Carpeaux etnic bronze : Le chinois (1868). N1 (scetch) Observatory fountain

1868

JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX 1827 - 1875 Le Chinois N°1 (study for Asia) (1868). Model from the observatory fountain. Sketch Height ca.60 cm A similar copy auctioned on June 22, 2023, at ...

Albert Poncin’s Femme à la Panthère is a striking and elegant Art Deco bronze sculpture that perfectly encapsulates the movement’s characteristic blend of stylized modernity and clas...

Impressive Bronze Relief by Käthe Kollwitz ( 1867-1945, Germany ). Created 1938 in memory of her friend Ernst Barlach. Bronze brown patinated. On the left side signed: Kollwitz. He...

This highly evocative bronze by Vincenzo Vela captures the deposed Emperor Napoléon on his deathbed, holding a map of Europe and lost in thought about what might have been. Remarkable among most portrayals of the exiled leader, this highly detailed sculpture depicts Napoléon at his most vulnerable. Nonetheless, Vela perfectly captures his still-heroic bearing, which imparts to this work a monumental quality and quiet dignity. The mate to this figure is the colossal marble at the Musée du Château de Malmaison, which was shown at the Paris Salon of 1867. The founder of the verismo movement in Italy, Vela was one of the great exponents of realism in sculpture. Born in Ligornetto, Switzerland in 1820, he studied under celebrated sculptor, Benedetto Cacciatori. He was also influenced both by the work of Tuscan sculptor Lorenzo Bartolini, who seamlessly combined neoclassicism with naturalism and the romantic painting of Francesco Hayez...