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Medium: Marble
ANTIQUE ITALIAN ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS WITH CHIMERAS
Located in Milan, IT
ARCHITECTURAL RELIEFS WITH CHIMERAS
Central Italy, 16th Century
green marble
26 x 25 cm
10 1/4 x 9 3/4 in
Category
16th Century Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Marble Sculpture Of Nude Male Classical Roman Rosso Antico Torso Grand Tour 19th
Located in Roma, IT
The Sculpture Torso with well highlighted muscles would seem in line with the figures of the athletes, It is a naked figure who rests his weight on his left leg with a slight inclina...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Roman Marble Rosso Antico Sculpture Portrait Roman Empress Giulia Domna Italian
Located in Roma, IT
An important and impressive sculpture portrait of Giulia Domna after the bust at the Vatican Museum, carved in a rare and specimen marble named Marmor Taenarium, an ornamental stone used by Roman and characterized by a bright red background, with tones varying from pink to purple, sometimes associated in the same find. There are often black veins a few millimeters wide and with a sub-parallel trend, or greyish-white spots of millimeter to centimeter size, or more rarely greyish-white stripes a few centimeters wide and sub-parallel.
Julia Domna was Roman empress from 193 to 211 as the wife of Emperor Septimius Severus. She was the first empress of the Severan dynasty. Domna was born in Emesa (present-day Homs) in Roman Syria to an Arab family[2] of priests of the deity Elagabalus. In 187, she married Severus, who at the time was governor of the Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis. They had two sons, Caracalla and Geta. A civil war over the Roman throne...
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19th Century Other Art Style Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Monumental Italian Rationalist Marble Sculptures of Young Athletes
Located in Rome, IT
This monumental pair of sculptures in "Bardiglio" marble represent Greek Athletes figure , on a cylindrical base . Exaltation of the male strength and beauty, inspired by the trend i...
Category
1960s Modern Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Dionysos God of Fun Neoclassical White Marble Bust Italy , 1890 '
Located in Rome, IT
DIONYSOS, the youthful, beautiful, but effeminate god of wine. He is also called both by Greeks and Romans Bacchus.
This very fine large Neoclassical white marble bust of Dionysos ...
Category
1850s Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Ausum Bronze Contemporary Sculpture Marble Stone Nude Boy Male Figure
Located in Utrecht, NL
Ausum Bronze Contemporary Sculpture Marble Stone Nude Boy Male Figure
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a high scho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Suspensus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Suspensus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Ad Dextram Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Ad Dextram Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Nex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Jaguar Cultivated Marble Casted Sculpture Wildlife In Stock
By Chris Tap
Located in Utrecht, NL
Jaguar Cultivated Marble Casted Sculpture Wildlife In Stock
Chris Tap (1973, Amsterdam) attended university where he studied economy and cultural anthropology, before he became a fu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone, Marble
Italian 19th-20th Century Life-Size Marble Sculpture Titled "Searching for Love"
Located in LA, CA
A very fine museum quality Italian 19th-20th century life-size marble sculpture titled "Searching for Love" by Vito Pardo (Italian, born in Venice in 1872) Depicting a semi-nude life...
Category
19th Century Romantic Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Gallulus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Green Patina Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Gallulus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Green Patina Marble Stone
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profess...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Hand-Carved Porphyry Head of Marcus Aurelius
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An 18th century, hand carved porphyry head of “Marcus Aurelius” mounted on a Carrara marble base.
Category
18th Century Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble
Woman - XXI century Contemporary figurative bronze sculpture, Classical, Realism
Located in Warsaw, PL
RYSZARD PIOTROWSKI (born in 1952) Sculptor. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. His works include intimate, small forms in marble, bronze and silver. He specializes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Roman Carrara Marble Lioness
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Magnificent hand carved Carrara marble sculpture of a lioness head from Rome. Mounted on a metal base. Base 13.75"W x 12.25"D.
Category
1780s Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Antique Bust of Roman Emperor Vitellius
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Substantial, hand carved, solid marble bust of Roman Emperor Vitellius (24-69 C.E.) on a custom, iron base. Likely a 16th century copy of a 2nd century o...
Category
16th Century Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Carrara White Marble Sculpture of Muse Polyhymnia Grand Tour Musei Capitolini
Located in Roma, IT
Carved by an Italian master in the 19th century, around the middle, this interesting sculpture of Polyhymnia the Muse of sacred poetry, sacred hymn, dance and eloquence, as well as a...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
After Botero - Horse Bronze Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
This AFTER BOTERO sculpture is a very beautiful, faithful reproduction in the style of BOTERO'S work that has sold very well here on 1st Dibs.
The edition is 50 in Roman numerals. ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE PORTRAIT HEAD OF BEARDED MAN
Located in Milan, IT
PORTRAIT HEAD OF BEARDED MAN
Central Italy, 16th/17th Century
marble with traces of polychromy
height 39 cm
height 15 1/4 in
Category
16th Century Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Ira Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Nude Boy Marble Stone Sitting
Located in Utrecht, NL
Ira Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Nude Boy Marble Stone Sitting
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
1900's Alabaster Sculpture of Dante
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A sensitively carved, solid alabaster, antique sculpture of famed Italian poet and philospher, Dante Aligheri (1265-1321). The figure in a rich, flowing robe, holding a book and wear...
Category
1910s Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Saltationus Casus Bronze Contemporary Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Saltationus Casus Bronze Contemporary Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a high school, he intensively practises his profession as a sculptor. Only when his work would measure up to his own standards, he decided to present it to the rest of the world...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A lady. Contemporary bronze sculpture, Abstract & figurative, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary bronze sculpture on marble base by Polish artist Stan Wysocki. Artwork comes from limited edition of 8. Sculpture depicts female figure filtered through geometric, synth...
Category
2010s Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Mid-Century Nude Male Acephale Sang de Boeuf Ceramic Sculpture with Marble Base.
By Franta (Frantisek Merte)
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Mid 20th Century ceramic figure of a man in Sang de Boeuf, oxblood red, glaze presented on a metal 'tige' and marble base.
The sculpture is not signed but was purchased from ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Mystical Woodland, Metal Skin Over Composite Stone Glass, Polyester Resin
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Divyendu Anand - Mystical Woodland - H 20.5 x W 28 x D 10 inches
Edition 3/9
Metal Skin Over Composite of Stone Glass and Polyester Resin, White Marble...
Category
2010s Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble, Metal
Aquarius Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Nude Male Figure Boy Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Aquarius Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Nude Male Figure Boy Marble Stone
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a high s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Superb Neoclassical White Marble Bust of Flora France 1850 '
Located in Rome, IT
Superbly carved white statuary Carrara marble bust of Flora, the goddess of flowers.
Flora was often associated with the coming of spring and the fertility of the land. She also sy...
Category
1850s Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
ANTIQUE FRENCH GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF MARS
Located in Milan, IT
BRONZE FIGURE OF MARS, 18th Century
gilt bronze on marble base
35.6 x 8.9 x 7.6 cm
14 x 3 1/2 x 3 in
Category
18th Century Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Midcentury Bronze Bust of Man
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large, midcentury, cast bronze bust of a man mounted on a chic, veined, polished marble base of the same period.
Category
Mid-20th Century Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Per Se Bronze Contemporary Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Per Se Bronze Contemporary Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
20th Century White Marble Italian Sculpture The Emancipation of Slavery, 1930
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Refined white marble statue from the first half of the 20th century. This is a very high quality copy of a work by the great Italian sculptor Giacomo Ginotti (1845-1897). Known as Th...
Category
1930s Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
After Botero -Dancer Bronze Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
This AFTER BOTERO sculpture is a very beautiful, faithful reproduction in the style of BOTERO'S work that has sold very well here on 1st Dibs.
The edition is 50 in Roman numerals. ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Land & Sea" Bronze sculpture 16" x 14" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Land & Sea" Bronze sculpture 16" x 14" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Double-faced
Bronze & Marble
Signed & Dated
Sculptures that mostly depict his characteristic figures of femin...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Renaissance Era Marble Figure Fragment
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary 17th century, hand-carved, solid Carrara marble, life sized figure fragment on raised base of the same. The subject is swaddled in a luxurious, gathered robe and tun...
Category
17th Century Baroque Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Aquila Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone Contemporary In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Aquila Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone Contemporary In Stock - Sculpture without Stone is 57 cm high
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Carrara Marble Busts of the Emperor Napoleon and Empress Marie Louise
Located in New Orleans, LA
"I am a true Roman Emperor; I am of the best race of the Caesars—those who are founders." –Napoleon Bonaparte, 1812
Among the most iconic and celebrated figures in history, Napoleon...
Category
19th Century Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE PORTRAIT HEAD OF BEARDED MAN
Located in Milan, IT
PORTRAIT HEAD OF BEARDED MAN
Central Italy, 16th/17th Century
marble with traces of polychromy
height 39 cm
height 15 1/4 in
Category
16th Century Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pietro Bazzanti, Italian 19th Carved Marble Figure Semi-Nude Young Bather Girl
Located in LA, CA
Pietro Bazzanti - Barzanti (Italian, 1825-1895) "After the Bath" - A very Fine and large carved white Carrara marble figure of a semi-nude young maiden standing by the sea-shore. The smiling and posing young beauty, with bare breasts and back, her right arm juxtaposed over her head, while holding a blanket over her waist with her left hand and standing barefoot by a rocky seawall and wavy shoreline. Signed 'P. Barzanti/Florence' (on reverse) and raised on a cylindrical swiveling carved verde antico solid marble pedestal. circa: Florence, 1880-1890.
Pietro Bazzanti or Barzanti (Italian, 1825-1895) was a 19th Century Italian sculptor born in Florence. Together with his brother, Niccolò Bazzanti (Firenze, 1802-1869) who was also a sculptor, they both worked the sprawling Florentine studio 'Pietro Bazzanti e Figlio' a hugely successful sculpture studio, operated within the family at their gallery on Lungarno Corsini until the mid-twentieth century. The studio was a place where many talented professors and apprentice sculptors specialized in sculpting marble genre scenes and allegorical figures as well as copies of antique and Renaissance sculpture catered to a prominent international clientele which included European and Russian aristocracy, and the Industrial fortunes being made in England and Americas drove considerable export demand. In 1861 the studio was awarded the medal for 'Ercole con cinghiale sulla spalla' (Hercules with boar on shoulder), 'Due Cani' (Two dogs) and 'Cinghiale' (Boar) sculptures at the National Exposition in Florence. In 1874 he exhibits his works in London and in 1876 in Philadelphia.
Bazzanti frequently returned to the subject of 'After the Bath' or 'The Bather' in his works, having carved examples of the bathing Venus after the Antique and in dynamic and dramatic compositions such as the present sculpture. The finely-detailed work relates closely to popular figures produced by Bazzanti’s contemporary, Cesar Lapini, whose La Sopresa depicts a young woman stepping back from approaching waves. The sculptor’s penchant for realism is on full display with the contrasting matte and highly-polished finishes of the gently lapping waves at the figure’s feet, to the jutting rocks and soft skin. Elegant handling of textures is further exemplified in the draped fringe of the cloth. This monumental and Fine work is illustrated in situ at Bazzanti’s studio circa 1900 among other fashionable works of the period.
Notes: Pietro Bazzanti was also known as Pietro Barzanti. There are conflicting dates of Pietro Bazzanti/Barzanti's birth/death year. Some auction houses and art galleries have described 'Pietro Barzanti' as Italian, 1842–1881 and Pietro Bazzanti as Italian, 1825-1895. However, according to Alfonso Panzetta – Nuovo Dizionario degli Scultori Italiani dell’ottocento e del Primo Novecento – 2003 Edition –Page 78, 'Pietro Barzanti' was in fact 'Pietro Bazzanti' one and the same, and it questions his year of his birth/death as "Firenze (?), ?, ?." thus we believe that the Italian, 1825-1895 description is the most plausible.
Literature:
Alfonso Panzetta – Nuovo Dizionario degli Scultori Italiani dell’ottocento e del Primo Novecento – 2003 Edition –Page 78.
Auctions:
Another example of this sculpture, probably also Pietro Bazzanti but almost a foot shorter (Height 44¾ in. (113.5 cm), unsigned and without its pedestal, was sold at Christie's New York, 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art and Ceramics Sale...
Category
19th Century Academic Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Lifesize Italian 19th Century Orientalist Marble Sculpture of Assyrian Princess
Located in LA, CA
Eliseo Tuderte Fattorini (Italian, 1830-1887). A very fine and life-size Italian, 19th century marble Life-size Orientalist Marble Sculpture of an Assyrian Princess (Previously descr...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
20th Century Bronze with Marble Base Italian Sculpture Virgil, 1930
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Great Italian sculpture from the first half of the 20th century. Chiseled and patinated bronze object with marble base depicting the Roman poet Virgil. Finished sculpture for the cen...
Category
1930s Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Angelic Crystal, Marble Dust, Atelier
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Intrigued by the stature and carriage of a particular figure, MacDonald pursued Angelic Crystal, the study of a ballerina in the studio. Inspired by a continuing appreciation of danc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Large Neoclassical White Marble Sculpture Venus Italica mid-19th century
Located in Pistoia, IT
Venus Italica, imposing sculpture in white Carrara marble, mid-nineteenth-century Roman atelier.
Antonio Canova made several sculptures depicting Venus. The first was made as compen...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian School Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Polychrome Green And Yellow Marble Grand Tour Style Obelisks Sculptures 20th
Located in Roma, IT
an elegant pair of grand tour sculptured obelisks, carved in a warm and elegant green marble with two squared three orders bases carved in a Siena Yelllow Marble. The two marble used...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Inspiration
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Art Nouveau marble.
Campagne, Pierre Étienne Daniel French , 19th century , male. Active in Paris. Born 1851 , in Gontaud (Lot-et-Garonne). S...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Embrione - hand carved abstract figurative nude white Carrara marble sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
EMBRIONE by Lorenzo Vignoli
striking hand carved Carrara marble sculpture by contemporary Italian sculptor Lorenzo Vignoli, incorporating classical references and contemporary Medit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble, Carrara Marble
Insilit Bronze Marble Stone Nude Contemporary Sculpture Boy Jumping In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Insilit Bronze Marble Stone Nude Contemporary Sculpture Boy Jumping In Stock - Sizes of sculpture, without Stone pedestal : 40 x 32 x 22 cm
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a sel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair Of Grand Tour Obelisk 20th Century Red and Black Marble Sculpture Italy
Located in Roma, IT
a very interesting and beautiful pair of obelisks carved in a warm and precious red marble the Red France Languedoc Incarnat, used for important and uinque decoration in the Versaill...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
20th Century Bronze with Marble Base Italian Sculpture Virgil, 1930
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Great Italian sculpture from the first half of the 20th century. Chiseled and patinated bronze object with marble base depicting the Roman poet Virgil. Finished sculpture for the cen...
Category
1930s Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Enigma" Bronze and Marble Sculpture 25" x 13" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Enigma" Bronze and Marble Sculpture 25" x 13" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Songbird, 2007
Bronze & Marble
64 x 33 cm, Signed & Dated
Sculptures that mostly depict his characteristi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Medusa - statuesque hand carved Carrara marble and Italian linden wood sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
striking hand carved Carrara marble and linden wood sculpture by contemporary Italian sculptor Lorenzo Vignoli, incorporating classical references and Greek mythology influences
Med...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble
Willitts Designs International The Drummer Cast Resin Sculpture, Signed
Located in Plainview, NY
An exceptional drummer sculpture by Willitts Designs International and Shen Lung. The sculpture is cold painted and made of hand cast resin. The drumm...
Category
Early 2000s Folk Art Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
ANCIENT ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT
Located in Milan, IT
ANCIENT ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT
Rome, 1st Century b.C.
marble
23 x 15 x 5 cm without base
9 x 6 x 2 in
Category
15th Century and Earlier Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
A Rare and Important American Marble Sculpture of Thomas Jefferson, Circa 1870
Located in New York, NY
A 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 Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair of 19th Century Busts by Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Signed: A. Carrier-Belluese
Two large bronze matching busts of an unknown male and female
22 x 10 x 11" male
23 x 10 x 9" female
Both show signs of wear with their age but are in fa...
Category
19th Century Baroque Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Eighteenth-century Grand Tour marble bust of Faustina the Younger
Located in London, GB
Signed 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 Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Apollo Marble Bust Sculpture of Grand Tour Mythological subject 1850'
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in white Carrara marble of Apollo bust .
Category
20th Century Academic Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
A French 19th Century Carved Marble Whimsical Figural Urn Fountain with Children
Located in LA, CA
A very fine large, rare and charming, French, 19th century. Belle Époque carved white marble whimsical figural urn fountain depicting children climbing on an urn with flowers and gar...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Fat Gun
Located in Miami, FL
Coming from a family with a long artistic tradition. Vincent Du Bois accomplished to synthesize both classical background and comtemporary vision. From...
Category
2010s Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Musidora
Located in PARIS, FR
"Musidora"
by Odoardo FANTACCHIOTTI (1809-1877)
Sculpture made in white Carrara marble
signed on the side on the base " O. Fantacchiotti "
Italy
around 1862
height 110 cm
diameter ...
Category
1860s Italian School Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Émile Guillemin (French 1841-1907) Bronze Bust of an Algerian Beauty
Located in New York, NY
Bronze bust with brown patina on marble socle base. Red patina detail on head scarf. In beautiful condition, expertly cast and modeled. Perfect for an art collector looking for European work that depicts Black and African people...
Category
Late 19th Century Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Phryne - Marble Bust of a Beautiful Young Woman Perfect Silhouette Art Nouveau
Located in Miami, FL
Emmanuel Villanis was well known primarily for his bronzes of beautiful young women. With Phryne, the sculptor is working in marble. Since stone is not in the least forgiving, it's...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Arch, Sensual White Carrara Statuary Marble Stone Vertical Figurative Sculpture
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This Carrare statuary marble stone sculpture in a very pure white with slightly colored veins is by Lutfi Romhein.
A graduate from the Academy of Fine A...
Category
2010s Modern Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Bacio (Kiss) - hand carved Italian contemporary figurative rose marble sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
Bacio (Kiss) by Lorenzo Vignoli
striking hand carved marble sculpture of rare Portuguese rosa marble by contemporary Italian sculptor Lorenzo Vignoli, incorporating classical refere...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Stone, Carrara Marble
After Botero Bronze Sculpture Bird
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
This AFTER BOTERO sculpture is a very beautiful, faithful reproduction in the style of BOTERO'S work that has sold very well here on 1st Dibs.
The edition is 50 in Roman numerals. ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
LARGE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE MARBLE CAPITAL, 15th/16th Century
Located in Milan, IT
LARGE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE MARBLE CAPITAL
Florence, 15th/16th Century
marble
38 x 47 x 47 cm
15 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in
Category
16th Century Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Large Salvador Dali Surrealist Bronze Portrait Sculpture Mexican Master Aguilar
Located in Surfside, FL
Carlos Aguilar y Linares, Mexican Sculptor (1945-2010)
Sculpture chose him. In his hands and his soul he always had the necessary impulse to create wi...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Wrestlers. Patinated bronze, h 39 cm + 4 cm pedestal, w 46 cm l 27 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Wrestlers. Patinated bronze, h 39 cm + 4 cm pedestal, w 46 cm l 27 cm
Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810–1892)
Category
1850s Realist Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bust of a young woman / - Beauty of youth -
Located in Berlin, DE
Anonymous, Bust of a young woman, c. 1900, artificial marble and gray onyx marble. 37 cm (height) x 37 cm (width) x 22 cm (depth), weight 17.2 kg. Signed “GURRINI” on the reverse.
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Category
Early 1900s Realist Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Ballerina on a chair
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sculpture from the Ballet series. The series is dedicated to classical ballet and includes over 30 sculptures. This sculpture depicts a dancer tying p...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal, Bronze
Monumental Pair French 19th Century Putto Flambeaux Urns Torchere Urn Sculptures
Located in LA, CA
A Monumental Museum Quality Pair of French 19th Century Figural Gilt and Patinated Bronze Rosso Granite Marble Flambeaux Urns, each depicting a pair of standing allegorical and whims...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Marble, Brass, Bronze
Life-Size Italian 19th Century Marble Sculpture Children on Crib, A. Tantardini
Located in LA, CA
Antonio Tantardini (Italian, 1829-1879) An extraordinary Italian 19th century life size carved Carrara white marble sculpture of "A Young Child and a baby in a wicker crib" - A Risorgimento Allegory. Signed and dated: A.nio Tantanrdini F.ce / 1863. The older child's medallion inscribed with an interlocked XV and Garibaldi, the crib monogrammed: AR. Circa: Florence, 1863. This sculpture includes a recent custom-made veined black marble pedestal stand. (The 2 items description mean the sculpture and pedestal, which are sold as sold a set.)
In a country famed for its skilled carvers and working in an age when virtuoso carving technique was highly prized, Antonio Tantardini was one of the very best exponents of master carvers in nineteenth century Italy. Vicario describes Tantardini's skill as 'un abilità tecnica stupefacente'.
The present amazing quality marble group epitomizes Tantardini's exceptional talents as a carver. Lesser sculptors might have shied away from attempting to carve a life-size wicker crib in marble, but Tantardini has clearly relished the Challenge. The result is a stunning achievement of verismo Italian sculpture.
This marble group, however, is more than a paradigm of Italian marble carving, it is also a prime example of the use of Risorgimento allegory in Italian sculpture of the 1860s. Famous sculptural Risorgimento allegories include Raffaelle Monti...
Category
19th Century Academic Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Italian 19th Century Carrara Marble Sculpture " Young Beauty Going for a Swim"
By Emilio Fiaschi
Located in LA, CA
A very fine Italian 19th century Carrara marble sculpture depicting a young beauty going for a Swim standing on the steps of a dock, raised on its original carved green marble pedest...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Rare and Important Italian White Marble Bust Sculpture of Jesus Christ, C. 1850
Located in New York, NY
Rare 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 Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Italian Marble Sculpture Of Venus And Cupid
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautifully detailed and lifelike, Venus and Cupid share a soft embrace in this remarkable Italian white marble sculpture. The feminine beauty gracefully leans against roughened rock...
Category
19th Century Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Marble figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Marble figurative sculptures available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add figurative sculptures created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Wim van der Kant, KARTEL, Léo Caillard, and Irakli Tsuladze. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Modern, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Marble figurative sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.4 inches across are also available