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Art Subject: Baby
The Three Skunks of WWII, Carved Wooden Figures of Hitler, Mussolini & Tojo
Located in Beachwood, OH
Three Skunks of WWII
c. 1940s
Carved and painted wood
Unsigned
8 x 10 in. h. each
These skunks are depicted as Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Hideki Tojo.
Condition: There ...
Category
1940s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss, Large Marble Sculpture after Canova, 19th C.
Located in Beachwood, OH
After Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757-1822)
Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss
Marble
24 x 19 x 16 inches
135 lb.
The love affair between Cupid and Psyche is one of the best known classic...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Frine (Phryne), 19th Century Large Marble Sculpture of Nude Woman
Located in Beachwood, OH
Ercole Rosa (Italian, 1846 - 1893)
Frine (Phryne)
Marble
Signed 'E. Rosa, Studio O. Andreoni, Roma' on back
34.5 x 12 x 10 inches
80 lb.
Phryne was a 4th century BC famous Greek ...
Category
19th Century Italian School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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
15th Century and Earlier Gothic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gesso
$298 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled - magenta By Takashi Murakami
Located in London, GB
Untitled - magenta
By Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami is a Japanese contemporary artist renowned for his vibrant and
whimsical creations that blend traditional Japanese art with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
KAWS, Small lie (Black)
By KAWS
Located in Manchester, GB
KAWS, Small Lie (Black), 2017
Painted cast vinyl
27.5 x 12.3 x 12.9 cm (4.8 x 5.2 x 10.8 in)
Open edition
Pristine condition in original packaging
KAWS is a New York-based art...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
Large Neoclassical White Marble Sculpture Venus Italica mid-19th century
Located in Pistoia, IT
Venus Italica, imposing sculpture in white Carrara marble, mid-nineteenth-century Roman atelier.
Antonio Canova made several sculptures depicting Venus. The first was made as compen...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair of Italian "Alabaster Stone Lions" after Antonio Canova; Mid 19th Century
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Pair Recumbent Stone Lions"
after Antonio Canova (1757-1822)
Italian (possibly Florence)
Mid 19th Century
Alabaster, marble
6 x 9 x 4 inches
This is an exquisite pair of Italian alabaster lions on marble bases based on the monumental lions carved by Antonio Canova (1757-1822), the greatest Italian neoclassical sculptor. Canova sculpted the marble lions for the monumental tomb of Pope Clement XIII in St. Peter’s, Rome in 1792
Canova Lions refers to the pair of copies of lion sculptures by Antonio Canova. When Canova created the sculptures in 1792, he installed them on the tomb of Pope Clement XIII. The marble sculptures are some of the most prominent features in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Given the intricacies of creating the original Canova lions, some artists created molds and replicated them. A good example is the pair of lion sculptures...
Category
1850s Italian School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Alabaster
$4,624 Sale Price
20% Off
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
17th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood Panel
$1,154 Sale Price
20% Off
"MAIDEN'S HONOR" ZUNI BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett
(Born 1952)
Fredericksburg, Texas Artist
Image Size: 14 Tall x 7 x 7
Medium: Bronze Sculpture
"Maiden's Honor" Zuni
John Bennett (Born 1952)
John Bennett was designated ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
Mid-17th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
$3,367 Sale Price
20% Off
ROBY DWI ANTONO - KIRA SCULPTURE (BLACK). Limited edition Contemporary Modern
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Roby Dwi Antono - KIRA SCULPTURE (BLACK)
Date of creation: 2021
Medium: Bronze sculpture with black patina finish and crystal resin tears
Edition: 75 + AP
Size: 31 x 26 x 23 cm
Cond...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Couple. Porcelain vases 2 x h 9 cm
By Ilona Romule
Located in Riga, LV
Unique vases in the shape of human heads made from the finest porcelain by Ilona Romule, leading sculptor in Latvia
The artwork titled "Couple" consists of two porcelain vases. Each...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$461 Sale Price
20% Off
An Exceptional White Marble Figural Sculpture Clock, "A Nubian Slaying The Lion"
Located in Queens, NY
An Exceptional and Monumental White Marble Figural Sculpture Clock, "A Nubian Slaying The Lion" by Jean-Joseph Jacquet (Belgian, 1822–1898), circa 1860
This extremely impressive whi...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Keith Haring Bearbrick 400% (Haring Be@rbrick)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Bearbrick Vinyl Figures: Set of two (400% & 100%):
A unique, timeless collectible trademarked & licensed by the Estate of Keith Har...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
Hebru Brantley Flyboy (Hebru Brantley art toy)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Hebru Brantley Flyboy Pop Art Sculpture / Hebru Brantley Beyond the Beyond, 2018. New in its original packaging.
Medium: Painted cast vinyl.
Dimensions: 9 x 8 x 4 inches (22.9 x 20...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
Sculpture by noted Chinese artist Xie Ai Ge - Golden Apple series
By Xie Ai Ge
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a fibre glass sculpture by the noted Chinese artist, Xie Ai Ge, that is hand laid with 99.99% gold leaf, varnished. This piece is for 1 item of "G...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
Basquiat Warhol Haring Bearbrick 400%: set of 6 works (Basquiat BE@RBRICK)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean Michel Basquiat Andy Warhol Keith Haring Bearbrick 400%: set of 6 individual works:
A set of 6 unique, timeless pop art collectibles trademarked & licensed by the estates of Jea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
Jackson Pollock Bearbrick 400% Companion (Jackson Pollock BE@RBRICK)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jackson Pollock 400% & 100% Bearbrick Vinyl Figure (set of 2):
A rare highly collectible Bearbrick Jackson Pollock statue piece, splattered from head to toe in Pollock’s signature art; includes a recreation of the artist’s signature located on the verso along with a trademarked stamp from the Estate of Pollock-Krasner. New and housed in its original collector’s box.
Medium: Vinyl Figurine. Year: 2020.
Dimensions of larger figurine: 11 x 5 inches.
Condition: New in its original packaging.
Published by Medicom from a sold out limited series of unknown.
Further Background
BE@RBRICKs are a form of collectible toy that resemble a cross between LEGO and well, a bear. These block-style figurines boast teddy bear-style heads that have become an integral pillar of the collectible toy scene. In fact, it wouldn’t be so far-fetched to say that it almost single-handedly carved out the fad of toy collecting in modern times, treading the very fine line between toy and art. Since its inception, BE@RBRICKs have become one of the most recognizable characters in the world, and some of the most sought after.
Jackson Pollock was one of the most famous Post-War American artists. A pioneer of Abstract Expressionism, Pollock’s drip paintings ushered in a new era of non-representational art. “It doesn't make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said,” he once remarked. “Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.” Born Paul Jackson Pollock on January 28, 1912 in Cody, WY, he studied painting at the Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles during the late 1920s, where he befriended Philip Guston. In the fall of 1930, Pollock moved to New York where he studied under the Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League. Joining the WPA in 1937, Pollock painted murals around the country in a style reminiscent both of Benton and the Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco. After the WPA program ended, Pollock took on a number of odd jobs and began producing Surrealist works related to those of Joan Miró. An early champion of his work, Peggy Guggenheim hosted Pollock’s first solo show at her gallery Art of This Century in 1943. The paintings that emerged from his Long Island studio during the late 1940s came to exemplify his entire career. Works such as Blue Poles (1952), generated enormous media attention, and turned Pollock into a celebrity beyond the scope of the art world. At the age of 44, his celebrated career was cut short when the artist died in a car accident involving his mistress Ruth Kligman, on August 11, 1956 in East Hampton, NY. He was survived by his wife the painter Lee Krasner. In 2006, Pollock’s No. 5 (1948) was sold by David Geffen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
Stoneware Figurative Sculpture: 'I caught a fish, I caught a fish!'
Located in New York, NY
The draw of clay for Anastassia is in its innate ability to connect us to our unconscious and past experiences of touch. Her work, led by intuition and a sense of play, explores the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze, Ceramic, Clay
Niemand (UE)
Located in Denver, CO
In German, the meaning of the word "niemand" ranges from nobody, none, and no one to anybody. Apply that to Viktor's unique sculptures and a dose of humorous social commentary meets...
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Polyurethane
Dark Gray Architectural Bust in Cement - "LarA 013", Sculptural Fusion of Human
By Jose Perozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"LarA 013" is an original sculptural bust in dark gray cement, part of José Perozo’s ongoing LarA series, created in 2024. This piece reinterprets the relationship between the human ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Italian 19th-20th Century Life-Size Marble Sculpture Titled "Searching for Love"
Located in LA, CA
A very fine museum quality Italian 19th-20th century life-size marble sculpture titled "Searching for Love" by Vito Pardo (Italian, born in Venice in 1872) Depicting a semi-nude life...
Category
19th Century Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Woman and Child, Early 20th Century Ceramic, Female Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Thelma Frazier Winter (American, 1903-1977)
Woman and Child, c. 1935
Glazed stoneware, painted plaster
14 x 7 x 5.875 inches
Thelma Frazier Wint...
Category
1930s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Plaster, Glaze
Pikachu & Charmander - 2 Of A kind Metal Pokemon Sculptures
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
*New Year Inventory Renewal Sale - 90 Days Until April 30th*
*This Price Won't Be Repeated Again This Year*
These two Pokemon pieces are the savvy collector a must have: the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Tom Wesselmann Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Tom Wesselmann (American, 1931-2004)
Marking(s); notes: signed; 1972
Materials: acrylic on paper over wire support
Dimensions (H, W, D): 12"h, 8.5"w, 4...
Category
1970s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"The Top Dog" Porcelain Sculpture 20" x 8" x 10" inch Ed. of 699 by Huang Yulong
By Huang Yulong
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Top Dog" Porcelain Sculpture 20" x 8" x 10" inch Ed. of 699 by Huang Yulong
Size with base: H:500mm W:210mm L:250mm
Body size: H:390mm W:185mm L:150mm
The Top Dog(陶瓷&树脂)
Child...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Hebru Brantley Flyboy set of 4 works (Hebru Brantley art toys)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Hebru Brantley Art Toy collection: 2018/2022. Set of 4: Hebru Brantley art toys, each new in original packaging: Composed of three 2017 Hebru Brantley Flyboy's & one Hebru Brantley F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
Sculpture: Friar's Club Award for Tony Bennett, Hand signed by Romero Britto
Located in New York, NY
Romero Britto
Friar's Club Award for Tony Bennett, 2016
Mixed Media Enamel and Iron Sculpture on marble base
This sculpture is signed by the artist with permanent marker on the base ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Enamel, Iron
KAWS, Small lie (Grey)
By KAWS
Located in Manchester, GB
KAWS, Small Lie (Grey), 2017
Painted cast vinyl
27.5 x 12.3 x 12.9 cm (4.8 x 5.2 x 10.8 in)
Open edition
Pristine condition in original packaging
KAWS is a New York-based arti...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
Keith Haring Bearbrick 400%: set of 4 works (Keith Haring BE@RBRICK)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Bearbrick 400% Figures: Set of 4 works (c.2019-2021):
Unique, timeless Keith Haring collectibles, each trademarked & licensed by the artist's estate. The partnered figur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
"FIESTA SONG" ACCORDION PLAYER BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett
(Born 1952)
Fredericksburg, Texas Artist
Image Size: 19 x 13 x 9
Medium: Bronze Sculpture
"Fiesta Song" Accordion Player
John Bennett (Born 1952)
John Bennett was design...
Category
20th Century Modern 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 ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Madonna and Child, Polychrome Stucco Relief, workshop of Luca della Robbia.
Located in Pistoia, IT
Madonna and Child, polychrome stucco relief, workshop of Luca della Robbia. Second half of the 15th century.
Modeled as half-length, the Child holds his mother's veil in one hand, th...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Medieval Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Other Medium
Italian Marble Sculpture Of Venus And Cupid
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautifully detailed and lifelike, Venus and Cupid share a soft embrace in this remarkable Italian white marble sculpture. The feminine beauty gracefully leans against roughened rock...
Category
19th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$21,750 Sale Price
25% Off
Brilliance Fragment, Marble Dust, Resin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
In working his way through the Louvre, The Vatican and other historic art museums, Richard MacDonald is particularly engaged by the ancient pieces and the fragments that remain of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
KAWS COMPANION 2020: Complete Set of 3 Works (KAWS 2020 set)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS 2020 Companion: Complete Set of 3 Works:
KAWS COMPANION 2020 was created by KAWS to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his signature figure, Companion — and as cultural commen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
ANCIENT ROMAN ALABASTER BUST OF THE GOD SERAPIS, ROME CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Located in Milan, IT
Wearing a chiton with a himation draped at the left shoulder, and a modius on the crown of his head, the god's characteristic luxuriant wavy hair falling in ri...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
26 Cubes
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born March 15, 1943 in Szekelyudvarhely, Transylvania, Hungary (now Romania), Marton Varo studied sculpture at Ion Andreescu Institute of Arts in Cluj, Romania from 1960 to 1966. In...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$25,000
Keith Haring Bearbrick 400% set of 4 works (Haring BE@RBRICK)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Bearbrick 400% Figures: Set of 4 works (c.2019-2021):
Unique, timeless Keith Haring collectibles, each trademarked & licensed by the artist's estate. The partnered figur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
Venus Colca Neoclassical Marble Sculpture early 19th century
Located in Pistoia, IT
Crouching Venus, neoclassical Carrara marble sculpture, early 19th century.
An 18th-century English tourist to Florence wrote that of all the Venuses in the Uffizi, "only one grace...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"Couple II", Figurative Free-Standing Sculpture, White Resin, Imagined Animal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This white free-standing figurative sculpture titled "Couple II" is an original artwork by Clémentine Bal made of polystyrene, resin, mas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Polystyrene, Paint
"Nebrida", Figurative, Mythic, Imaginary, Animal, White Resin Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This white figurative sculpture titled "Nebrida" is an original artwork by Clémentine Bal made of polystyrene, resin, mastic, marble powder, and paint. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Polystyrene, Paint
Female Figure Bust
Located in Astoria, NY
Italian School Female Figure Carved Alabaster Bust, late 19th century, the portrait with tied back hair and flowing dress tied at her breast, on a rockwork plinth, unsigned. 26" H x ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Orange Venice vase
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Orange Venice vase", original handmade clay vase, original home decor., unique artwork -
14" x 9" x 9"
Hand-painted ceramic household decorative v...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Large Antique Marble Bust of Apollo of Belvedere 19th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique bust of Apollo of Belvedere. Finely carved carrara marble. Mid 19th century. Italian. Please, contact us for shipping options.
Presented by Joseph Dasta Antiques
# nude male greek roman mercury statue...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble
Italian Neoclassical Sculptural Group in Alabaster "The Rape of the Sabine Women" 18th
Located in Pistoia, IT
"The Rape of the Sabine Women," veined alabaster, large sculptural group with classical subject, Volterra manufacture, 18th century.
The so-called Rape of the Sabine Women is a scu...
Category
1790s Italian School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Kira (Black)
Located in Central, HK
Roby Dwi Antono
Kira (Black), 2021
Bronze sculpture with black patina finish and crystal resin tears
12 1/5 × 10 1/5 × 9 1/10 in 31 × 26 × 23 cm
Edition of 75
Published by Avant Art...
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$6,500 Sale Price
31% Off
KAWS GONE & KAWS BFF Companions (set of 2 works)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS GONE Grey & KAWS Pink BFF Companions (set of 2 works 2017-2019):
Medium: Vinyl paint & Cast Resin (applies to each work). Published 2017 & 2019, respectively.
GONE: 14.25 x 7 i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
Napoleon Ist
Located in Paris, FR
Antoine-Denis CHAUDET (1763 - 1810)
NAPOLEON Ist, circa 1808
Carrare Marble - First Empire
Hermes Bust of Napoleon Ist, after Antoine-Denis CHAUDET
Dimen...
Category
Early 1800s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$78,166
Portrait - Sculpture by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Painted Terracotta sculture realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Good condition.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his child...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
FERDINANDO VICHI 1875-1945 Selene Female Figural Marble Statue .
By Ferdinando Vichi
Located in New York, NY
A charming allegory for Dawn
Date: 19th Century
Origin: Italian
Material: Carrara Marble
Signed F. Vichi , Firenze.
Dimensions: 41" H x 10" Diameter
A spellbinding female figural...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Male Torso Fragment, Marble Dust, Resin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
In working his way through the Louvre, The Vatican and other historic art museums, Richard MacDonald is particularly engaged by the ancient pieces and the fragments that remain of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
18th/19th C. Italian Alabaster Sculpture of Infant Hercules Wrestling a Snake
Located in Beachwood, OH
18th/19th Century Italian
Infant Hercules Wrestling a Snake
Alabaster
18 x 18 x 6 inches
40 lb.
In Greek mythology, the infant Hercules (Heracles) is famously depicted wrestling wit...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Roman 18th century terracotta model for the sculpture of San Camillo de Lellis
Located in London, GB
This remarkably fluid terracotta bozetto was made in preparation for Pietro Pacilli’s most important public commission, a large-scale marble statue of San Camillo de Lellis for the nave of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Expressively modelled, this terracotta sculpture is a rare and significant work made by a major Roman sculptor at a transformative moment of European sculpture. Pacilli began his working life on the great Baroque decorative projects initiated in the seventeenth century, but he found success as a restorer of ancient sculpture working to finish antiquities for a tourist market, becoming an important figure in the emergence of an archaeologically minded Neoclassicism. Pacilli trained Vincenzo Pacetti and provided important decorative work for the Museo Pio-Clementino, at the same time he is recorded restoring some of the most celebrated antiquities excavated and exported during the period.
Pacilli was born into a family of Roman craftsmen, his father Carlo was a wood carver, and Pacilli is recorded working with him on the Corsini Chapel in San Giovanni Laternao as early as 1735. In 1738 his terracotta model of Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife won the first prize in the second class of the sculpture concorso at the Accademia di San Luca, this is particularly notable as Bartolomeo Cavaceppi came third. He worked as a carver and stuccoist completing works for the churches of San Marco and SS. Trinita dei Domeniciani Spagnoli. Pacilli operated as a sculptor and restorer of antiquities from his studio at the top of the Spanish Steps, close to Santa Trinita dei Monti, where he is listed as a potential vendor to the Museo Pio-Clementino in 1770.
In 1763 Pacilli completed a silver figure of San Venanzio for the treasury of San Venanzio. He is recorded as Pacetti’s first master and it was evidently through Pacilli that he began to acquire his facility as a restorer of ancient sculpture. Pacilli, at his studio ‘poco prima dell’Arco della Regina alla Trinita dei Monti,’ exercised, what the nineteenth-century scholar, Adolf Michaelis called ‘rejuvenating arts’ on several important pieces of classical sculpture, including in 1760 the group of a Satyr with a Flute for the natural brother of George III, General Wallmoden, Hanovarian minister at Vienna. In 1765, Dallaway and Michaelis record that Pacilli was responsible for the restorations, including the addition of a new head, to the Barberini Venus which he had acquired from Gavin Hamilton. The Venus was then sold to Thomas Jenkins, who in turn passed it on to William Weddell at Newby Hall. In 1767 Pacilli exported a series of ancient busts ‘al naturale’ including portraits of Antinous, Julius Ceaser and Marus Aurelius, also a statue of a Muse and a Venus. As early as 1756 Pacilli seems to have been operating as an antiquarian, helping to disperse the collection of the Villa Borrioni. Pacilli supplied sculpture to notable British collectors, including Charles Townley, who on his first trip to Italy purchased the Palazzo Giustiniani statue of Hecate from Pacilli. Pacilli was involved with the Museo Pio Clementino from its conception, supplying busts of Julius Ceaser and a Roman Woman as well as completing stucco putti surmounting the arms of Pope Bendedict XIV to signal the entrance to the new Museo Critiano.
In 1750 Il Diario Ordinario del Chracas announced that Pacilli had begun work on a sculpture of San Camillo de Lellis for St Peter’s. Camillo de Lellis founded his congregation, the Camillians, with their distinctive red felt crosses stitched on black habits in 1591. Having served as a soldier in the Venetian army, Camillo de Lellis became a novitiate of the Capuchin friars, he moved to Rome and established a religious community for the purpose of caring for the sick. In 1586 Pope Sixtus V formerly recognised the Camillians and assigned them to the Church of Santa Maria Maddalena in Rome. Camillo de Lellis died in 1614 and was entombed at Santa Maria Maddalena, he was canonised by Benedict XIV on June 26, 1746. It was an occasion that prompted the Camillians to make a number of significant artistic commissions, including two canvases by Pierre Subleyras showing episodes from San Camillo’s life which they presented to Benedict XIV. In 1750 Pacilli was commissioned to fill one of the large niches on the north wall of the nave with a sculpture of San Camillo.
The present terracotta bozetto presumably had two important functions, to enable Pacilli to work out his ideas for the finished sculpture and at the same time to show his design to the various commissioning bodies. In this case it would have been Cardinal Alessandro Albani and Monsignor Giovan Francesco Olivieri, the ‘economo’ or treasurer of the fabric of St Peter’s. Previously unrecorded, this terracotta relates to a smaller, less finished model which has recently been identified as being Pacilli’s first idea for his statue of San Camillo. Preserved in Palazzo Venezia, in Rome, the terracotta shows San Camillo with his left hand clutching his vestments to his breast; the pose and action more deliberate and contained than the finished sculpture. In producing the present terracotta Pacilli has expanded and energised the figure. San Camillo is shown with his left hand extended, his head turned to the right, apparently in an attempt to look east down the nave of St Peter’s. The model shows Pacilli experimenting with San Camillo’s costume; prominently on his breast is the red cross of his order, whilst a sense of animation is injected into the figure through the billowing cloak which is pulled across the saint’s projecting right leg. The power of the restrained, axial contrapposto of bent right leg and outstretched left arm, is diminished in the final sculpture where a baroque fussiness is introduced to the drapery. What Pacilli’s terracotta demonstrates, is that he conceived the figure of San Camillo very much in line with the immediate tradition of depicting single figures in St Peter’s; the rhetorical gesture of dynamic saint, arm outstretched, book in hand, head pointed upwards was perhaps borrowed from Camillo Rusconi’s 1733 sculpture of St. Ignatius...
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Materials
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