19th Century Nude Sculptures

The Borghese Gladiator, 19th Century Bronze on marble base Musée du Louvre signed on base 15 x 12 x 8 inches Since its discovery in the early seventeenth century, the Borghese Gladi...

Patinated Bronze Torso after the Antique, 19th/20th Century Bronze Torso: 22 x 13 x 11 inches Including base: 27 inches high

After Giambologna (Italian, 1529-1608) Mercury Standing on the Breath of Zeus Bronze 27.5 x 14.25 x 5.5 inches The sculpture depicts Mercury wearing his winged helmet and sandals and holding a caduceus. Created after one of Giambologna's most celebrated sculptures in the Renaissance, Mercury, was designed as part of a fountain for the Villa Medici in Rome.The head on which Mercury steps symbolizes the figure being “exhaled, purified, unburdened.” When the Giambologna sculpture...

Bronze Figure of Crouching Venus, or The Naked Aphrodite, 19th Century Italian School Bronze raised on a marble base 21 in. h. x 10 in. w. x 7 in. d., overall 18 in. h. x 8.5 in. w....

After Lysippos (Greek, 390 BC-300 BC) 19th Century Grand Tour Bronze of the Uffizi Wrestlers Bronze J. Chiurrazi & Fils, Naples 17 x 20 x 12 inches 76 lb. The Wrestlers is a Roman m...

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 ...

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...

Large Figure of Seated Hermes, Grand Tour Bronze, Early 19th Century 19th Century Continental School After the Antique The large size figure well cast, with brownish green patination...

Beautiful original bronze sculpture of a female nude dancer in the Art Deco period. Circa 1930. The artist is the well known American sculptor, Allan Clark. Signed in the base by th...

Pietro Chiapparelli (Italian, 19th Century) Sleeping Ariadne, c. 1865 Bronze on marble base Inscribed 'P. Chiapparelli F.I. Roma' 22 x 24 x 10.5 inches 136 lb. (34 lb. bottom marble,...

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 ...

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...

Eugène Marioton französisch, 1854 - 1933 Muscular Nude Male Bronze Eugene Marioton - Bronze Statue, um 1900 A handsome and very fit partially draped young nude male with rippling mu...

“Putti” is a 19th c. terracotta antique of two nude children, babies, as mythical figures. This piece is beautifully rendered with a rich brown patina. ...

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...

The Birth of Venus by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887) Bronze sculpture with nuanced dark brown patina signed "A. Carrier-Belleuse" cast by Denière France circa 1870 he...

Henri Honoré Plé (1853 Paris - 1922 Paris), The Victorious David, around 1890. Red-brown and brown patinated bronze with terrain plinth mounted on a round base. 62 cm (total height) ...

Aegina was one of the daughters of the river god Asopus and his wife, the river nymph Metope. The couple had many daughters, and most of them became the object of desire of either Ze...

Outstanding 19th century Italian finely carved Carrara "Statuario" marble sculpture of Antinoo , after the Antique The Capitoline 'Antinous'. Antinous, a young Bithinius favorite...

Charles Theodore Perron (French, 1862-1934) "Woman with Iris" Gilt and Patinated Bronze Sculpture, late 19th century, the standing figure upholding Irises, on a circular base, signed...

Well modeled 19th century French bronze of a standing naked woman. Signed Cartinet, this piece is a wonderful example of the skill of a Sculptor. The piece retains all its origina...

Large French Neoclassical sculpture of Androcles and the Lion. Exceptional quality casting and patina. Mid 19th century. The runaway slave ...

A very fine Italian 19th century Carrara marble sculpture depicting a young beauty going for a Swim standing on the steps of a dock, raised on its original carved green marble pedest...

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...

The Secret by Pierre-Félix FIX-MASSEAU (1869-1937) Sculpture in bronze with a gilded patina Signed on the side " Fix-Masseau " Cast by " Siot-Paris " (with the foundry mark) France...

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...

Eliseo Tuderte Fattorini (Italian, 1830-1887). A very fine and life-size Italian, 19th century marble Life-size Orientalist Marble Sculpture of an Assyrian Princess (Previously descr...

Anton Nelson (i.e. Antoine Joseph van den Kerckhoven) (1849 Brussels - after 1910 ibid.), Bust of a young woman, c. 1890. Patinated bronze on cast base, 30 cm (total height) x 20 cm ...

Susanna by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887) Bronze sculpture with nuanced brown patina signed to the side " A. Carrier " old period cast France circa 1860 height 62 cm ...

Apple Dancer by Jean-Léon GEROME (1824-1904) Bronze sculpture with a dual patina, brown and gilded signed on the base "JL. GEROME" cast by "Siot-Decauville Fondeur Paris" (foundry s...

Allegory of Spring Mathurin Moreau (1822-1912) A Belle Epoque bronze statue depicting an Allegory of Spring with a seated maiden looking over to view two birds as a putto gathers a...

Fine French orientalist bronze statue of David after the battle with Goliath by Antonin Mercie. This subject received the Medal of Honour when it was shown at the Paris Salon des Beaux Arts. Late 19th century. 42" high. Please, contact us for shipping options. Presented by Joseph Dasta Antiques Antonin Mercie(1845-1916) Mercié entered the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and studied under Alexandre Falguière and François Jouffroy, and in 1868 gained the Grand Prix de Rome at the age of 23. His first great popular successes were the David and Gloria Victis, which was shown and received the Medal of Honour of the Paris Salon. The bronze was subsequently placed in the Square Montholon.[2] The bronze David was one of his most popular works. The Biblical hero is depicted naked with the head of Goliath at his feet like Donatello's David, but with a turbanned head and sheathing his long sword...

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...

Emile-Andre Boisseau (French, 1842-1923) Le Crépuscule signed 'E. Boisseau' (on the base) Bronze height: 29 in. (74 cm.) Emile-André Boisseau was a...

Pietro Bazzanti - Barzanti (Italian, 1825-1895) "After the Bath" - A very Fine and large carved white Carrara marble figure of a semi-nude young maiden standing by the sea-shore. The smiling and posing young beauty, with bare breasts and back, her right arm juxtaposed over her head, while holding a blanket over her waist with her left hand and standing barefoot by a rocky seawall and wavy shoreline. Signed 'P. Barzanti/Florence' (on reverse) and raised on a cylindrical swiveling carved verde antico solid marble pedestal. circa: Florence, 1880-1890. Pietro Bazzanti or Barzanti (Italian, 1825-1895) was a 19th Century Italian sculptor born in Florence. Together with his brother, Niccolò Bazzanti (Firenze, 1802-1869) who was also a sculptor, they both worked the sprawling Florentine studio 'Pietro Bazzanti e Figlio' a hugely successful sculpture studio, operated within the family at their gallery on Lungarno Corsini until the mid-twentieth century. The studio was a place where many talented professors and apprentice sculptors specialized in sculpting marble genre scenes and allegorical figures as well as copies of antique and Renaissance sculpture catered to a prominent international clientele which included European and Russian aristocracy, and the Industrial fortunes being made in England and Americas drove considerable export demand. In 1861 the studio was awarded the medal for 'Ercole con cinghiale sulla spalla' (Hercules with boar on shoulder), 'Due Cani' (Two dogs) and 'Cinghiale' (Boar) sculptures at the National Exposition in Florence. In 1874 he exhibits his works in London and in 1876 in Philadelphia. Bazzanti frequently returned to the subject of 'After the Bath' or 'The Bather' in his works, having carved examples of the bathing Venus after the Antique and in dynamic and dramatic compositions such as the present sculpture. The finely-detailed work relates closely to popular figures produced by Bazzanti’s contemporary, Cesar Lapini, whose La Sopresa depicts a young woman stepping back from approaching waves. The sculptor’s penchant for realism is on full display with the contrasting matte and highly-polished finishes of the gently lapping waves at the figure’s feet, to the jutting rocks and soft skin. Elegant handling of textures is further exemplified in the draped fringe of the cloth. This monumental and Fine work is illustrated in situ at Bazzanti’s studio circa 1900 among other fashionable works of the period. Notes: Pietro Bazzanti was also known as Pietro Barzanti. There are conflicting dates of Pietro Bazzanti/Barzanti's birth/death year. Some auction houses and art galleries have described 'Pietro Barzanti' as Italian, 1842–1881 and Pietro Bazzanti as Italian, 1825-1895. However, according to Alfonso Panzetta – Nuovo Dizionario degli Scultori Italiani dell’ottocento e del Primo Novecento – 2003 Edition –Page 78, 'Pietro Barzanti' was in fact 'Pietro Bazzanti' one and the same, and it questions his year of his birth/death as "Firenze (?), ?, ?." thus we believe that the Italian, 1825-1895 description is the most plausible. Literature: Alfonso Panzetta – Nuovo Dizionario degli Scultori Italiani dell’ottocento e del Primo Novecento – 2003 Edition –Page 78. Auctions: Another example of this sculpture, probably also Pietro Bazzanti but almost a foot shorter (Height 44¾ in. (113.5 cm), unsigned and without its pedestal, was sold at Christie's New York, 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art and Ceramics Sale...

Raffaello Romanelli 1856 - 1928 Raffaello e Fornarina signed Raffaello Romanelli Firenze and inscribed Raffaello et Fornarina marble height 38 in.; 96.5cm. diameter 16 in.; ...

Henri Honoré Plé (1853 Paris - 1922 Paris), The Victorious David, around1890. Red-brown and brown patinated bronze with terrain plinth mounted on a round base. 42 cm (total height) x...

Grand tour circa 1860s bronze of the Wrestlers. Rich fine dark brown patina. Marked "F. Barbedienne Fondeur." The Wrestlers also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers...

Emile Louis Picault (French, 1833-1915) "Paris" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, late 19th century, the standing figure holding a golden apple, signed to base. 32" H x 12" W x 12" D. The ...

The Lily by Auguste CLESINGER (1814-1883) Outstanding bust sculpted in white Carrara marble Signed on the ribbon " J. Clésinger, 1871 " Presented on a rounded white marble base France 1871 height 76,5 cm width 48 cm depth 35 cm Noted in "Clésinger – Sa vie, ses œuvres - Le catalogue de ses œuvres", A. Estignard, Librairie H. Floury, Paris, 1900, p.169. Biography : Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clésinger, known as Auguste Clésinger (1814-1883), was a French romantic sculptor. His father, Georges-Philippe Clésinger, himself a sculptor, trained him at the School of Fine Arts in Besançon where he was a teacher. Auguste also studied sculpture under the direction of Bertel Thorwaldsen...

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...

Emile Coriolan Hippolyte Guillemin (French, 1841-1907) "The Falconer" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, late 19th century, the figure of a young man holding a falcon whilst standing on a d...

White marble sculpture - The Kiss. ​​19th century. 15 x 20 x h 20 cm including base, 12 x 17 x h 18 cm excluding base. Entirely in white marble, some small breaks and repairs. - ...

La Perla; The Pearl  A mesmerizing alabaster table lamp depicting the birth of venus by Umberto Stiaccini. Three winged putti stand on a piece of coral as they carry a scallop shell...

Cupid and Psyche by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887) Bronze group with nuanced brown patina signed on the base "Carrier-Belleuse" old edition cast France circa 1870 hei...

"Char De L'aurore " The Chariot of Aurora Artist: AUGUSTE MOREAU (FRANCE, 1861-1906) Medium: Bronze, Brown and gilt patina Signed with partial TIFFANY mark and titled on base.

Urbano Lucchesi 1844 - 1906 Italian La Casta Susanna (The Chaste Susanna) Marble This elegant statue entitled La Casta Susanna depicts the virtuous biblical figure Susanna, exper...

This splendid sculpture represents Young Girl with a Goat (Amalthea and Jupiter's Goat), after the original by Pierre Julien commissioned by Louis XVI in 1785 and completed in 1787 for the cot of Queen Marie-Antoinette in Rambouillet. The work of the sculptor Pierre Julien decorated the interior of a grotto in a pavilion decorated with bas-reliefs by the same sculptor (acquired by the State by dation in 2003). The work was the main element of a rock basin, which was destroyed during the renovation of the gardens of the small castle. The same sculpture was seized during the Revolution and exhibited in the Louvre from 1829. The terracotta sketch, which belonged to the collector Ernst May, must have adorned his château de la Couharde (Yvelines) before entering the Louvre's collections in 1920. The bronze set with a beautiful gilded patina presented here is a work after the original by Pierre Julien (1731-1804) and dates from the 19th century (around 1850). The superbly preserved sculpture, which has belonged to the same family since its acquisition, is presented on its original base in grey serpentine marble. The quality of this work is doubly certified: - on the one hand it is stamped with a round stamp at the top "A. This stamp is a sign of high quality. Achille Collas (1794 - 1859) was the French engineer, engraver and illustrator, inventor among other things of the patented mathematical reduction process of the 19th century to reproduce sculpted objects in reduction, which was very successful. He was awarded a prize at the 1855 exhibition: his "Procédé mécanique", the name under which he prints all his productions, is easily recognisable by the finesse of its execution and by the famous stamp which appears on the base (terrace) of this sculpture. - On the other hand, an important signature is found on the terrace of the sculpture "F. Barbedienne Fondeur", founder. In 1844, Achille Collas, in order to protect his invention, formed the Société Collas et Barbedienne (Paris) with the art founder Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892), which began to produce and sell famous but smaller sculptures in plaster, wood, bronze or ivory. The first object to be marketed was the Venus de Milo after the original in the Louvre Museum. Other sculptures such as the sculpture of George Washington, of which a bronze bust was made by the Barbedienne & Process Collas foundry, are currently in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. HEIGHT OF THE SCULPTURE without base 69CM + BASE = 84CM WIDTH OF THE SCULPTURE without base 28 CM + BASE = 30,5 CM LENGTH OF THE SCULPTURE without base 46 CM + BASE 51 CM The Collas and Barbedienne company was highlighted at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851, the objects of the Barbedienne foundry received a medal and sales soared. At the 1889 Universal Exhibition in Paris, the Barbedienne company again presented a large number of its compositions, including the large neo-Renaissance clock of 1878. This clock, which was part of the Leblanc-Barbedienne estate, was donated by his heirs to the city of Paris, and is kept in the city hall. Pierre Julien (20 June 1731 - 17 December 1804) was a French neo-classical sculptor who worked in the full range of rococo and neoclassical styles. He had an early apprenticeship in Le Puy-en-Velay, near his native village of Saint-Paulien, and then at the École de Dessin in Lyon, before entering the Paris workshop of Guillaume Coustou le Jeune. In 1765, he won the Prix de Rome for sculpture with a bas-relief panel depicting a subject from Antiquity and entered the Royal School for Protected Pupils, which offered a special curriculum under the direction of the painter Louis-Michel van Loo. He was a boarder at the Académie de France in Rome from 1768 to 1773, where he was influenced by the wave of neoclassicism affecting his fellow students. As boarders were required to do, he sent back to France a slightly reduced marble copy of the so-called Cleopatra, the Sleeping Ariadne from the Vatican, which survives in Versailles. Back in France and with his former master, he worked on the sculpture of the mausoleum of Louis, the Grand Dauphin, in the cathedral of Sens. After a failed attempt in 1776, with his Ganymede, he was accepted by the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1778, with a Dying Gladiator. He was appointed one of the first members of the Institut de France in 1795, and knight of the Legion of Honour in 1804. He was commissioned by the Count of Angiviller, director of the King's Buildings, on behalf of Louis XVI, to paint the figures for a series of life-size portraits of the great men of France: he produced a Jean de La Fontaine and a Nicolas Poussin, whom he chose to depict in a nightgown, similar to the draperies of a Roman toga. While fulfilling commissions in Paris, for the church of Sainte-Geneviève (now the Panthéon, Paris), or for the Pavillon de Flore in the Louvre, he sculpted in 1785 a virtuoso marble set representing the nymph Amalthée and Jupiter's nurse goat for the Queen's Dairy at the Château de Rambouillet; for his model, he adapted the pose of the famous Venus of the Capitoline. The bas-reliefs of the Dairy, considered his masterpieces, were sold at auction in 1819, but were recovered by the State in 2005, thanks to a gift from the son of the great dealer-collector Daniel Wildenstein. 19th century French school, after Pierre Julien (1731-1804)Amalthea and Jupiter's Goat Bronze with a light brown patina and gilding, reduction made after the marble by Pierre-Julien 1785 executed for Marie-Antoinette at the Laiterie du parc du château de Rambouillet in the Louvre Museum. Among his major works: - Dying Gladiator, marble, 1779, Musée du Louvre. - Ganymede pouring nectar to Jupiter changed into an eagle, [4] marble group, 1776-1778, Paris, Musée du Louvre. - Jean de La Fontaine, marble, 1783-85. Musée du Louvre - Nicolas Poussin, marble, 1789 - 1804. Musée du Louvre - Sketch of a model in terracotta by Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1787 - 1788. Musée du Louvre - Amalthea and Jupiter's goat, marble group, 1787 for the Rambouillet Dairy. The Queen's Dairy at Rambouillet - The girl with the goat, terracotta statuette, 1786. Louvre Museum - Sainte Geneviève restoring her mother's sight, terracotta bas-relief, 1776. Musée du Louvre The works of the famous sculptor Pierre Julien have been referenced in several books and catalogues, including The exhibition catalogue. Gilles Grandjean and Guilhem Scherf. "Pierre Julien 1731-1804". Le Puy-en-Velay, France: Musée Crozatier, 2004. The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900 (Yale University Press, 1981), cat. no. 24, pp 184-87). Michael Preston Worley, 2003. Pierre Julien: Sculptor to Queen Marie Antoinette. The first modern monograph. Europe in the age of enlightenment and revolution, a catalogue from the libraries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online in PDF format), which contains information on Julien. Excerpts from the Grove Dictionary of Art online Pierre Julien in American Public Collections, on the French Sculpture Census website STATUE BARE (BODY) NANNY GOAT (ANIMAL) AMALTHAEA SITTING WOMAN ABOUT US: AYN GALLERY is located in the heart of old Paris on the Ile Saint-Louis surrounded by the Seine, in the most prestigious district of Paris. Just a few steps away from Notre Dame, like a village, this place preserved from urbanists offers a setting as it existed centuries ago with its numerous private mansions which earned the island the nickname "island of palaces" and its illustrious occupants: Charles Baudelaire, Marie Curie, Georges Pompidou or Camille Claudel Our gallery is located just opposite one of the oldest churches in Paris. As the eponymous name of the place indicates, Yasmine Azzi, the owner and artistic director of the place, has a keen eye. 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Carved Carrara marble bust of Augustus Caesar. Italian grand tour. Mid 19th century. #roman classical greek sculpture not signed . rare. museum paris

Emmanuel FREMIET (1824-1910) Gorilla kidnapping a woman A rare bronze group with a greenish dark brown patina signed "E. Fremiet" on the base cast by " F. Barbedienne Fondeur " (fo...

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...

The Odalisque is an original decorative object realized by Giuseppe Salvi in 1886. Silver-plated Bronze representing a young odalisque, Sign, place and...

Leon Bonduel (French, 1857-1928) "L'Alerte" [The Alert] Patinated Bronze Sculpture, 1889, depicting reclining nude man rising from sleep with a sword in hand, on a naturalistic base ...

A very fine large, rare and charming, French, 19th century. Belle Époque carved white marble whimsical figural urn fountain depicting children climbing on an urn with flowers and gar...

19th century French finely chiseled bronze figure of Hermes . Signed Pigalle G . Cuspinera Hermes , the messenger of the gods, is sitting on a rock, ready to leap up. He is att...

"Musidora" by Odoardo FANTACCHIOTTI (1809-1877) Sculpture made in white Carrara marble signed on the side on the base " O. Fantacchiotti " Italy around 1862 height 110 cm diameter ...

Antique bronze sculpture of male nude reading a letter or proclamation. Marble base, 19th century. Unsigned.

Emmanuel Villanis was well known primarily for his bronzes of beautiful young women. With Phryne, the sculptor is working in marble. Since stone is not in the least forgiving, it's...

Cigale (Cicada) by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887) Bronze sculpture with nuanced dark brown patina signed "A. Carrier-Belleuse" old edition cast France circa 1870 heigh...

La Nature se dévoilant devant la Science (Nature revealing herself before Science) Nature unsheathes herself from a golden cloak to reveal her chest with a beetle resting on her ribs. Artist : LOUIS-ERNEST BARRIAS (FRENCH, 1841-1905) inscribed 'E. Barrias' (to right side of base), Susse Frères foundry cachet (to reverse) and with inscription 'Susse Fres...