Renaissance Nude Sculptures

Unknown Artist (Italy, early 17th century) Seated Faun Bronze on a marble base (later), 32 cm in height Provenance: Private collection This bronze depicts a faun, a mythological figure from ancient Rome often associated with nature and fertility, embodying both human and animal attributes. The faun is portrayed here in a dynamic posture, seated on a marble base, which, though added later, enhances the sculptural dimension of the piece. His muscular and tense body seems to capture a moment of jubilation or exuberant pleasure, as evidenced by his upturned face and open mouth in an ecstatic smile. This expressive gesture, along with the casual positioning of his raised arm behind his head, evokes the freedom and hedonism traditionally associated with these mythological creatures. The quality of the bronze craftsmanship is remarkable, particularly in the muscular details and the expressiveness of the face, signs of technical mastery typical of late Renaissance and early Baroque Italian sculpture. The faun's legs are muscular but also marked by hooves, emphasizing his hybrid nature, half-human and half-animal. This hybridity reflects an iconographic tradition in which fauns are often associated with debauchery and wild living, removed from human society. Seventeenth-century Italy, particularly Rome and Florence, was a hub of prolific artistic production, with artists such as Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Alessandro Algardi...

Apollo and Dafne is an original old master sculpture realized between 1712-1719. Original Maissen porcelain (first period). Small sculptural group ...

Apollo and Dafne is an original old master sculpture realized beetween 1712-1719. Original Maissen porcelain (first period). Small sculptural group...

Burnished bronze table sculpture on plexiglass base. "Cherub". Italy, 16th century.

An early French wooden panel carved in bas relief, depicting a muscular male nude rider, accompanied by his dog. Sculpted in honey-coloured wood, this antique piece, dates from the ...

an impressive and superlative torso sculpture of Doryphoros after the original made by Polykleitos or Policletus carved in white statuary marble and representing the perfection of th...

a very beautiful sculpture of Doryphoros after the original by Polykleitos, that was one of the best known Greek sculptures of classical antiquity, depicting a solidly built, muscu...

a classical piece of the roman art, a male torso sculpture of Hermes after the original made by the famous greek sculptor Praxiteles. This beautiful artwork is carved by hand by the ...

Monumental Carrara Statue of Venus by M. Passini. Professor Passini was an artist in the 19th century Italy. Lovely white marble statue of the Roman Goddess Venus Venus is named aft...

Signed Verso. Marshall Wood was a sculptor who lived in the United Kingdom. He was a pupil of Sir Francis Chantrey. Wood was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy between 1854 an...