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Period: 19th Century
Medium: Metal
Auguste DE WEVER (1836-1910) Hindu Birdcatcher
Located in Gent, VOV
Hindu Birdcatcher
A fine quality, a nineteenth-century bronze cast of the Hindu bird-catcher standing on an elephant skull and holding two birds in the air which are sitting on a bambu stick by Auguste De Wever (Belgian 1836-1910). Old cast probably by the Compagnie des Bronzes foundry signed...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mare - hunting horse by Josuë Dupon 1864-1935
Located in Gent, VOV
A beautiful large bronze sculpture of a proud standing mare. Old sand cast created during the artist Josuë Dupon's lifetime.
Josuë Dupon (also Josué or Josue Dupon) was a Flemish sculptor and engraver. His work also includes painting and graphics.
He received his training through evening classes at the academy of Roeselare and Antwerp (1884) and later at the National Institute of Fine Arts (1887). In 1891, he won a gold medal with the monumental sculpture group Samson kills the lion and was runner-up in the Prix de Rome for sculpture. From that year on, his work appeared regularly in exhibitions at home and abroad. His reputation was such, that he became one of a select group of sculptors allowed by King Leopold II to carve statues in Ivory, which was imported from the Congo, the Belgian colony. In 1893 his exceptionally refined ivory statue of Diana was bought by the Antwerp Royal Museum of Fine Arts, which also acquired his spectacular bronze Vulture defending its prey a year later.
Working in every genre and mastering every technique and material, Josuë Dupon became best known as a sculptor of exotic animals. He was equally capable of faithfully expressing anatomical detail as of rendering the animals' nature. Josuë Dupon was a technically faultless realist, with a sense of the dramatic, a feeling for decorative complexity and a tendency towards idealizing. The placement of his camel driver and two bronze groups at the entrance to Antwerp Zoo confirmed this reputation as animalier.
The career that Dupon subsequently built, brought him numerous important awards and an appointment as professor at the Antwerp Academy, a tenure he held between 1905 and 1934. Besides animals, he sculpted busts, war memorials and public monuments. For one of the largest sculptural monuments and the largest fountain in the city of Buenos Aires, called Monument of the Two Congresses, he collaborated with his good friend, the Belgian sculptor Jules Lagae. Josuë Dupon created several statues of mighty condors for this monument.
At the start of his career his conception of art was strongly influenced by traditional 19th century artistic ideals. After the turn of the century his compositions and surface treatment changed and became more modern. He met Rembrandt Bugatti around 1905 or 1906 in the 'Jardin des Plantes' in Paris and invited him to Antwerp. Bugatti began travelling to Antwerp in 1906 to observe and sculpt the inhabitants of its zoo, which was then considered the best in the world, and Dupon allowed Bugatti to stay with him during several of his early visits. As such Dupon became a friend and a bit of a father figure to Rembrandt Bugatti.
Dupon did not play a very active part in artistic movements or associations. Dupon remains an important sculptor not only through his body of work but also because of the influence he exercised through interactions and collaboration with other sculptors such as Lagae, Bugatti and Bourdelle but also because he trained leading sculptors such as Albéric Collin (1886-1962), Willy Kreitz...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dancer Zingara
Located in New York, NY
JEAN-BAPTISTE AUGUSTE CLÉSINGER
French, 1814-1883
Dancer Zingara
Inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE.FONDEUR with the reduction mecanique A. Collas Brevete seal
Patinated bronze, brown ...
Category
Late 19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze group of a winter scene
By Charles Georges Ferville-Suan
Located in New York, NY
CHARLES GEORGES FERVILLE-SUAN
French, 1847-1925
Bronze group of a winter scene
A winter scene of a man on skates, pushing the woman’s sled ...
Category
Late 19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture of an Odalisque by Baron Charles Arthur Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
Surmounted on a circular base, the odalisque portraying a half nude young female wearing a loose skirt, and is inscribed with the artist's name ‘A BOURGEOIS’.
Maker: Charles Arthur Bourgeois...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tiger and Lion walking
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare pair of "Tiger and Lion walking"
by Antoine-Louis BARYE (1796-1875)
A very fine pair of bronze sculptures with a nuanced brown patina
each signed "Barye" on the base
cast by "F...
Category
1870s French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Empire gilt bronze and patinated bronze wall sconce. 19th Century
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Four gilt bronze and patinated bronze wall sconces belonging to the French Empire period.
The four arms having a sinusoidal shape are connected to a circle trramite dolphin heads.
...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A late 19th century bronze animalier figure of a seated hound
By Prince Paul Troubetzkoy
Located in Bath, Somerset
A late 19th century bronze of a hound, seated on a naturalistic base, after Prince Paul Troubetzkoy. Incised to base 'Paolo Troubetzkoy 1893', with a dark brown patina.
Born in 1866...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Figure of Crouching Venus or Naked Aphrodite
Located in Beachwood, OH
19th Century Bronze Figure of Crouching Venus or Naked Aphrodite
Bronze with dark patination
22.5 x 13 x 11 inches
The Crouching Venus is a Hellenisti...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Equestrian Joan of Arc
Located in PARIS, FR
Equestrian Joan of Arc
by Emmanuel FREMIET (1824-1910)
A very fine bronze equestrian group with a delicate and nuanced brown patina
signed "E. Fremiet" on the base
cast by "F. Barb...
Category
1880s French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bust of veiled woman
Located in Roma, RM
Giulio Tadolini ( Rome 1849 - 1918 ) ( attr. to ), Bust of veiled woman
Bronze 61 x 37 x 22 cm.
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Woman taking off her shirt
Located in PARIS, FR
Woman taking off her shirt
by James PRADIER (1790-1852)
Bronze with a nuanced brown patina
cast by SOYER and INGE
France
circa 1850
height 28,5 cm
Biography :
Jean-Jacques Pradier...
Category
1850s French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pierre Jules Mene Bronze, "Chien Braque a La Feuille"
Located in Dallas, TX
Pierre Jules Mene (French, 1810-1879)
Chien Braque a la Feuille
Bronze with brown patina
9.5 inches (24 cm) long
5 inches (12.7 cm) high
Inscribed on base: PJ Mene
Condition: ...
Category
1860s Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Turkish Horse
Located in PARIS, FR
Turkish Horse
Antoine-Louis BARYE (1796-1875)
"Cheval turc, antérieur gauche levé, terrasse carrée"
Bronze with nuanced dark brown patina
signed "Barye" on the base
cast by "F. Barb...
Category
1880s French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Upholsterer's Apprentice By Adrien Étienne Gaudez
Located in New York, NY
This delightful cast bronze statue The Upholster’s Apprentice showcases a young boy, reclined and reading in the chair he is presumably working on. The boy should be busy at work, us...
Category
Late 19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fine Quality Patinated Bronze Statue by Mathurin Moreau
Located in New York, NY
Bronze figural grouping of a Génie and Science, a woman guided by an angel with outstretched wings by Mathurin Moreau, a celebrated and decorated French sculptor whose talents most f...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
World's Columbian Exposition Commemorative Presentation Medal
By Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Located in Concord, MA
Saint-Gaudens, who served as an advisor for the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition sculptural program, accepted the commission for the official award medal. He had completed his de...
Category
1890s Aesthetic Movement Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ape riding on a Gnu
Located in PARIS, FR
Ape riding on a Gnu
by Antoine-Louis BARYE (1796-1875)
A bronze group with a nuanced dark green patina
signed "Barye" on the base
Old cast probably by Brame
France
circa 1890
heig...
Category
1890s French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th century French mythological figurative female bronze statuette
Located in Florence, IT
Late 19th-century bronze figure derived from a work by Jean Michel-Angel Pollet-a Palermo artist of French parents who was a pupil of Bertel Thorvaldsen and Peter Tenerani - titled ...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronzetto italiano figurativo allegorico della fine del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Bronzetto firmato alla base F. de Luca, artista meridionale attivo fra XIX e XX secolo, raffigurante un'allegoria delle Arti.
In secondo piano, la "Scultura", identificata da un put...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Napoleon III French gilt bronze 19th century cup/centerpiece.
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Napoleon III French gilt bronze cup/centerpiece.
The central body totally historiated in relief with mythological scenes is supported by two shoot-shaped handles.
The square-shape...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Finely chiseled gilt bronze French Empire antique clock.
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Finely chiseled gilt bronze Empire clock belonging to the early 19th century.
The vase shape is typical of its period and features a large porcelain dial surrounded by relief elemen...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Arthur Waagen’s 'The Nomadic Virtuoso’ in Patinated metal
Located in New York, NY
Encounter the resonant blend of motion and music in 'The Nomadic Virtuoso,' a captivating painted metal sculpture by Arthur Waagen. This art piece from the late 19th century depicts ...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of antique French Empire candelabra signed "Barbedienne."
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Pair of French Empire gilt bronze candlesticks expertly chiseled signed "Barbedienne."
The central shaft features a figure of a "Vestal" woman surmounted by a circular element for h...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fine 19th Century Gilt-Bronze Sculpture by JEAN-LEON GEROME
Located in New York, NY
Fine 19th Century Gilt-Bronze Sculpture by JEAN-LEON GEROME
Title: L'Extase Bacchique: An Allegory of Abundance and Joy
Presenting "L'Extase Bacchique," an enthralling gold-patinat...
Category
Late 19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Grand Tour Gilt Bronze Statue on Column Diana the Huntress 1838
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & large (34" tall) antique French gilt-bronze on marble column of Diana, cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892) after a statue by Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828), the bronz...
Category
1830s French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th century Bronze Sculpture of Cupid After Pierre Chenet
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century Bronze Sculpture of Cupid After Pierre Chenet
Base diameter 6"
9"W x 23"H
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"The Farewell Kiss"
By Evgeny Lanceray
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 large late 19th century French animalier bronze of a recumbent greyhound dog
Located in Bath, Somerset
A large late 19th century bronze figure of a recumbent greyhound after French animalier sculptor Christophe Fratin (1801-1864), with a warm brown patina on a rouge griotte marble base. Signed 'FRATIN' on collar.
Bronze length: 37cm
Base length: 41cm
Bronze height: 18cm
Total height: 22cm
Christophe Fratin was born in Metz in France in 1801. He first studied sculpture under Pioche in Metz under whom he honed his technical skills. He then became a pupil of the painter Theodore Gericault in Paris where he pursued his career as a sculptor.
Fratin first exhibited at the Paris Salon as early as 1831, where he showed ‘Fermer – An English Thoroughbred’. The popularity of Fratin’s sculpture in England had a significant impact on his career. His modelling style reflected his imaginative mind and sense of humour, particularly in his humorous modelling of bears.
Fratin was asked to sculpt life-size monuments for French cities, including his home town of Metz. At the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London he was considered the greatest animalier sculptor of the day. Fratin’s bronzes...
Category
1880s Naturalistic Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Sculpture "The Letter"
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique bronze sculpture of male nude reading a letter or proclamation. Marble base, 19th century. Unsigned.
Category
Early 19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Lion and snake
Located in PARIS, FR
Lion and snake n°3
by Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875)
Bronze sculpture with a nuanced dark greenish brown patina
signed "Barye" on the base
old edition cast – probably from the Bary...
Category
1860s French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antoine - Louis BARYE (1795-1875)Tiger surprising an antelope Bronze
Located in Gent, VOV
Tiger surprising an antelope (terrace without profile)
Bronze with a shaded green patina, circa 1880
Signed 'BARYE', stamped 'H' by the founder Brame
Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-187...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th century Grand Tour bronze of the Dancing Faun
Located in Bath, Somerset
A 19th century 'Grand Tour' bronze figure of the Dancing Faun, standing on a bronze square plinth. The faun balances on his toes and pivots, his horned head raised, his hair wreathe...
Category
Late 19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Reclining Doe
Located in PARIS, FR
Reclining Doe
by Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875)
Bronze sculpture with a nuanced dark brown patina
signed "Barye" on the base
old edition cast – probably from the Barye's workshop (...
Category
1860s French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of antique French Flambeaux (Candelabra) 19th century
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Pair of French Empire Flambeaux belonging to the early 19th century.
The central shaft features the figure of a burnished bronze woman carrying a two-light log on her head.
The str...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bear Bagpiper
Located in PARIS, FR
Bear Bagpiper
by Christophe FRATIN (1801-1864)
Bronze with nuanced dark brown patina
Signed on the base "Fratin"
Old edition cast
France
mid-19th century
height 10,5 cm
Biography
...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bear Dentist
Located in PARIS, FR
Bear Dentist
by Christophe FRATIN (1801-1864)
Bronze with nuanced old gilt-light brown patina
Signed on the base "Fratin"
Old edition cast
France
mid-19th century
height 15 cm
A s...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Akop GURDJAN (après) (1881-1948) Sitting Baboon Bronze
Located in Gent, VOV
Akop GURDJAN (après)(1881-1948) Sitting Baboon Bronze
Akop Gurdjan (1881-1948)
Akop Gurdjan (also Hakob Gyurjyan) was born in Shusha (Nagorno Karabakh)...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Self-portrait
Located in PARIS, FR
Self-portrait
"Fratin by himself"
by Christophe FRATIN (1801-1864)
Bronze with nuanced dark brown patina
Signed on the base "Fratin"
Raised on a wooden base, with an old collector s...
Category
1840s French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Italian School Bronze, The Borghese Gladiator, c. 1810
Located in Beachwood, OH
Early 19th Century Italian School
The Borghese Gladiator, c. 1810
Bronze with green patination
27 x 18 x 26 inches
Since its discovery in the early seventeenth century, the Borghes...
Category
1810s Italian School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique: Mare Playing with a Terrier Dog (Good Companions) P. J. Mene 1860
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Bronze: Mare in the Stable Playing with a Dog (Good Companions)
Jument à l'écurie jouant avec un chien
Pierre-Jules Mene (French, 1810-1879)
Bronze
19 x 10 inches
One of Mene's most beloved bronze, well-loved early example with beautiful rich patina. A sensitive portrait of a horse nuzzling his companion while the terrier is giving kisses to the horse’s nose.
Cast by Mene’s own foundry and is very well detailed with a medium brown patina.
Pierre-Jules Mêne (1810-1879) was one of the most successful and prolific animalier sculptors of the 19th century, known for his naturalistic representation of animals.
Mêne received no formal education in sculpture but was taught to draw and model by his father and later began casting his own sculptures. He was largely self-taught, possessing a keen observation of nature that enabled him to capture the essence of his animal subjects with remarkable accuracy and vivacity.
His work debuted at the Paris Salon in 1838, and from that point onwards, he exhibited his sculptures regularly. Mêne specialized in small-scale domestic animals, his subjects often including horses, dogs, bulls, and sheep. Interestingly, almost no big game are found in Mêne's ouevre.
Beginning in 1837 as orders started coming in, Mêne worked as Antoine-Louis Barye before him, opening his own foundry where he personally oversaw the manufacture and production of his art. The work produced there bears the hallmark of extraordinary attention to detail and thoughtfulness shown in every element of presentation and assembly. His mastery in the technical aspects of casting bronze without relying on professional founders for the completion of his models gave him a significant advantage in producing his pieces with fine detail and at a lower cost. This operation was expanded in 1852 to handle the casting of models for his new son-in-law, Auguste Cain.
Mêne’s sculptures...
Category
1860s Realist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture of a Hound
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A bronze hound sculpture on marble based.
Signed by French animalier sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye 1795-1875.
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Dog: Bulldog Playing with a Mouse- Henri Émile Adrien Trodoux ca. 1870s
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Dog
Bulldog Playing with a Mouse on Sheaves of Wheat
Henri Émile Adrien Trodoux (1815-1881)
6 1/8 x 3 7/5 inches
Signed on the terrace
Henri Émile Adrien Trodoux (Fre...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Satyr with Cymbals and Kroupezion, Grand Tour after the Antique, 19th century
Located in Beachwood, OH
19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL SCHOOL
Satyr with Cymbals and Kroupezion, Grand Tour after the Antique
Bronze with marble base
26 in. h. x 15 in. w. x 10 in. d.
This dancing faun is now mo...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pan of Rohallion, 1889-90 classical bronze sculpture
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frederick W. MacMonnies (American, 1863-1937)
Pan of Rohallion, 1889-90 (Garden 22)
Bronze
Signed on base, 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS NY' at base
14.25 x 4 x 6 inches
A sculptor of classical figures, American-born Frederick MacMonnies...
Category
1880s Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Snake Charmer
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze sculpture with a nuanced dark brown patina
signed on the base "A. Carrier"
inscribed on a front plaque "Charmeuse de Serpents par Carrier-Belleuse"
France
circa 1860
height 80,5 cm
Biography :
Albert-Ernest Carrier de Belleuse known as Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887) was one of the most prolific artists of the century and had the greatest successes under the Second Empire, enjoying the personal support of Napoleon III. His work was greatly influenced by the style of the Italian Renaissance and that of the 18th century, which he helped to bring up to date.
In 1837, the young Carrier-Belleuse apprenticed in the workshop of the engraver Bauchery. He was admitted soon after to the goldsmith Jacques Henri Fauconnier. Through François Arago, he met the sculptor David d'Angers who facilitated his admission to the School of Fine Arts. Carrier-Belleuse entered it in 1840. Noted for his skill by the great bronze companies in Paris such as Barbedienne and Denière, he soon received numerous orders for models for candelabras, pendulums, fittings for fireplaces, etc. In 1848, probably at the initiative of François Arago, who became head of state, he received his first public order for a small statue of "Mademoiselle Rachel singing La Marseillaise". In 1851, he appeared for the first time at the Salon of French Artists, where he presented two bronze medallions. From 1851 to 1855, Carrier-Belleuse stayed in England, in Stoke-on-Trent where he served as director of the modeling and drawing school of the Minton house, a large porcelain manufacturer.
Back in France, Carrier-Belleuse moved to Paris in a large workshop located 15 rue de la Tour d´Auvergne. From 1857, he made regular sendings to the Salon and became famous thanks to the success of large marbles, such as the "Bacchante" exhibited at the Salon in 1863, and acquired by Napoleon III, "Angelica" (1866) or even "Hebe asleep" (1869). At the Salon of 1867, his group entitled "Messiah" earned him the medal of honor of sculpture. It was acquired by the State to adorn the Chapel of the Virgin in the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church.
Carrier-Belleuse acquired a great reputation in parallel for his terracotta busts which, in many respects, recall those of 18th century artists. He made portraits of a large number of celebrities of his time. He produced, among others, the busts of Napoleon III, Renan, Thiers, Grévy, Arago, Marguerite Bellanger, Théophile Gautier, Honoré Daumier, Delacroix, Hortense Schneider, Réjane… He also modelled numerous busts of mythological inspiration and historical and artistic portraits like Marie Stuart, Shakespeare or even Mozart.
Carrier-Belleuse used and trained in his workshop in the rue de la Tour d´Auvergne many young talented artists such as Alexandre Falguière, Jules Desbois...
Category
1860s French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique 19th century Bronze Dog Portrait of a Maltese on a Marble Base
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Dog Portrait of a Maltese on a Marble Base
French 19th century
1/2 x 8 x 5 1/2 inches
The chiseled bronze has a nuanced, rich brown patina depicting a Maltese in the round, seated on a quadrangular marble base decorated with very fine gilt bronze flowers and fluted feet. Napoleon III, Louis XVI style. Based on a model by Jacques Caffieri for the Prince de Condé in 1773.
(More images to be added.)
Executed during the nineteenth century, this figure is fully in line with the eclectic taste of the reign of Napoleon III. Indeed, the Empress Eugenie brought the Louis XVI style up to date in her castle of Compiègne. Jacques Caffieri is one of the most famous bronze smiths of the eighteenth century. In 1715 he was admitted as a master caster and chiseler, and worked almost exclusively for the crown castles...
Category
19th Century Rococo Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, 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
Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Dionysus, 19th Century Italian School
Located in Beachwood, OH
19th Century Italian School
Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Dionysus, 19th Century
Bronze with black-green patination
24 x 10 x 10 inches
Dionysus, in Greco-Roman religion, a nature ...
Category
19th Century Italian School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Diana with an arrow
Located in PARIS, FR
Diana with an arrow
by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887)
Bronze sculpture with a dual light and dark brown patina
signed on the base "Carrier-Belleuse"
inscribed on a front plaque "Diane à la Flèche par Carrier-Belleuse (Sculptr)"
France
circa 1870
height 83 cm
arrow added probably in the 20th c.
Biography :
Albert-Ernest Carrier de Belleuse known as Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887) was one of the most prolific artists of the century and had the greatest successes under the Second Empire, enjoying the personal support of Napoleon III. His work was greatly influenced by the style of the Italian Renaissance and that of the 18th century, which he helped to bring up to date.
In 1837, the young Carrier-Belleuse apprenticed in the workshop of the engraver Bauchery. He was admitted soon after to the goldsmith Jacques Henri Fauconnier. Through François Arago, he met the sculptor David d'Angers who facilitated his admission to the School of Fine Arts. Carrier-Belleuse entered it in 1840. Noted for his skill by the great bronze companies in Paris such as Barbedienne and Denière, he soon received numerous orders for models for candelabras, pendulums, fittings for fireplaces, etc. In 1848, probably at the initiative of François Arago, who became head of state, he received his first public order for a small statue of "Mademoiselle Rachel singing La Marseillaise". In 1851, he appeared for the first time at the Salon of French Artists, where he presented two bronze medallions. From 1851 to 1855, Carrier-Belleuse stayed in England, in Stoke-on-Trent where he served as director of the modeling and drawing school of the Minton house, a large porcelain manufacturer.
Back in France, Carrier-Belleuse moved to Paris in a large workshop located 15 rue de la Tour d´Auvergne. From 1857, he made regular sendings to the Salon and became famous thanks to the success of large marbles, such as the "Bacchante" exhibited at the Salon in 1863, and acquired by Napoleon III, "Angelica" (1866) or even "Hebe asleep" (1869). At the Salon of 1867, his group entitled "Messiah" earned him the medal of honor of sculpture. It was acquired by the State to adorn the Chapel of the Virgin in the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church.
Carrier-Belleuse acquired a great reputation in parallel for his terracotta busts which, in many respects, recall those of 18th century artists. He made portraits of a large number of celebrities of his time. He produced, among others, the busts of Napoleon III, Renan, Thiers, Grévy, Arago, Marguerite Bellanger, Théophile Gautier, Honoré Daumier, Delacroix, Hortense Schneider, Réjane… He also modelled numerous busts of mythological inspiration and historical and artistic portraits like Marie Stuart, Shakespeare or even Mozart.
Carrier-Belleuse used and trained in his workshop in the rue de la Tour d´Auvergne many young talented artists such as Alexandre Falguière, Jules Desbois...
Category
1870s French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Fisherwoman, 19th century French bronze sculpture
Located in Beachwood, OH
Émile Louis Picault (French, 1833-1915)
Fisherwoman
Bronze
Stamped "E. Picault"
30 x 15 x 12 inches
Subject depicting a young woman holding fishing line in one hand a basket of fis...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Diana the Huntress, 1890 classical bronze sculpture
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frederick William MacMonnies (American, 1863-1937)
Diana, 1890
Bronze with green verdigris patina
Signed and dated
Copyright 1894 with Jaboeuf & Rouard, Paris foundry mark
31 x 21 x 17 inches
A sculptor of classical figures, American-born Frederick MacMonnies...
Category
1890s Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Man with Flute and Cougar, American 19th/20th century bronze w/ marble base
By Edwin Willard Deming
Located in Beachwood, OH
Edwin Willard Deming (American, 1860-1942)
Man with Flute and Cougar
Cast bronze sculpture with golden brown patina
Signed, numbered 9/100, with Fenn F...
Category
Late 19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Young girl with doves and basket of flowers, 19th century French bronze
Located in Beachwood, OH
Isidore Romain Boitel (French, 1812 - 1861)
"Jeune fille aux colombes et à la corbeille de fleurs".
Young girl with doves and basket of flowers
Bronze
...
Category
Mid-19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique bronze sculpture depicting Anna signed "Gemito" 19th century.
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Antique burnished bronze sculpture depicting a woman's head(NINA) signed Gemito galleria Chiurazzi.
The woman with the somewhat sad expression is the artist's wife who portrays her ...
Category
19th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Meissonnier with palette and brushes
Located in Roma, RM
Vincenzo Gemito
Meissonnier with palette and brushes
cm h 54
Signature on base "Gemito
Notes: bears Gemito foundry stamp
Vincenzo Gemito (Naples, 1852 - 1929) was placed, as an infa...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Turkish Horse
Located in PARIS, FR
"Turkish Horse"
by Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875)
Bronze with nuanced dark brown patina
cast by BARBEDIENNE
France
circa 1880
height 28 cm
length 31,5 cm
This is the biggest size...
Category
1880s French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carpeaux etnic bronze : Le chinois (1868). N1 (scetch) Observatory fountain
Located in Gent, VOV
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 ...
Category
1860s Realist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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