woman wearing a bow dress and a hat. The bust is signed on the side but the signature is difficult to re...

Beautiful Italian " Torso " early 20th century carrara marble. Measure: H: 46cm including base, 35cm without Restored

An alabaster bust of a lady wearing a bow around her neck, her large hat gently perched on her coiffed hair. Signed "A. Cipriani" Italian, circa 1900 Dimensions: H: 23 in / 59 cm |...

The sculpture is in gilded brass dating back to around 1930/40, it is not signed. The Castolin weld and the resulting patina especially in the weld and internally confirm the period....

Dancer by Demétre Chiparus 1886 - 1947 Large chrysoelephantine sculpture in gilt bronze Marble base. Signed "D. H. Chiparus". Measures: 52 cms. alt. total and 17 cms. diam. base Good...

16th Century Bust of Roman Emperor Julius Caesar in bronze with brown patina.

R. Scali G.F762 Signed, Polychrome Ceramic Bust of an Nigerrin Made in Belgium Please don't hesitate to get in touch with any further questions.     

Rare and top quality carved monk bust. Nowadays, anyone capable of making a detailed drawing of a human face is considered an artist (and rightly so). For a...

The piece is a unique representation of a Toucan in a modern way. The animal is gently painted with a may different colors. All the pieces from Mosche Bianche are unique since they a...

Antonio PANDIANI (1838-1928, Italy) : "Menestrello" Exceptionnal nuanced dark brown patinated bronze cast Dimensions Height = 72 cm Width = 47 cm Depth = 30 cm Very good condi...

Alabaster Bust of an Elegant Lady Adolfo Cipriani The alabaster bust supported on a circular socle, modelled as a lady wearing a fashionable hat adorned with flowers. Signed "A. Cip...

Beautiful patinated plaster sculpture after Apollo di Belvedere made during the late 19th Century. Provenance from Lennartsnäs Castle, near Stockholm, Sweden, Baron af Ugglas. The ...

A trio 'Boy Band' in good vintage condition designed by Just Andersen in 1930s. * A trio (3) of small metal sculptures of a boys with a ball, a...

1990s Bust of a woman, hand carved by craftsmen using Carrara white marble for the head and Alicante red for the toga and hut, where the white veins give movement and realism to the ...

Buste in relief from a young Roman emperor. On the head the emperor wears a laurer wreath.

This striking profile, classically heroic, yet distinctly French, courageous and reserved, belongs to the famed early French aviator Jean Mermoz. A French Air Force and commercial pi...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning Art Nouveau bronze by great Belgian designer Georges Van Der Straeten. This astonishing and original bust and gilt patinated, Summer...

Green serpentine marble sculpture Late 19th century Height approx. 88 cm. The flying mercury and the bronzes While he was still busy working on the fountain in piazza Maggiore, the papal delegate Cesi asked Giambologna for a statue to be placed in the courtyard of the Archiginnasio, seat of the ancient and prestigious Bolognese university; he should have painted a bronze depicting the god Mercury with his index finger stretched towards the sky, a symbol of the divine origin of knowledge, which would have served as a warning to all students. The project was never completed, but Giambologna elaborated a model preserved at the Civic Museum of Bologna, which is only the first of the numerous bronzes with the same subject made by the artist, defined precisely as flying Mercury. In later versions, the sculptor transformed Mercury into a much more dynamic figure reaching upwards, as if ready to take flight, giving it an unprecedented freedom of movement and lightness. When he returned to Florence, the sculptor certainly proposed it to the Medici, who enthusiastically immediately ordered one to be sent to Emperor Maximilian II of Habsburg, as a diplomatic gift for the ongoing negotiations of the wedding between Francesco and Giovanna, sister of the sovereign. Giambologna replied with the two bronzes preserved in Vienna and Dresden and in 1580 cast the large Mercury now exhibited in the Bargello, originally intended for the loggia of the villa of Cardinal Ferdinando dei Medici to crown a fountain placed in the center of a magnificent decorative complex; the only variant with respect to the previous examples is constituted by the head of Zephyr placed under the foot of the god and from which a breath of wind blows it upwards, accentuating the sense of immateriality. In addition to the successful invention of the flying Mercury, Giambologna acquired immense fame by making numerous other bronzes for the Florentine collectors of the time; his first patron, Bernardo Vecchietti must certainly have owned many, given to him in part by the sculptor in exchange for his protection, but around the 1880s it can be said that there was no collector who did not aspire to own a work by Giambologna, especially those of small format. The development of this trend in Florence is largely due to the artistic passions of the Grand Duke Francesco I, who with the creation of environments such as the Studiolo in Palazzo Vecchio and the Tribuna degli Uffizi, provided new criteria for the exhibition of the works, pushing all collectors to imitate his extraordinary collection. In the Studiolo, in addition to the painted tables that decorated the doors of the cupboards filled with all kinds of things, there were 8 niches containing bronze figures of divinities; Giambologna painted the one depicting Apollo (1573-75), with the characteristic serpentine pose and beautifully finished. The placement of the statuette in the niche was no longer an impediment to the plurality of views as Giambologna endowed it with a sort of mechanism that allowed it to rotate. For the Tribune he instead created the six Labors of Hercules (1576-1589), small silver sculptures...

JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON'S "SCORTICATO" IN PLASTER early 20th Century 1: 1 reproduction in plaster of the head of the Flayed by the French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon (Paris, 1741-1828). He studied in Rome, at the French Academy...

Head of the Farnese Hercules in Terracotta end 19th century Italy Base in serena stone Measures: Height 48 cm Length 31 cm Depth 34 cm Weight 28 kg Square base - side x side 33 x 33 ...

Bust of Lucius Venus made of moulded and carved limestone, following models of classical Rome. It is solid stone. It is part of a series of 8 copies distributed exclusively by our g...

Workshop of Sir Francis Chantrey (1781-1841) A bust of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) Statuary marble Measures: 30in. (76cm) high.

Nero (Anzio 37 - Rome 68 AD) Roman Emperor (54-68 AD). Last member of the Julio-Claudian gens. Terracotta of our production, our exclusive shape. Copy of the head of the famous half-...

A bronze portrait of Sir Winston Churchill by Rufus Martin, 2023 This head and shoulders bronze bust is instantly recognizable as Sir Winston Churchill. He is wearing a British Warm greatcoat with epaulettes and has a half-smoked cigar in the left hand resting on his hip. His right hand is raised in his trade mark V-for-Victory salute. Signed ‘Rufus Martin 1/12’. Sir Winston Churchill (1874 –1965) was a British politician, army officer and writer. He was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, when he led Britain to victory in the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill represented five constituencies during his career as a Member of Parliament. Ideologically an economic liberal and imperialist, for most of his career he was a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955, but from 1904 to 1924 was a member of the Liberal Party. This portrait of Churchill by Rufus Martin is striking for its juxtaposition of this famous historical subject and the free and contemporary choice of presentation. Churchill’s tenure during the Second World War infused the nation with calm and confidence, providing the British people with strong leadership during its darkest hours. Martin succeeds in portraying Churchill’s unshakeable belief in a successful outcome for the Allies through his defiant stance, unwavering gaze and Victory V gesture. Together with the recognizable “Bulldog” facial features and broad shoulders, this bust captures the subject in terms of character as well as being an accurate physical portrait . Rufus Martin trained at Wimbledon College of the Arts, London, though his aptitude for 3D design and sculpture was apparent from a very young age. His mother, a portrait painter, showed him the portrait sculptures of Augusta Savage, Jacob Epstein and Augustine Rodin, which inspired him to create a bust of his late mentor, Michael Howells. He sculpts ‘intriguing individuals, always hoping to capture some element of their past or current struggles and to create something for the good of the community they inhabit and wherever possible for posterity’ – an ambition he has most successfully fulfilled with this powerful portrait. After leaving college in 2017, with first class honours, Martin has won many prestigious prizes including the Tiranti Prize at the FACE, the Signature Art Award, the Chelsea Arts Club show for ‘Amy’, the True Blue Show, the Salmagundi Open Show, New York, Green & Stone Summer Show, the Chelsea Arts Society Summer Show, RBA Rising Stars, the Royal Cambrian Academy Open, the Binny Mathews & Sons joint show, The Next Big Thing and has been published in the Kings House...

BUSTE VISENTIN G - PORCELLANE D'ARTE RICHELIEU Porcelain buste with 18th Carat gold Original certificate still attached with the wax seal and it is signed by the designer Gianni Vi...

Antinoo with marble base. Terracotta head with marble base. Italy Antinous (Bitnia 130 - Alexandria of Egypt 150 AD). Publio's favorite Elio Adriano. Mesaures: height 33 cm. width ...

A little, exquisite 'Boy with horn' bust in excellent condition designed by Just Andersen in 1939. * A small metal sculpture of a boy with a ho...

A beautiful white ceramic glazed bust of a man. Depicting a man from the Roman Empire. Estimated origin and date: France, circe 1910-1920. Dimensions: 39 (h) x 41 (w) x 26 (d) cm....

Bust sculpture by Swedish sculptor Liss Eriksson. Made from Stoneware with oak hairpin and earring. Made during the 1950s. Signed with monogram LE and XXXV/XXXIII. Very good conditio...

Achilles, white marble bust of a warrior with a plumed helmet, made from the model of William Theed (1804-91) Late 20th century. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS, INFORMATION OF THE LOT AND QUOTE F...

Kindred to a carousel galloper, a distinguished and elegant mahogany Italian horses head on pedestal Collectible piece of object d'art for the equine devotee Circa 1960's Height 14 i...