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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
18th Century French Terra Cotta Bust of a Young Gentleman
Located in Beachwood, OH
18th Century French Terra Cotta
Bust of a Young Gentleman
Terra Cotta
Unsigned
25 x 18 x 10 inches
41 lb.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Italian sculptor - 18/19th century terracotta sculpture - Memento Mori
Located in Varmo, IT
Terracotta sculpture - Memento mori. Italy, 18th-19th century.
16 x 25 x h 18 cm.
Entirely in terracotta.
- This item is sold with a certificate of authenticity with legal validi...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
$2,643 Sale Price
21% Off
Veracruz Mexico Pre-Columbian ceramic Warrior figure sculpture
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Figure of a Chanting Warrior
Ceramic with bitumen highlights
300-600 CE (Classic Period)
Mexico, Veracruz, possibly Nopiloa
Veracruz Culture
Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Vera Cruz culture...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$6,000 Sale Price
50% Off
Pre-Columbian Colima Shaman terracotta figure vessel Mexican sculpture
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Seated Shaman
Colima culture
Mexico
ca. 300 BCE - 300 CE
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hollow-cast and highly-burnished terraco...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
After Giambologna Bronze of Mercury with green patina
By Giambologna
Located in New York, NY
Mercury, circa 1700s. Bronze with green patina. Height with base: 58 cm (22 7/8 in.)
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Men on a Horse Medieval Tile Gypsum Cast
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Gypsum cast-medieval tile, inspired from Central Europe. Adjusted in a frame, ready to hang or install.
Category
Gothic 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gesso
$297 Sale Price
20% Off
A large Italian Carved Africano And Giallo Antico Marble Tazza Roman Ambit 18th
Located in Roma, IT
African marble stand resting on a pedestal in antique yellow marble. The elliptical basin model decorated with radial grooves from the center outwards and with pods on the upper edge...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Medieval enthroned Virgin and Child Sedes Sapientiae acephalic granit sculpture
Located in Norwich, GB
They may be damaged and battered, but real historic objects will always give you a sense of awe. Can you sense it, looking at this ancient carved granite which depicts, as it is call...
Category
Medieval 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Large 17th century, Sandstone Buddha Head from Thailand, Ayutthaya Kingdom
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Large Sandstone Head of Shakyamuni Buddha
Thailand (formerly Siam), Ayutthaya Kingdom
17th century
16 1/2 inches on stand, 11 1/3 without
Private collection, France.
The face is ...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
$8,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Baroque Roman sculptor - 17th century alabaster sculpture - Hercules and Cretan
Located in Varmo, IT
Carved alabaster sculpture - Hercules and the Cretan Bull. Rome, 17th century.
20 x 12 x h 33 cm.
Entirely in carved alabaster, small marks and defects. Separate alabaster base.
...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
$3,363 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Moth II (Hand-Painted, Gold Luster, Vintage Imagery)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Melanie Sherman
Vintage Moth II (Hand-Painted, Gold Luster, Vintage Imagery)
Porcelain, Glaze, Overglaze, Chinapaints, 24k German Gold Luster
Year: 2025
Size: 4.5 x 6 x 0.5 inches
Si...
Category
Victorian 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Luster, Porcelain, Paint, Glaze
Vintage Peacock III (Wall Piece/Dish (hand-painted, made to order by the artist)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Melanie Sherman
Vintage Peacock III (Wall Piece/Dish (handpainted)
Porcelain, Glaze, Overglaze, Chinapaints, 24k German Gold Luster, Brass Wire (for hanging, can be removed)
Year: 2023 (and following years)
Size: 5.5x4x0.25in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1333
*Made to Order Every piece is unique, design might differ slightly Customization possible
**Lead time approx. 2 weeks for qty 1-3
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My ceramics are handmade and painted with the finest overglazes from Europe. The gold luster used is 24k liquid Gold from Germany. Every piece is unique. My imagery is inspired by vintage Meissen dinnerware, William Morris wallpaper and other historical sources.
Porcelain, Ceramics, Pottery, Ornament
Vintage Moth Wall Piece Ornament Small Dish Candy Sugar Tea handpainted handmade butterfly peacock 24k German gold luster ceramics porcelain charm, jewelry, personalized, family, tree, retro, heart, mother, moon, baby, feet, gemstone, flower, mom, birth, year, art, chinapaint, luster, lustre, contemporary ceramics, futility of pleasure, herend, meissen, sevre, pattern, arita, arita ware, imari, imari ware, dresden, germany, japan, jingdezhen, china, photography, momento mori, flowers, flower motif, drawing, illustration, peacock, cherry blossom, chrysanthemum, kiku, 菊, kikka, 菊花, Ōka, 黄花, Kiku no hana...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Agnus dei - Puerta de sagrario - Siglo XVII
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Muy interesante puerta de sagrario de madera tallada y policromada del siglo xvii.
Es de comienzos del barroco, hay la representación del agnus dei con...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood Panel
$1,153 Sale Price
20% Off
Baroque Italian master - 17/18th century figure sculpture - The Virgin
Located in Varmo, IT
Carved and painted wooden sculpture - Madonna praying - Italy, 17th-18th century.
35 x 20 x h 65 cm.
Entirely in carved, lacquered and painted wood. Some missing parts and color lo...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
$2,402 Sale Price
33% Off
Grande Testa in Marmo bianco di Alessandro Magno Roma XVII secolo Scultura
Located in Pistoia, IT
Bellissima e imponente testa neoclassica in marmo di Alessandro Magno, Italia, Roma, XVII secolo.
Certificato di esportazione delle Belle Arti disponibile.
Alessandro Magno (356-323...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
A Lute Player Medieval Tile Gypsum Cast
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Gypsum cast-medieval tile, inspired from Central Europe. Could be also adjusted in a frame, ready to hang or install ( price will be different).
Category
Gothic 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gesso
$239 Sale Price
20% Off
Group of four 18th century Venetian wooden sculptures - Singer and musicians
Located in Varmo, IT
Four table sculptures - Concertino with musicians and singer. Venice, late 18th century.
9 x 7 x h 20 cm each.
Entirely in wood, finely carved and painted in polychrome.
Condition...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
$2,402 Sale Price
20% Off
Baroque Roman sculptor - 17th century bronze sculpture - Mars Warrior
Located in Varmo, IT
Gilded bronze sculpture - Mars, god of War. Rome, 17th century.
9 x 9 x h 31 cm.
Entirely in cast, chiseled and gilded bronze, resting on an ebonized wooden pedestal decorated with...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$4,204 Sale Price
41% Off
SACRISTY DOOR
Located in Milano, IT
Antique Sacristy Door with Skull and Crossbones - Italy, 17th Century
Exceptional wooden vestry door, dating from the 17th century, from Italy. This unique piece was originally used...
Category
Italian School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood Panel
Nativity
Located in Milano, IT
Diorama in Wood and Polychrome Stucco
Attributed to Thomas Gaudiello (Naples, active 1685-1727)
This fascinating diorama depicting the Nativity is distinguished by its complex three...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Chalk
Magnificent Marble Sculpture of Roman Mythological Subject Minerva 1780'
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological roman subject of Minerva in Marble Travertino . Excellent condition from an estate of Veneto.
Measurements: Statue cm 180 .
Minerva (Pallas Athena in Greek...
Category
Academic 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Baroque Venetian sculptor - Pair of 17th century lions wood sculptures
Located in Varmo, IT
Pair of bookend sculptures. Venice, 17th century.
15 x 15 x h 29 cm.
Entirely in finely carved wood.
- This item is sold with a certificate of authenticity with legal validity.
-...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$2,402 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian master - 18th century figure sculpture - Virgin Pity - Carved Wood Paint
Located in Varmo, IT
Carved and painted wooden sculpture - Pietà - Italy, 18th century.
13 x 7 x h 22.5 cm.
Entirely made of carved and polychrome painted wood.
Condition report: Good state of conserv...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
$841 Sale Price
22% Off
Yunomi (MADE TO ORDER) (Sabbath, Kiddush, Ceremonial Vessel)
Located in Kansas City, MO
(MADE TO ORDER) (Sabbath, Kiddush, Ceremonial Vessel)
*Lead Time may vary between 1-3 weeks
Melanie Sherman
"Yunomi"
Year: 2021
Porcelain, Glaze, ChinaPaint, 24k German Gold Luster,...
Category
Contemporary 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Luster, Porcelain, Glaze
Late 15th-century Old Master Burgundian Netherlands carved walnut figure
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful late 15th-century Burgundian Netherlandish portrait of a woman. Carved walnut. Original polychrome has been removed with traces at base and lower portions of figure. Minor ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Renaissance Italian sculptor - 16th century carved wood sculpture - Saint Robert
Located in Varmo, IT
Carved wooden sculpture - San Roberto. Italy, 16th century.
54 x 30 x h 112 cm.
Entirely in carved and painted wood with traces of polychromy and gilding.
- Work registered at the...
Category
Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$3,604 Sale Price
25% Off
One on a chariot Medieval Tile Gypsum Cast
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Gypsum cast - medieval tile, from Central Europe. Adjusted in a frame, ready to hang or install.
Category
Gothic 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gesso
Vintage Moth I (Made-to-order, Hand-Painted, Gold Luster, Vintage Imagery)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Melanie Sherman
Vintage Moth I (Hand-Painted, Gold Luster, Vintage Imagery)
Porcelain, Glaze, Overglaze, Chinapaints, 24k German Gold Luster
Year: 2025
Size: 4.5 x 6 x 0.5 inches
Sig...
Category
Victorian 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Luster, Porcelain, Paint, Glaze
Limestone figure of Virgin and child, Lorraine, 14th century, French Gothic
Located in PARIS, FR
Virgin and Child with Goldfinch
Workshops of Metz, Lorraine, circa 1330
Limestone carved in the round with remains of polychromy
Height: 61 cm
The sculpture of the Virgin and Child ...
Category
Gothic 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Twelve limousine plaques depicting Saints, Apostles and Fathers of the Church
Located in Milano, IT
Extraordinary collection of 12 gilded copper plaques with glass paste eyes, originating in Limoges, France, and dating from the early 13th century. These fine plaques, each about six...
Category
French School 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Antique Italian Carved Wooden Statue of a Man
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique, hand-carved statue of a man with traces of silver gilding.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
CRESCENT MOON MADONNA
Located in Wien, Wien
Master in the circle of Michael Pacher
(Mühlen ca. 1435 - 1498 Salzburg)
Salzburg
Around 1480
Carved limewood
Old polychrome version
Height 118 cm
This Madonna is an outstanding ex...
Category
Gothic 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$168,000
Romanesque Madonna - 1175/80
Located in Wien, Wien
ROMAN MADONNA
“Sedes Sapientiae”
Auvergne
Around 1175/80
Pine wood
Polychrome remains
Height 40 cm
This depiction of the Madonna is a masterfully carved, extremely early figure made...
Category
Gothic 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Terracotta Bust of a Young Gentleman, Late 18th Century French Sculpture
Located in Beachwood, OH
After Philippe-Laurent Roland (French, 1746-1816)
Bust of a Young Man, 1772
Terra cotta set on painted wood pedestal
Signed and dated at back
16.5 x 11 x 8 inches
Philippe-Laurent R...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Vierge en majesté assise romane. Sedes Sapientiae.
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare Vierge romane en majesté en pierre calcaire sculptée en très haut-relief. La Vierge tient l’Enfant entre ses deux genoux dans une parfaite frontalité, une caractéristique des pr...
Category
Medieval 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
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
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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
Old Masters 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Flemish Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra Bronze
Located in New Orleans, LA
This remarkable early 17th-century Flemish bronze of Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra exudes classic Baroque grandeur and beauty. Flanders was one of the richest artistic and cultural...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
CHRISTMAS
Located in Milano, IT
CITES Documentation: IT/CE/2023/MI/00454
Exceptional composition with ivory microsculptures and landscape made of semi-precious stones, shells, and small corals in coeval carved and...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Precious Stone
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
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
HELMET HEAD
Located in Milano, IT
Very rare wooden helmet-bearing head, datable between the 13th and 14th centuries, extraordinary evidence of medieval material culture. This object, carved with essential and primiti...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Nessus and Deianira Bronze
By Giambologna
Located in New Orleans, LA
A technical and creative masterpiece of the late Renaissance era, this extraordinary bronze figure depicts the famed Greek legend of The Abduction of Deianira. Bringing together the ...
Category
Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Apotropäische Teufelsfigur
Located in Wien, Wien
APOTROPAIC DEVIL FIGURE
Romansh
South Tyrol or Grisons
Around 1120/50
Carved pine wood
Original version
Height 151 cm
This singular figure is a demonic, devil-like figure carved fro...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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 and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF CRISTO MORTO ATTR. G DELLA PORTA, ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Located in Milan, IT
Circle of Guglielmo Della Porta
(Porlezza, 1515 circa – Rome 1577)
CRISTO MORTO, Italy, mid 16th Century
Gilt bronze
54 x 48 cm
21 1/4 x 19 in
Provenance:
M. Barbagli Private Collec...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Renaissance Italian sculptor - 16th century wood sculpture - Saint Mauritius
Located in Varmo, IT
Carved wooden sculpture - San Mauro. Italy, 16th century.
54 x 30 x h 110 cm.
Entirely in carved and painted wood with traces of polychromy and gilding.
- Work registered at the b...
Category
Renaissance 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$4,204 Sale Price
22% Off
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
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
ANCIENT ROMAN BRONZE SCULPTURE FIGURE OF A ROMPING DOG
Located in Milan, IT
"Roman Bronze Figure Of A Romping Dog"
Roman Empire, circa 1st Century B.C.- 1st Century A.D.
Bronze
width 7 cm
width 2 3/4 in
Provenance:
Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001) Private Collection, Zurich, prior to 1986
American Private Collection, acquired in 1991
Literature:
A.P. Kozloff, et al., More Animals in Ancient Art...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
ANTIQUE ITALIAN 18TH CENTURY BOXWOOD SCULPTURE OF CHRIST
Located in Milan, IT
Boxwood figure of Christ
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Angel of the Annunciation
Located in Wien, Wien
Angel of the Annunciation
Prague workshop from the circle of Master Theoderich
(mentioned from 1359 to 1368)
Around 1380/90
Carved & polychrome painted limewood
Height 88 cm
An ang...
Category
Gothic 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$168,000
Bronze of Pluto Abducting Proserpine after François Girardon
Located in New Orleans, LA
After François Girardon
1628-1715 French
Pluto Abducting Proserpine
Bronze
This High Baroque period composition captures the famed narrative of Pluto and Proserpine from Roman mythology. The late 17th-century patinated bronze, created after François Girardon's marble composition, captures the very moment that Pluto seizes Proserpine. The anguished goddess reaches skyward, attempting to escape the god’s grasp while Pluto’s stoic face betrays his knowledge that his ploy will succeed. This pivotal moment in the mythological tale has captured the imagination of many art historical greats, from Bernini to Rubens. François Girardon’s version of the climax demonstrates incredible finesse and artistry, modeled expertly in bronze in the present work by a later sculptor. The statue brings a twist of intertwined bodies into a dynamic frenzy, paralleling the tension of the legendary story.
In ancient Roman mythology, Proserpine, the beautiful daughter of Ceres — known as Persephone in Greek mythology — was picking flowers in the fields when she was suddenly abducted by Pluto, the god of the underworld, and taken to his kingdom. Consumed with grief, her mother Ceres, the goddess of agriculture, scorches the earth, stopping the growth of grain and fruit. Jupiter attempts to intervene and secure Proserpine’s return to earth, negotiating a compromise with Pluto and the Fates that allows Proserpine to be released for part of the year before returning to Pluto’s underworld. Proserpine’s journey back and forth is an allegory for the changing seasons; when Prosperine is with her mother, the earth warms and provides bountiful harvests. Upon her annual return to the underworld, however, the earth once again becomes cold and barren.
After returning to France after years of training in Rome, François Girardon quickly rose to become one of the greatest artists in France. He was elected a member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1657 and would become Chancellor of the Royal Academy in 1695. The artist was approached frequently for royal commissions and Girardon’s Pluto was originally commissioned by Louis XIV for the gardens at his Palace of Versailles. It was one of four monumental marble groups intended to decorate the corners of Charles Le Brun’s never completed garden at the chateau, the Parterre d’Eau. Each group of three figures symbolized one of the four elements: earth, air, fire and water. Pluto’s association with hell made him the apt...
Category
Baroque 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
BUST in marble probably from Carrara representing King Henri IV 18th century
Located in ROUEN, FR
BUST In Marble Probably From Carrara Representing King Henry IV Late 18th Century"
Marble BUST probably from Carrara representing King Henry IV with a laurel wreath. late 18th centur...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Sancai-Glazed Horse with Cut Fur Blanket
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A Chinese, Tang Dynasty, Sancai-glazed, three colors of brown, green and creamy, sculpture of a horse with a cut fur blanket. This Chinese, Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), glazed earthenw...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Glaze
Corpus Christi 1150/70
Located in Wien, Wien
Corpus Christi
around 1150/70
Southern France or Catalonia
carved oak wood
height 109 cm, width 96 cm
Remains of polychromy
Category
Gothic 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$280,000
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
18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Vierge romane en majesté. Bourgogne 12ème siecle.
Located in PARIS, FR
Grande vierge en majesté de l'époque romane en bois polychrome. Cette Vierge à l'enfant inédite s'inscrit dans le corpus des Vierges romanes de Bourgogne. Marie est assise sur un trô...
Category
Medieval 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Vierge en majesté. Catalogne française - Maria Lactans
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare Vierge à l'Enfant en bois polychrome de tradition romane, région du Fenouillèdes, représentant une Virgo Lactans. Avant cette découverte, seules 3 vierges allaitantes médiévales...
Category
Gothic 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Just A Little Tipsy (MADE TO ORDER) (Sabbath, Kiddush, Unique, Gold Luster)
Located in Kansas City, MO
(MADE TO ORDER) (Sabbath, Kiddush, Unique, Gold Luster)
*Lead Time may vary between 1-3 weeks
Melanie Sherman
"Just A Little Tipsy"
Year: 2021
Porcelai...
Category
Rococo 18th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Luster, Porcelain, Glaze
