Italian White Marble Figure of a Sea Water Mermaid Nymph by Dante Zoi, 19th Cen
View Similar Items
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 7
Dante ZoiItalian White Marble Figure of a Sea Water Mermaid Nymph by Dante Zoi, 19th Cen19th Century
19th Century
About the Item
- Creator:Dante Zoi (1880 - 1920, Italian)
- Creation Year:19th Century
- Dimensions:Height: 20.5 in (52.07 cm)Width: 25 in (63.5 cm)Depth: 12 in (30.48 cm)
- Medium:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU115124039532
About the Seller
5.0
Gold Seller
These expertly vetted sellers are highly rated and consistently exceed customer expectations.
Established in 1980
1stDibs seller since 2019
13 sales on 1stDibs
More From This SellerView All
- Margaret Foley (American, 1827-1877) Marble Bust "Head of Prophet Zephaniah"Located in New York, NYMargaret Foley (American, 1827-1877) Marble Bust "Head of Prophet Zephaniah" A rare and important marble bust head relief portrait on The Prophet Ze...Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
MaterialsMarble
- Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827–1875) Marble Bust of "Genie De La Danse"Located in New York, NYJean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827–1875) White Marble Bust of "Genie De La Danse" (Spirit of the Dance), Late 19th century. Carpeaux was a French sculptor and painter during the...Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
MaterialsMarble
- Rare and Important Italian White Marble Bust Sculpture of Jesus Christ, C. 1850Located in New York, NYRare and Important Italian White Marble Bust Sculpture of Jesus Christ, C. 1850 A truly exceptionally carved marble relief of Holy Jesus Christ. Ver...Category
19th Century Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
MaterialsMarble
- A Rare Italian White Marble Relief of "Young Saint John the Baptist" circa 1860Located in New York, NYA Rare Italian White Marble Relief of "Young Saint John the Baptist" circa 1860 after Desiderio Da Settignano. The original pietra serena relief by Desiderio Da Settignano, is in Th...Category
19th Century Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
MaterialsMarble
- A Rare and Important American Marble Sculpture of Thomas Jefferson, Circa 1870Located in New York, NYA Rare and Important American White Marble Sculpture of Thomas Jefferson Holding The Declaration of Independence. Circa 1870, in the Manner of Horatio Stone (1808 –1875). Inscribed on scroll: 'The Declaration of Independence, It becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another. etc. etc. T. Jefferson. The present work is unsigned but is reminiscent of Horatio Stone's life-size marble figure of John Hancock...Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
MaterialsMarble
- An Exceptional White Marble Figural Sculpture Clock, "A Nubian Slaying The Lion"Located in New York, NYAn Exceptional and Monumental White Marble Figural Sculpture Clock, "A Nubian Slaying The Lion" by Jean-Joseph Jacquet (Belgian, 1822–1898), circa 1860 This extremely impressive whi...Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
MaterialsMarble
You May Also Like
- Eighteenth-century Grand Tour marble bust of Faustina the YoungerLocated in London, GBSigned and dated: ‘F. Harwood Fecit 1764’ Collections: Probably commissioned by Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon (1743-1827); Probably by descent at Gordon Castle, Banffshire to c.1948; Possibly acquired by Bert Crowther of Syon Lodge, Middlesex; Jacques Hollander (1940-2004); Christie’s, 5 December 2013, lot 101; Private collection; Sotheby’s, 2 July 2019, lot 106 Literature: John Preston Neale, Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales and Scotland, London, 1822, vol.I, unpaginated. This marble copy of an ancient bust in the Musei Capitolini usually identified as Faustina the Younger, the daughter of Antoninus Pius and future wife of Marcus Aurelius, was made in Florence by Francis Harwood in 1764. Harwood was one of the most prolific suppliers of decorative marbles for the Grand Tour market and this finely worked example demonstrates the quality of luxury goods available to travellers to Italy. So often anonymous, this unusually signed and dated example, raises questions about the status of marble copies in the period and of sculptors such as Harwood who are known principally for ornamental work. Harwood’s origins remain obscure. He is documented living in Palazzo Zuccari with Joshua Reynolds and the Irish sculptor Simon Vierpyl at Easter 1752, he had certainly settled permanently in Florence by the following year, when he is recorded working with Joseph Wilton. He was admitted to the Florentine Academy on 12 January 1755 (as pittore Inglese, although he was described as scultore in the matriculation account). After Wilson returned to England in 1755 Harwood appears to have worked in a studio near SS. Annunziata with Giovanni Battista Piamontini who had made life-size copies of The Wrestlers and The Listening Slave for Joseph Leeson in 1754. In 1758 both sculptors were contracted to make a statue and a trophy to complete the decoration of the Porta San Gallo, Harwood completing a statue of Equality, installed the following year. By 1760 Harwood was on the brink of his most productive period as a sculptor, producing copies of celebrated antiquities for the ever-increasing audience of Grand Tour travellers and for the domestic market in London. In 1761 Harwood met the young architect James Adam who was in Italy specifically to make contact with suppliers for Robert Adam’s burgeoning practice back in Britain. The Adams offered a remarkably cohesive design package to their clients, encompassing not just architecture, but fixtures, fittings and furniture as well. Harwood was able to supply the brothers with marbles for their new interiors. At Syon, for example, Harwood produced a full-size copy of Michelangelo’s Bacchus for the new dining room the Adams had designed for Hugh Smythson, 1st Duke of Northumberland. Harwood seems to have also specialised in producing sets of library busts. In 1758 Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton, a distinguished traveller commissioned a set of busts which remain in situ at Castle Ashby in Northamptonshire. It is perhaps no coincidence that the Adam brothers were producing designs for new interiors at Castle Ashby at this date. The set included representations of: Cicero, Julius Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, Faustina the Younger, Sappho, Seneca and Homer. Each of these busts Harwood seems to have replicated for multiple patrons, another Adam patron, Thomas Dundas...Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
MaterialsMarble
- Daniel Kafri, "Family", 1989, grey bordilio marble sculpture, 67x24x26 cmLocated in Jerusalem, ILDani Kafri "Family", 1989 grey bordilio marble 72x24x26 cm On the last day of WW2, in Czechoslovakia – 1945, Daniel Kafri was born on the brink between man...Category
1990s Figurative Sculptures
MaterialsMarble
- Daniel Kafri, "Kiss", 1989, white carrara marble sculpture, 65x50x32 cmLocated in Jerusalem, ILDani Kafri "Kiss", 1989 white carrara marble 72x24x26 cm On the last day of WW2, in Czechoslovakia – 1945, Daniel Kafri was born on the brink between manki...Category
1990s Figurative Sculptures
MaterialsMarble
- Attr. Bertel Thorvalsden (1770-1844) WINGED CUPID, Italy, 19th CenturyBy Bertel ThorvaldsenLocated in Milan, ITAttr. Bertel Thorvalsden (1770-1844) WINGED CUPID, Italy, 19th Century Provenance: Private Collection, ViennaCategory
Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
MaterialsMarble
- ITALIAN RENAISSANCE MARBLE RELIEF WITH COAT OF ARMS OF POPE SIXTUS DELLA ROVERELocated in Milan, ITITALIAN RENAISSANCE MARBLE RELIEF WITH COAT OF ARMS OF POPE SIXTUS IV DELLA ROVERE Italy, 15th Century marble 49.5 x 47.5 x 7.5 cm 19 1/2 x 18 3/4 x 3 inCategory
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
MaterialsMarble
- ANTIQUE ITALIAN ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT OF PLINTH IN 'BRECCIA MEDICEA' MARBLELocated in Milan, ITBRECCIA FRAGMENT PLINTH Italy, 18th Century Breccia medicea 55 x d 25 cm 21 3/4 x d 9 3/4 inCategory
18th Century More Art
MaterialsMarble