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White Marble 19th Century Sculpture in of Eros Trying Out one Of His Arrows Sign

after 1800

A portrait of a Silenus, ( also know as satyr) carved in white marble probably in central Italy in the 19th Century. The head despite a man with long hears in equine style with also ...

An important grand tour Antonio Canova Ebe (Aprés), carved in white marble by an Italian sculptor artist in the 19th century from a block of white marble. The work depicts the go...

a superb scale size of the Venere italica, the famous and notable sculpture carved by Antonio Canova in the 19th century. At the top of his notability and influence the King Ludovico...

An interesting specimen gray marble torso sculpture of a nude man, classical roman grand tour style wearing a tunic on the right shoulder in contrapposto position standing on an iron...

A. LACARRIÈRE PÈRE, FILS & CIE French, (Mid 19th century) Bronze Figural Torchères - Médaille d'or - Exposition de 1867 Monumental Patinated Bronze Figural Torchères on Pedestal; ...

LOUIS AUGUSTE MOREAU French, (1834-1917) Children Picking Grapes Patinated Bronze; Signed Aug Moreau 20 1/2 x 12 x 9 inches

A. BATACCHI Italian, (XIX-XX) Nymph Italian Carrara marble. H 10.50 in. x W 17 in. x D 31.50 in. Signed A. Battachi, Florence in verso. Note: Batacchi was active in Flore...

This amusing naturalistic sculpture in silver-plated pewter was probably made in the 17th century by Georg Schweigger. Inspired by a model created by another Nuremberg sculptor, Peter Flötner, it bears witness to the persistence during the baroque era of the naturalistic taste that emerged in the Renaissance. Intended as an ornament for some Kunstkammer, or cabinet of curiosities, this sculpture was a great success, as can be seen from the presence of similar works in many European museums. 1. Georg Schweigger Georg Schweigger was a baroque sculptor and medal founder from Nuremberg, known mainly for his small-scale works in stone, carved wood and cast metal. His only large-scale work, the Neptune Fountain, has been in the Petershof Palace, the summer residence of the Tsars near St. Petersburg, since 1797. This monumental sculpture demonstrates his taste for the representation of movement, which we find in this small piece, inspired, as we shall see, by earlier models. 2. The success of a naturalistic theme As is often the case in the history of art, the source of the Dog scratching his ear theme probably comes from an engraving, and more precisely from one made in Strasbourg in 1480 or in Aschaffenburg in 1481 by the Master of the Housebook, an anonymous engraver working in southern Germany at the end of the 15th century. This engraving seems to have been Peter Flötner’s (1490 - 1546) source of inspiration. Peter Flötner was a sculptor and engraver who settled in Nuremberg in 1522. The Louvre Museum also has a gilded lead statuette dated between 1500 and 1515 (on deposit at the Musée de L'Œuvre in Strasbourg), which in turn is thought to have served as a model for other known statuettes. This model was later taken up by the Frenchman Barthélemy Prieur...