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Period: 19th Century
Medium: Metal
A Basset Hound
Located in New York, NY
inscribed J. Moigniez
bronze with brown patina, cast during the artist’s lifetime height 18 1⁄2 inches (47 cm.), width 29 1⁄8 inches (74 cm.)
PROVENANCE
James Graham & Sons, Inc., N...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Roman driver on his chariot
Located in PARIS, FR
Equestrian sculpture
"Roman driver on his chariot" by Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910)
Bronze with its original nuanced dark brown patina
cast by MORE
France
circa 1880
height 41,5 cm
l...
Category
1880s French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hay Baler
Located in PARIS, FR
This Hay baler is a subject that is included in the famous suite commonly called "little workers" by Jules Dalou (1838-1902)
Bronze with dark brown patina
c...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Windy Day
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Franz Xavier Bergman
Austrian (1861-1936)
Bronze, signed ‘Nam Greb’ & ‘B’ in a vase.
Height: 13½ inches
Width: 7¾ inches
Rare, large sized version of ‘Windy Day...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Young girl from Bou-Saada, bronze female sculpture
Located in PARIS, FR
"Young girl from Bou-Saada" by Louis-Ernest BARRIAS (1841-1905)
A very fine bronze sculpture with a gilded patina.
cast by SUSSE
stamped "Copy right by Susse Frères 1893"
Standing on its original natural wood base
France
1893
height with the base 38,5 cm
width of the base 33,5 x 33,5 cm
Biography :
Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905) was a French sculptor . He came from a family of artists. His father was a porcelain painter and his older brother, Felix-Joseph Barrias, a recognized painter. Louis-Ernest Barrias entered the School of Fine Arts in Paris in 1858, he abandoned painting to move towards sculpture under the direction of François Jouffroy. In 1864, he won the Prix de Rome, on the theme of "The Foundation of Marseille", and was engaged on the site of the Paris Opera house. He later produced many sculpted works, most of them in marble.
In 1881, Louis-Ernest Barrias was awarded a medal of honor of the fine arts and named knight of the Legion of Honor in 1878, then promoted officer in 1881 and commander in 1900. The artist replaced Auguste Dumont at the Institute in 1884, then succeeded Jules Cavelier as a professor at the School of Fine Arts, where, among his most notable students, there were Victor Ségoffin, Charles Despiau and Paul Landowski.
Category
1890s Other Art Style Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jean Debut Gladiator Bronze
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jean Didier Debut: 1824-1893. Well listed 19th century French sculptor. He has had auction results over $17,000. We believe this fabulous bronze gladiator to be very rare as we could...
Category
19th Century Art Deco Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mathurin Moreau "La Source" Bronze and Breccia Pernice Marble Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A gilt bronze Female figural sculpture depicting a young woman, slightly unveiled, sitting atop a variegated marble fountain, fitted atop a squared bronze base decorated with foliage...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Patinated Bronze "Memoria" Female Figural Statue
Located in New York, NY
This golden "Memoria" female figural statue depicts a seated young woman, holding a stylus in one hand and tablet with the words "j'évoque du passé les ...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tartar Warrior stopping his Horse, bronze sculpture
Located in PARIS, FR
A very fine bronze equestrian sculpture with a nuanced dark greenish brown patina
France
model of 1845
Cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne around 1890-1900
height 37,3 cm
length of the base 31,5 cm
Marked with a souvenir date "22 mai 1904".
Biography :
Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875) was a French sculptor, known for his animal sculptures. His sketch practice done in the wild, according to the animals of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, led him gradually to also practice painting. Placed early in Fourier, an engraver on steel manufacturing metal parts for the uniforms of the Great Army, he learned all areas of metal processing and became a peerless worker. He entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1818, where he received classical training in the workshop of the sculptor François Joseph Bosio and the painter Antoine-Jean Gros. He graduated in 1820, the second prize for sculpture in Rome for his "Cain cursed by God" .It was in 1831 that Barye became known to the public exhibiting then his "Tiger devouring a Crocodile", tormented and expressive work, which ranked as soon as the first Romantic sculptor, and causing admiration criticism. He now produced numerous masterpieces, often of small dimensions, that will enrich the collections of fans...
Category
Late 19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Sculpture Female Moor Venice 19th Century Gold Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Antique sculpture of a female Moor with flowering cornucopia
Venice, 19th century
Carved, lacquered and gilded/silvered wood
Total height 202 cm (column base 82 cm, figure 120 cm)
...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Le General Bonaparte en Egypte
By Henri Alfred Marie Jacquemart
Located in Paris, FR
Alfred Jacquemart
1824-1896
Le General Bonaparte en Egypte
Bronze, Barbedienne Foundry
10 1/4" high x 8" wide x 4" depth
Henry Alfred Jacquemart (1824-1896): born the February 22,...
Category
Mid-19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Le cheval demi-sang arabe
Located in Washington, DC
A nineteenth-century cast of Antoine-Louis Barye's Le cheval demi-sang arabe (no. A125-Poletti; A148-Pivar), with nice patina.
Poletti and Richarme, Barye: Catalogue raisonné des sc...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tuscan Neoclassical Mythological Figurative objet d'art alabaster bronze
Located in Florence, IT
Alabaster temple with Corinthian capitals decorated with swans and flower ornaments.
At the centre, a bronze statue representing the Queen Omphale dre...
Category
Early 19th Century Other Art Style Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
A la fontaine
By Émile Nestor Joseph Carlier 1
Located in Washington, DC
Nice 19th-century cast with rich, brown patina by French sculptor Emile-Joseph-Nestor Carlier. Carlier frequently created large, multi-figural group sculptures. These are dramatic an...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jean Jules B. Salmson, A Patinated Bronze Sculpture of William Shakespeare
Located in New York, NY
Jean Jules B. Salmson, A patinated bronze sculpture of William Shakespeare, 19th Century.
Very rare sculpture of the famous William Shakespeare. A perfect fit for any library or gentleman's office...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
La cruche cassée
Located in Washington, DC
Nice, 19th-century gilt bronze cast by Emile Francois Carlier
Exhibited:
Salon, Société des Artistes Français, Paris, 1865 (another cast)
Salon, Société des Artistes Français, Pari...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French 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 Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Maiden Seated beside a Peacock by Auguste Moreau
Located in New York, NY
A Fine French Patinated Bronze Figure of Young Maiden sitting beside a Peacock surmounted atop a rouge marble plinth by Auguste Moreau.
Perfect size for a desk or dresser, or mantle...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
The Story of Joseph from the Second Baptistery Doors, Florence (“The Gates of Pa
Located in New York, NY
Ferdinand Barbedienne (Saint-Martin-de-Fresnay 1810 – 1892 Paris) after Lorenzo Ghiberti (Florence, 1378 – 1455)
Signed at the lower right of the principal relief: F. BARBEDIENNE
Provenance: Private Collection, USA.
Barbedienne’s “Gates of Paradise” reliefs are one of the triumphs of nineteenth-century bronze casting and patination. The nine panels that comprise our example are half-size reductions of the famous originals by Lorenzo Ghiberti, made for the Baptistery of Florence and now housed in the Museo del Opera del Duomo. Mounted in an impressive, mullioned frame surround, our work is an exceptional exemplar of the Renaissance Revival, the broadly influential style and movement that infused architecture, design, and artistic culture in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
The central scene, The Story of Joseph, is perhaps the most celebrated of the entire series depicting as it does seven episodes from the Biblical narrative integrated into a single composition: Joseph cast by his brethren into the well, Joseph sold to the merchants, the merchants delivering Joseph to the pharaoh, Joseph interpreting the pharaoh’s dream, the pharaoh paying him honor, Jacob sending his sons to Egypt, and Joseph recognizes his brothers and returns home. The surrounding reliefs—two vertical figures in niches, two recumbent figures, and four portrait heads in roundels—are as well faithful reductions of Ghiberti’s original bronzes on other parts of the doors.
The maker of these casts was the renowned 19th-century French fondeur Ferdinand Barbedienne. Gary Radke has recently written of this great enterprise:
“The Parisian bronze caster Ferdinand Barbedienne began making half-sized copies of ancient and Renaissance sculpture in the 1830s. His firm benefitted enormously from the collaboration of Achille Collas, whom Meredith Shedd has shown was one of numerous pioneers in the mechanical reproduction of sculpture. Their competitors largely devoted themselves to reproducing relief sculpture, but Collas devised a process for creating fully three-dimensional copies. A tracing needle, powered by a treadle, moved over the surface of a full-sized plaster cast or bronze of the original and triggered a complementary action in a cutting stylus set over a soft plaster blank…He signed an exclusive contract with Barbedienne on November 29, 1838, and won medals for his inventions in 1839 and 1844.
Barbedienne’s half-sized copies of the Gates of Paradise were famous not only for their fidelity to the original, but also for the way their gilding…suggested the glimmering surface that was hidden under centuries of dirt. Some critics even saw Collas’s and Barbedienne’s work as ‘philanthropic, an exemplary adaptation of industry to the requirements of art, the artist, the workers, and the public alike.’
At 25,000 francs, Collas’s and Barbedienne’s reduction of the Gates of Paradise was singularly more expensive than any other item for sale in their shop. All the reliefs, individual statuettes, and busts were cast separately and could be purchased either by the piece or as an ensemble. Fittingly, Barbedienne’s accomplishment earned him the Grand Prix at the 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle, along with numerous other medals.”
Three complete examples of the Barbedienne-Ghiberti doors are known. One, first installed in a chapel in the Villa Demidoff of San Donato near Pratolino, was later acquired by William Vanderbilt...
Category
Late 19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Bronze Bust of Benjamin Franklin after Houdon
By Jean-Antoine Houdon
Located in New York, NY
After Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741-1828) a bronze bust of Benjamin Franklin on a white marble base, circa 1880
This bronze bust of Benjamin Franklin after Jean-Antoine Houdon,...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Maiden with a Lute, Patinated Bronze Sculpture by Adrien Etienne Gaudez
Located in New York, NY
A maiden holding a lute leaning on a tree trunk dappled with english ivy and cattails, all surmounted on a rouge royal marble base. Beautifully cast, crisp details.
Artist: Adrien ...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Venus de Milo
Located in Milford, NH
A fine patinated bronze of the iconic classic Greek statue of Venus de Milo, incised by artist on base side (possibly 19th century French sculptor Ron Li...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Il Bernini - Sculpture by Ambrogio Borghi - 1884
Located in Roma, IT
The bronze proposed here was initially presented in November 1878 at the Competition for the Encouragement of Brera. It is therefore one of the first celebratory works of the sculptor Ambrogio Borghi...
Category
1880s Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Polychrome-Patinated and Gilt Bronze Orientalist Princess Busts
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Adrien-Etienne Gaudez (1845-1902)
Origin: French
Date: 19th century
Dimension: 32 in(H) x 21 in(W); 29 1/2 in(H) x 22 in(W)
Adrien-Etienne Gaudez entered the Ecole des Beaux...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dynamic Bronze Statue of a Falconer by Pierre-Jules Mene (French, 1810-1879)
Located in New York, NY
Dynamic statue of an Arab Falconer riding a horse in motion. A falcon lands on the falconer's arm as his horse trots along a mud road leaving hove prints behind.
Artist: Pierre-Jul...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19thC Louis XV Rococo Ormolu & Porcelain Clock
Located in San Antonio, TX
Elegant 19th Century French Clock with gilt turquoise porcelain figures of a young man and woman with a caged bird. The porcelain figurine is in good condition with all fingers intac...
Category
19th Century Rococo Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Patinated Bronze Figure of Egyptian King Menthuphis
Located in New York, NY
Egyptian King Menthuphis, draped in a lion skin, and dripping in jewels, holds up a statue of two horses. Flanked by two birds and mounted on Rouge Mable and...
Category
Late 19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze Marble Bust Sculpture Dante Alighieri 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze and marble bust of Dante Alighieri, circa 1880.
The bronze is most likely Florentine and mod...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Joseph D'Aste
Located in East Grinstead, GB
Joseph D'Aste bronze group of Children in traditional dress with clogs playing in the snow, standing on marble.
Category
Late 19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Faun and Nymph
Located in London, GB
signed 'A. Rivalta' (on the base)
Category
Late 19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Horse Bronze Trotting Stallion Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Bronze
Portrait of a Trotting Stallion
Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)
Cast bronze mounted on a rectangular plinth with dark brown patina,
Signed: I. BONHEUR
17 x 11 3/4
A brilliant exploration of a stallion in full trot. The patina is a deep, warm walnut brown with honey-colored tones.
Isidore Bonheur was best known and the most distinguished of the 19th century French animalier sculptors. Isidore, the younger brother of Rosa Bonheur and older brother of Auguste, began his studies of painting initially with his father, who was friends with Francisco Goya. By 1848 he debuted at the Paris Salon having discontinued animal and landscape painting to concentrate on creating sculptures and in 1849, Bonheur enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He won medals at the Paris Salon in 1859 and did so again in 1865 and in 1869. After entering the Exposition Universelle 1855, he won the Gold Medal in 1889. In the 1870s exhibited in the London at the Royal Academy of Arts where he earned great prestige and won the coveted Medaille d’Or. After winning numerous other medals and prizes, Bonheur was awarded the Legion d' Honneur in 1895 and he was Knighted in Portugal, Spain and France. Bonheur continued exhibiting at the Paris Salon until 1899.
Many of his bronzes were fabricated at the foundry owned by Hippolyte Peyrol, Bonheur's brother-in-law by marriage to Isidore’s youngest sister Juliette Bonheur. The Peyrol casts for both Rosa and Isidore are exceptionally well executed which suggests a strong working relationship between the founder and sculptor. There is little doubt that Isidore Bonheur was an acute observer of nature; his animals were not anthropomorphized but modelled to catch movement or posture characteristics of the particular species he was sculpting. He achieved this most successfully with his sculptures of horses which are usually depicted as relaxed rather than spirited. These figures are among his most renowned works and his equestrian models became very popular, particularly among the British aristocracy.
An acute observer of nature, his sculptures reflect his commitment to the Realist school - with precise detailing of the movements of animals in their natural habitats. Ultimately, His naturalistic studies of animals are now some of the most highly sought after works by any of the animalier. He was possibly inspired by his many visits to the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show...
Category
1870s Realist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"The Farewell Kiss"
Located in Southampton, NY
This is a beautiful original bronze casting by the foremost Russian sculptor of his day Evgeny Lanceray. Artist signed on the base in Cyrillic (image 5) and is also inscribed on the ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A 19th century bronze sculpture of an Irish Wolfhound dog
Located in Bath, Somerset
Arthur Waagen (German 1833-1898): A 19th century bronze of the Irish Wolfhound 'Gelert', the base set with a scroll giving the dimensions and weight of...
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon Bust
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork:
Bronze
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bronze Miniature Barnyard with a Bull, Sheep & Goat circa 1860, France
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Miniature Barnyard Scene (Cow, Sheep & Goat)
Christophe Fratin (France, 1801-1864)
Sand cast bronze
5 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches
Highly refined and sensitively modeled miniature bronze representing a small herd of cattle, sheep and cattle on the terrace. Despite its small size, this bronze offers a complete view of a small herd of livestock: a bull is lying in a landscape near a sheep and a goat climbing a tree above a rocky mound. Here we find the skillful hand of the animalier sculptor Christophe Fratin (French, 1801-1864), immensely famous in the 19th century for his thoughtfully crafted animal...
Category
1840s Romantic Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Silvered Bronze Rooster, France circa 19th Century
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Silvered Bronze Rooster
France, circa 1900
10 1/4 x 9 1/2 (H x D) inches
A very fine and lively bronze statuette of a preening Rooster. Nicely cast and well-carved and in ex...
Category
19th Century French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Leda and the Swan
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a magnificent early Art Nouveau bronze by Belgian artist Jef Lambeaux(1852-1908.)
“Leda and the Swan”, is an original Art Nouveau Bronze,...
Category
1880s Art Nouveau Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare, Antique, Life-Size Dog Bronze of a Chihuahua "Lydie" Charles Valton. 1890s
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Dog Sculpture
Chihuahua "La Petite Belle Lydie"
Charles Valton (French, 1851-1918)
Circa 15 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 7
Lydie is a Chihuahua making her a very rare image from ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Roman Oil Lamp Mercury and Flying Cranes Grand Tour
Located in Rochester, NY
Roman verdigris bronze oil lamp. Flying cranes with running Mercury. After the original found in Pompeii. This lamp base would originally have had small oil lamps...
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19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nymphe de Diane
By Eugene-Antoine Aizelin
Located in Milford, NH
A beautiful gilt cast bronze titled “Nymphe de Diane” with her dog by French sculptor Eugène Antoine Aizelin (1821-1902). Aizelin was a pupil of Etienne-Jules Ramey and Augustin-Alexandre Dumont at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris.He received numerous commissions from the State and from the City of Paris for the decoration of public buildings, working on the three great Parisian building projects of the Second Empire (1851–70), the new Louvre, the Opéra and the Hôtel de Ville, as well as on theatres, churches and other institutions. Apart from decorative sculpture, his output consists of classicizing...
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19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Bacchanalian Bronze
Located in San Antonio, TX
19th Century French Bacchanalian Bronze in the 18th century style depicting two Putti, in the manner of Clodion. One putto reclines while another feeds it grapes. The Patina is worn ...
Category
Late 19th Century Baroque Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sappho Leaning Against a Column Holding Her Lyre by Pradier in French Bronze
Located in New York, NY
French bronze of Sappho Leaning Against a Column Holding Her tortoise Lyre, Original rich brown patina intact.
Artist: Jean Jacques Pradier (Swi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Exceptional Bronze Draft Horse by Pierre Jules Mêne (French, 1810-1879)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Bronze
Exceptional Bronze of a Draft Horse
Pierre Jules Mêne (French, 1810-1879)
Circa 1860s
4 3/4 (W) x 3.25 (H)
As Mêne personally ov...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bronze Portrait Draft Horse by Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Portrait of a Draft Horse
Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)
Circa 1840s
Cast bronze mounted on a rectangular plinth atop a marble s...
Category
1870s Realist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Figural Bronze of Narcissus or Dionysus
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Grand Tour Italian Classical cast patinated bronze figure of Narcissus or Dionysus, dating to the last quarter of the 19th century. Very good overall condition, with the modes...
Category
Late 19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Monumental French Patinated Bronze Bust of William Shakespeare, after Houdon
Located in New York, NY
A Monumental French Patinated Bronze Bust of William Shakespeare, after Houdon, by F. Barbedienne Foundry, circa 1870.
Masterfully and realistically sculpted in solid bronze, this b...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Grand Tour Bronze Greco-Roman Uffizi Wrestlers Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Rochester, NY
Grand tour circa 1860s bronze of the Wrestlers. Rich fine dark brown patina. Marked "F. Barbedienne Fondeur." The Wrestlers also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers...
Category
Mid-19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Certified Edgard Degas Bronze of a horse : (Horse walking at a high pace)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Gent, VOV
Cheval marchant au pas relevé is one of the artist’s most elegant and exacting models of a horse. It underscores Degas’s deep understanding of equine anatomy and his ability to render it with lightness and charm. Known for his focus on contemporary subjects, Degas first began depicting horses in the 1860s. As a member of the prestigious Jockey Club in Paris, Degas was a habitué of the racecourses at Deauville and Longchamps, where he could study the beauty of thoroughbred horses at close quarters. Although the artist was not an active participant himself, equestrian sports fascinated Degas throughout his life, as it allowed him to capture the full range of the horse’s movement in a wealth of poses.
Bronze with dark brown patina bearing the stamp of the signature "Degas", numbered IV/IX and dated 1998. Posthumous lost wax casting as of 1998. Stamp of Valsuani.
The work is a sought-after rarity in terms of Degas’ sculptures. This bronze is distinguished by the fact that it is a Valsuani bronze, meaning it faithfully records Degas’ wax version’s as it appeared at the time of its creation. Most Degas' bronzes that are found on the market were cast by Hébrard – these serialized bronzes are surmoulages, or “aftercasts,” that were cast from the modèle bronzes currently in the Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena). Because these bronzes are second generation, they are smaller and far less detailed than the current bronze.
This example, however, was cast by Valsuani from a plaster that was taken directly from Degas’ waxes, according to scholarship by the art historian Dr. Gregory Hedberg. These plasters were created by Degas’ sculptor friend Albert Bartholomé shortly after Degas completed his wax figurines. Thus, they record the earliest versions of Degas’ wax sculptures, before they were damaged by time or handling, and before Degas himself altered the works. The Hébrard bronzes...
Category
1880s Impressionist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Female Statue "Le Crépuscule" by Emile Andre Boisseau
Located in New York, NY
Emile-Andre Boisseau (French, 1842-1923)
Le Crépuscule
signed 'E. Boisseau' (on the base)
Bronze
height: 29 in. (74 cm.)
Emile-André Boisseau was a...
Category
19th Century Rococo Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Patinated Bronze Group Sculpture of Laocoon and His Sons, C. 1870
Located in New York, NY
An Italian grand tour patinated bronze group sculpture of Laocoon and his sons, After the antique by Agesander of Rhodes, C. 1870
Very nice quali...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Patinated Bronze Statue of Theseus and the Centaur by Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in New York, NY
Title: Theseus and the Centaur
Artist: Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875)
Date: 19th Century
Medium: Oil on panel
Signature: Signed ‘AL BARYE’ and stamped with ...
Category
19th Century Baroque Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sappho
Located in New York, NY
JEAN-BAPTISTE CLÉSINGER
French, (1814-1883)
Sappho
Patinated bronze; Signed CLESINGER, inscribed: F. BARBEDIENNE. FONDEUR and stamped: A. COLLAS. BREVETE. REDUCTION MECANIQUE...
Category
Late 19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Silvered Bronze Figure of Psyche
Located in New York, NY
MATHURIN MOREAU
French, (1822-1914)
Silvered Bronze Figure of Psyche
Silvered bronze; Signed ‘Moreau Mathurin’
30 3/8 x 15 x 13 inches
Category
Late 19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled #10 Female antique Bust painted and adorned. Infortunios De La Virtud
By Armando de la Garza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled #10 (female bust), 2016
from Los Infortunios De La Virtud series
Antique porcelain bust with the intervention of oil, gold, silver, lea...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Gold
Edgard Degas: Horse Clearing an Obstacle (work 48 /certified by Comité Degas)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Gent, VOV
Horse Clearing an Obstacle (work number 48)
Bronze with dark brown green patina bearing the stamp of the signature "Degas",
Numbered IV/IX and dated 1998
Posthumous lost wax casting as of 1998.
Stamp of Valsuani.
Signed Degas
The work is a sought-after rarity in terms of Degas’ sculptures. This bronze is distinguished by the fact that it is a Valsuani bronze, meaning it faithfully records Degas’ wax version’s as it appeared at the time of its creation. Most Degas' bronzes that are found on the market were cast by Hébrard – these serialized bronzes are surmoulages, or “aftercasts,” that were cast from the modèle bronzes currently in the Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena). Because these Hebrard bronzes...
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1880s Impressionist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique 19th cent. Dog Portrait Jack Russell Terrier by Pierre-Albert Laplanche
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Dog Portrait of a Terrier
Pierre-Albert Laplanche (French, 1826-1873)
Signed in script to base "Laplanche"
Stamped "E.V 3753"
8 x 2.75 x 8 1/4 inches
This is a super...
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Mid-19th Century Academic Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cheval Libre (Free Horse)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: After Pierre Jules Mene (French, 1810-1879)
Title: Cheval Libre (Free Horse)
Year: 1868
Medium: Cast bronze sculpture with dark brown patina
Edition: Unknown
Size: Inclu...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Thoroughbred Race Horse Bronze Sculpture Deco
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an equestrian sculpture of a Race Horse or Polo Pony of exquisite beauty. It is signed Delabrierre and does not appear to have any foundry marks. from my research I think this might be cast iron, A material he was known for. it might be bronze I am not positive. it is not dated but it definitely has age to it.
Paul-Edouard Delabrierre (1829-1912)
Edouard Delabriere was born in Paris in 1829. Delabrierre was an important member of the Animalier school in the late 19th Century. Having been educated by the painter Jean Baptiste-Delestre, he found his true talent in sculpture and later made his debut at the Salon of 1848, where he showed a wax model titled ‘Terrier holding a Hare’. Between 1848 and 1898 he regularly exhibited his lifelike sculptures...
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Late 19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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