Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
OLD MASTERS
Encompassing centuries of change in Europe between 1300 and 1800, from booms of prosperity to bloody revolutions, Old Masters describes a wide range of artists. The informal term was derived from the title of an artist who trained in a guild long enough to become a master, such as Leonardo da Vinci, who studied in a Florence painters’ guild. However, Old Masters paintings, prints and other art is now used to refer to work made by any artist with a high level of skill in painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking who worked during this era.
The 15th century’s expansive trade and commerce spread culture across borders. A vibrant period of art emerged, bolstered by studies of anatomy and nature that influenced a new visual realism. From Raphael and Michelangelo in the Renaissance to Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer in the Dutch Golden Age, artists expressed emotion, naturalism, color and light in new ways. El Greco and Paolo Veronese were leaders in the dramatic style of Mannerism, while Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens demonstrated the movement and meticulous detail of Baroque art.
Historically, most attention was concentrated on male artists, but recent research and exhibitions have elevated the impactful work of women such as Rachel Ruysch and Artemisia Gentileschi. In late-18th-century France, female artists like Adélaïde Labille-Guiard and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun were prominent names. Nevertheless, access to the academies and guilds was highly restricted for women, and even those able to establish practices were expected to adhere to portraits and still lifes rather than the grand history paintings being created by men.
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Style: Old Masters
Early 19th century Empire figure bronze sculpture - woman's bust
Located in Varmo, IT
Small bronze ornament - Bust of a woman. Italy, early 19th century.
8 x 8 x h 29 cm, without base h 23 cm.
Made entirely of patinated and gilded bronze. Depicting a female figure i...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Bronze
$1,412 Sale Price
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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)
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
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Gold
Pair of 19th century scagliola sculptures (Italian Neoclassicism) - Roman figure
Located in Varmo, IT
Pair of scagliola sculptures - Roman figures. Italian manufacture, 19th century.
51 x 26 x h 118 cm (left) - 41 x 28 x h 118 cm (right).
Made entirely of scagliola. Depicting two f...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
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Plaster
$5,639 Sale Price
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Erotic Sexual Mythological Marble Figural, Nude woman, Bacchante and Satyr Herm
Located in Miami, FL
Bacchic revelry. A sexy and nude curvaceous young Nymph/Bacchante makes amorous advances to a Herm - whose facial expression reflects her erotic touch. The Herm is stylized where his...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
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Marble
$21,750 Sale Price
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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...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Wood
Nude Male Runner Bronze patinated Classical After the Antique
Located in Miami, FL
Beautifully proportioned and handsome nude male bronze with Roman classically refined features after the Antique . It looks best with a key lighting th...
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20th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 15th Century By Florentine School Madonna with Child Bas-relief
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Late 15th Century Florentine School
Madonna with Child Bas-relief
Pietra serena (a blue-gray sandstone) 85.5 x 60.5 cm
Provenance:
- via Stefano Bardini purchased in 1896 by
Prince ...
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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Study in Green with Pearls, 2021, Matt Smith
By Matt Smith
Located in London, GB
MATT SMITH (BRITISH)
Study in Green with Pearls, 2021
Black Parian, Found Ceramic, Freshwater Pearls
29 x 14 x 14 cm
11 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
(MS206)
£ 4,000.00
UK-born Matt Smit...
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2010s Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Found Objects
Pair Sculptures Winged Angels Wood Tuscany 17/18th Century Old master Gold Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Pair of sculptures depicting two winged angels in carved wood
Tuscany, late 17th century
Carved, gilded and polychrome wood
Dimensions: Height 64 cm - ...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$11,486 Sale Price
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Wooden Sculptures Roman Soldiers Rome 18th Century Italy Art Gold
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Wooden sculptures depicting a pair of full-length Roman soldiers
Rome, 18th century
Carved and gilded wood (walnut?)
Dimensions: Maximum height (at lance) 62 cm./ Maximum width: 28 ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold
$6,377 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair Carved Gilded Mirrors Gold Wood Venice 18th Century Italy Quality Baroque
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Pair of carved and gilded mirror cabinets 'in the manner of Sansovino'
Venetian (or Tuscan) carver active in the 18th century
Carved and gilded wood
Total frame measurements: 86 x 6...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Saint Barbara France 16/17th Century Sculpture Wood Religious Old master Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
High relief panel depicting 'Saint Barbara'
Southern France, 16th-17th century
Polychrome carved wood with traces of gilding
64 x 32 cm.
(good condition, with minor missing and cra...
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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Wood Panel
Fabergè follower - 19th/20th century Russian marble precious stone sculpture
Located in Varmo, IT
Small sculpture in different marbles and semiprecious stones - Seated old man. Probably Russia, 19th-20th century.
7.5 x 8 x h 13.5 cm the sculpture, ...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Precious Stone
$1,409 Sale Price
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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 ...
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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Virgin of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá with Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Andre
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: Private Collection, Uruguay, for the last 90 years.
Dated 1673 on the reverse (Fig. 1), this exceptional relief is an early example of a distinctly Spanish American art...
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1670s Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Fabergè follower - 19th/20th century Russian marble precious stone sculpture
Located in Varmo, IT
Small sculpture in different marbles and semiprecious stones - Young man with samovar. Probably Russia, 19th-20th century.
6 x 6 x h 15 cm the sculptu...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Precious Stone
$1,762 Sale Price
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17th Century Flemish Sculpture of a Religious Figure
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique carving of a saint or martyr. 17th century Flemish hardwood carving. Wonderful wear and rich color.
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Vanitas Vanitatum
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Signature: Hand-signed by artist
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, me...
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Early 2000s Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
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Full-length wooden sculpture of a Roman soldier
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This valuable seventeenth-century wooden sculpture, which strikes for its sumptuous beauty, highlighted by the full-length construction as well as by the all-round finishing, is a work whose stylistic models allow us to attribute the work to a baroque carver active in the Venetian area in the Six hundred.
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