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Period: 19th Century
Diana the Huntress, the Goddess of Hunting Bronze Sculpture of Woman
By Jean-Antoine Houdon
Located in Beachwood, OH
After Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741-1828) Diana the Huntress Bronze with fine brown green patina 24 x 19 x 10 inches 15 lb. The first, life-size version of this representation ...
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19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Specimen Gray Marble Torso Sculpture of Nude Man Classical Roman Grand Tour 19th
Located in Roma, IT
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...
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Other Art Style 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble

19th Century Grand Tour Bronze of the Uffizi Wrestlers
Located in Beachwood, OH
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...
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19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

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 ...
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Italian School 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble

Grand Tour Bronze Figure of Seated Hermes, Early 19th Century After the Antique
Located in Beachwood, OH
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...
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19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

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...
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19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble

Neoclassical sculpture in Rome- Pair of 19th century Italian scagliola - Figures
Located in Varmo, IT
Pair of scagliola sculptures - Roman figures. Italy, 19th century. 51 x 26 x h 118 cm (left) - 41 x 28 x h 118 cm (right). Entirely in scagliola. Condition report: In good general...
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Old Masters 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Plaster

Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Dionysus, 19th Century Italian School
Located in Beachwood, OH
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 ...
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Italian School 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

"Putti" 19th c. Terracotta, Antique, Mythical Figures, Patina
Located in Detroit, MI
“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. ...
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Baroque 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Terracotta, Wood

ANTINOUS Magnificent Italian Neoclassical Carrara Marble Sculpture
Located in Rome, IT
Outstanding 19th century Italian finely carved Carrara "Statuario" marble sculpture of Antinoo , after the Antique The Capitoline 'Antinous'. Antinous, a young Bithinius favorite...
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Academic 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble

Sleeping Ariadne, Large Bronze & Marble Sculpture of Greek Mythology, 19th C.
Located in Beachwood, OH
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,...
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19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Jean Coulon - Aegina and Zeus Bronze Statue
Located in New York, NY
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...
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Academic 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

19th Century Bronze Figure of Crouching Venus or Naked Aphrodite
Located in Beachwood, OH
19th Century Bronze Figure of Crouching Venus or Naked Aphrodite Bronze with dark patination 22.5 x 13 x 11 inches The Crouching Venus is a Hellenisti...
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19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

19th century French Bronze of a naked woman standing up.
Located in Woodbury, CT
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...
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Victorian 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

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...
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Romantic 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Satyr with Cymbals and Kroupezion, Grand Tour after the Antique, 19th century
Located in Beachwood, OH
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...
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19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Musidora
Located in PARIS, FR
"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 ...
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Italian School 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble

Diana the Huntress, 1890 Classical Bronze Sculpture of Nude Woman
Located in Beachwood, OH
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...
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19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Lifesize Italian 19th Century Orientalist Marble Sculpture of Assyrian Princess
Located in LA, CA
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...
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Academic 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble

Apple Dancer
Located in PARIS, FR
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...
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Art Nouveau 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Leon Bonduel "L'Alerte" Neoclassical Patinated Bronze Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
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 ...
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19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Pietro Bazzanti, Italian 19th Carved Marble Figure Semi-Nude Young Bather Girl
Located in LA, CA
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...
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Academic 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble

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...
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19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble

The Victorious David / - The melancholy of the radiant hero -
Located in Berlin, DE
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...
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Realist 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Raffaello e Fornarina white marble statue by Raffaello Romanelli (1856 - 1928 )
Located in New York, NY
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.; ...
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19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble

Cigale
Located in PARIS, FR
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...
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French School 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Bust of a young woman / - The Opulence of Beauty -
Located in Berlin, DE
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 ...
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Art Nouveau 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Bronze Female Statue "Le Crépuscule" by Emile Andre Boisseau
Located in New York, NY
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...
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Rococo 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Charles Perron "Woman with Iris" Patinated Bronze
Located in Astoria, NY
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...
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Art Nouveau 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

French Neoclassical Bronze Of Androcles and the Lion
Located in Rochester, NY
Large French Neoclassical sculpture of Androcles and the Lion. Exceptional quality casting and patina. Mid 19th century. The runaway slave ...
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19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Gorilla kidnapping a woman
Located in PARIS, FR
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...
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French School 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Large Grand Tour Bronze Greco-Roman Uffizi Wrestlers Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Rochester, NY
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...
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19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Metal, Bronze

“Art Deco Dancer”
Located in Southampton, NY
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...
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Art Deco 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Cupid and Psyche
Located in PARIS, FR
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...
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French School 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Desperate
Located in PARIS, FR
Desperate by Jules DALOU (1838-1902) A bronze sculpture with a nuanced dark brownish-green patina Signed on the base " Dalou " Cast by " Susse Frères Editeurs Paris " (with the fou...
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French School 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Large French Bronze Sculpture of David and Goliath by Antonin Mercié
Located in Rochester, NY
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...
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19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Metal, Bronze

A French 19th Century Carved Marble Whimsical Figural Urn Fountain with Children
Located in LA, CA
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...
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Academic 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble

Odalisque - Silver-plated Bronze Sculpture by Giuseppe Salvi - 1886
Located in Roma, IT
The Odalisque is an original decorative object realized by Giuseppe Salvi in 1886. Silver-plated Bronze representing a young odalisque, Sign, place and...
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19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Diana with an arrow
Located in PARIS, FR
Diana with an arrow by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887) Bronze sculpture with a dual light and dark brown patina signed on the base "Carrier-Belleuse" inscribed on a front plaque "Diane à la Flèche par Carrier-Belleuse (Sculptr)" France circa 1870 height 83 cm arrow added probably in the 20th c. Biography : Albert-Ernest Carrier de Belleuse known as Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887) was one of the most prolific artists of the century and had the greatest successes under the Second Empire, enjoying the personal support of Napoleon III. His work was greatly influenced by the style of the Italian Renaissance and that of the 18th century, which he helped to bring up to date. In 1837, the young Carrier-Belleuse apprenticed in the workshop of the engraver Bauchery. He was admitted soon after to the goldsmith Jacques Henri Fauconnier. Through François Arago, he met the sculptor David d'Angers who facilitated his admission to the School of Fine Arts. Carrier-Belleuse entered it in 1840. Noted for his skill by the great bronze companies in Paris such as Barbedienne and Denière, he soon received numerous orders for models for candelabras, pendulums, fittings for fireplaces, etc. In 1848, probably at the initiative of François Arago, who became head of state, he received his first public order for a small statue of "Mademoiselle Rachel singing La Marseillaise". In 1851, he appeared for the first time at the Salon of French Artists, where he presented two bronze medallions. From 1851 to 1855, Carrier-Belleuse stayed in England, in Stoke-on-Trent where he served as director of the modeling and drawing school of the Minton house, a large porcelain manufacturer. Back in France, Carrier-Belleuse moved to Paris in a large workshop located 15 rue de la Tour d´Auvergne. From 1857, he made regular sendings to the Salon and became famous thanks to the success of large marbles, such as the "Bacchante" exhibited at the Salon in 1863, and acquired by Napoleon III, "Angelica" (1866) or even "Hebe asleep" (1869). At the Salon of 1867, his group entitled "Messiah" earned him the medal of honor of sculpture. It was acquired by the State to adorn the Chapel of the Virgin in the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church. Carrier-Belleuse acquired a great reputation in parallel for his terracotta busts which, in many respects, recall those of 18th century artists. He made portraits of a large number of celebrities of his time. He produced, among others, the busts of Napoleon III, Renan, Thiers, Grévy, Arago, Marguerite Bellanger, Théophile Gautier, Honoré Daumier, Delacroix, Hortense Schneider, Réjane… He also modelled numerous busts of mythological inspiration and historical and artistic portraits like Marie Stuart, Shakespeare or even Mozart. Carrier-Belleuse used and trained in his workshop in the rue de la Tour d´Auvergne many young talented artists such as Alexandre Falguière, Jules Desbois...
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French School 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

The Victorious David / - The melancholy of the radiant hero -
Located in Berlin, DE
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) ...
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Realist 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Emile Guillemin "The Falconer" Patinated Bronze
Located in Astoria, NY
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...
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Other Art Style 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Caress of Love
Located in PARIS, FR
"Caress of Love" by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887) Bronze group sculpture with a nuanced dark brown patina Signed on the back "A. Carrier-Belleuse" Reposing on its orig...
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French School 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Pan and Siringa
Located in Roma, RM
Jafet Torelli (active in Florence in the second half of the 19th century), Pan and Siringa Terracotta sculpture 54 x 22 x 22 cm signed Torelli Firenze on the base.
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Academic 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Terracotta

Italian 19th Century Carrara Marble Sculpture " Young Beauty Going for a Swim"
Located in LA, CA
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...
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Academic 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble

Louvre, Bronze after P. Julien Executed from a Marble Ordered by Marie-Antoinette
Located in Paris, FR
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. Born from the desire to bring together, in a unique space, vintage pieces of 20th century design, contemporary creations, original works of art and interior design know-how, AYN GALLERY was created in 2017. Our gallery presents an eclectic and daring mix, driven by a total freedom of styles and periods. We offer a collection that combines aesthetics and authenticity, in a word what we like and what our customers like. We offer an inspiring selection of furniture from the last century with rare antiques, but also precious objects and lighting with a special emphasis on vintage Italian...
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Rococo 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Émile Louis Picault Bronze Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
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 ...
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Art Nouveau 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Fabulous Italian Neoclassical Marble Sculpture of Hermes
Located in Rome, IT
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...
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Academic 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

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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Old Masters 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble

La Casta Susanna by Urbano Lucchesi
Located in New Orleans, LA
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...
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19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble

Phryne - Marble Bust of a Beautiful Young Woman Perfect Silhouette Art Nouveau
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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Art Nouveau 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble

Allegorical mythological figurative bronze from the 19th century
Located in Florence, IT
Marble-based bronze statuette depicting Cupid, holding an arrow in his hand, walking caressing a lion's mane, lowered in the act of affectionately licking his little foot. The subjec...
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Romantic 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century Bronze Sculpture "The Letter"
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique bronze sculpture of male nude reading a letter or proclamation. Marble base, 19th century. Unsigned.
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19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

The Lily
Located in PARIS, FR
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...
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French School 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble

Italian Grand Tour Augustus Caesar Carrara Marble Bust 19th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
Carved Carrara marble bust of Augustus Caesar. Italian grand tour. Mid 19th century. #roman classical greek sculpture
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19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble

Early 19th century Romantic marble sculpture - Kiss figures
Located in Varmo, IT
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. - ...
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Romantic 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble

Auguste Moreau Bronze Sculpture of Maiden Seated beside a Peacock .
Located in New York, NY
A Fine French Patinated Bronze Figure of Young Maiden sitting beside a Peacock surmounted atop a rouge marble plinth by Auguste Moreau. Perfect size for a desk or dresser, or mantle ornament...
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19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

La Perla Alabaster Birth of Venus Table Lamp by Umberto Stiaccini
Located in New York, NY
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...
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Art Nouveau 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Marble

Leda and the Swan
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a magnificent early Art Nouveau bronze by Belgian artist Jef Lambeaux(1852-1908.) “Leda and the Swan”, is an original Art Nouveau Bronze,...
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Art Nouveau 19th Century Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

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