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Art Subject: Face
Women figure on a pedestal Porcelain, silver, h 20 cm
By Ilona Romule
Located in Riga, LV
Women figure on a pedestal
Porcelain, silver, h 20 cm
by Ilona Romule, leading sculptor in Latvia
The "Women Figure on a Pedestal" is a decorative art p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
$908 Sale Price
20% Off
A late 17th Italian carved limewood figure of Mermaid, circle of Filippo Parodi
Located in PARIS, FR
A late 17th c. Italian carved figure of Mermaid,
Circle of Filippo Parodi (Genoa, 1630 – July 22, 1702)
Dimensions: h. 29.13 in, w. 30.31 in, p. 18.9 in (at the base)
Magnificent Italian Baroque sculpture depicting a mermaid seated on the rock.
All the virtuosity of the sculptor unfolds in this carved group. The fantastic creature is featured seated, the upper part of the body darting forward, the head looking upwards. Sophisticated hairstyle with rows of pearls intertwined in her hair, her loose locks fly in the wind and bring movement to the whole sculpture.
The wide-open eyes with hollowed-out pupils make it possible to follow the mermaid's gaze, towards the sky. The half-open mouth further magnifies this bewitching and seductive attitude.
Its long double tail ending in fins wraps on either side of a rocky mound strewn with objects evoking the underwater world: seashells and shells, branches of coral.
The ornamental richness combined with the great care taken in its execution make it a work in which the splendor of Italian Baroque art unfolds in such characteristic scenic movement.
The composition betrays a strong influence from Filippo Parodi, the leader of Genoese Baroque sculpture, and points to an artist from his circle.
Our sculpture was probably part of a decorative monumental palace.
The iconographic theme evoking the marine world finds its application in the numerous fountains and artificial grottos, designed in Italian palaces at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Giacomo Filippo Parodi (Genoa 1630 – July 22, 1702) was an Italian Baroque sculptor of the Genoese school, who introduced Bernini's aesthetic to Genoa.
In his youth fathers a first apprenticeship with a carpenter, he went to Rome where he became a pupil of Bernini.
He had the opportunity to admire in person the works and style of the French sculptor Pierre Puget...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$21,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Bust of Albert Einstein, Plaster Sculpture 1964
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine patinated plaster sculpture Albert Einstein mounted to a painted wooden base. The sculpture is signed illegibly and dated on the re...
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Danseuse au Voile, Renoir, Sculpture, impressionism, naked woman, nude, bronze
Located in Geneva, CH
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) La Danseuse au Voile
Cast in 1964
Ed. 14/20 pcs / Conceived in 1913 Bronze with a black patina
64 x 46 x 28 cm
Signed, foundry's stamp and numbered ...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bust of a young woman / - Beauty of youth -
Located in Berlin, DE
Anonymous, Bust of a young woman, c. 1900, artificial marble and gray onyx marble. 37 cm (height) x 37 cm (width) x 22 cm (depth), weight 17.2 kg. Signed “GURRINI” on the reverse.
-...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Urbancat Elegance : Blu Metropolis Muse
By Hiro Ando
Located in PARIS, FR
2008, Edition of 20
resin fiberglass painted & varnished
39 2/5 × 23 3/5 × 15 7/10 in - 100 × 60 × 40 cm
The artwork is signed by the Artist , carved with edition number and date...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Resin
American Story No.1776
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove of artifacts and collectables which she began using to create assemblage art in the 1990’s. In 2000 she sold her business and moved to Cuyamaca, a remote community in the mountains outside of San Diego to devote herself exclusively to her artwork. In 2003 her work was interrupted when the Cedar Fire swept through San Diego county and destroyed the forest, her home & studio along with almost all of her collections and works of art. Following the fire she relocated to San Francisco, where she spent a decade concentrating on her art in her studio in SOMA and exhibiting at galleries in the Bay Area. In 2015 she returned to San Diego and now works out of her studio in La Jolla, exhibiting there and in Los Angeles.
Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “saved” as opposed to “found” objects in her work; and her pieces always have a political or cultural narrative to them rather than being surreal or abstract. She also constructs or refashions many of the pieces which she uses in her art, for example she turns a soft drink box...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media
Guardian - contemporary, sculpture, bronze, patina and iron, 21st C.
Located in London, GB
Original 4/8 2018
Javier was born in 1984 and graduated in Fine Arts in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 2007.
The essence of his work is the union with the feeling of life...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Large Blanc de Chine Figure Of Guanyin
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Large 35" tall, fine detail porcelain Dehua Blanc de Chine figure of Kwan Yin, early 20th Century. The goddess is clothed in a voluminous flowing robe which is open at the chest to r...
Category
1920s Qing Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Head of a Woman, green patina cement head by Erzia
Located in New York, NY
Head of a Woman, ca. 1939.
Stepan Dmitrievich Erzia, born Stepan Nefyodov on October 27, 1876, in Bayevo, Simbirsk Governorate, Russia, was a distinguished sculptor of Erzya Mordvin descent. He adopted "Erzia" as his artistic pseudonym to honor his ethnic heritage.
Erzia's artistic journey began with apprenticeships in icon-painting studios in Alatyr and Kazan between 1892 and 1897. During this period, he decorated churches throughout the Volga region and attended the Kazan Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Demure Young Woman (Contemporary Bronze Sculpture)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A gorgeous solid bronze on marble pedestal depicting a demure young woman observing something that appears to be just in front of her. Is she a bit timid, perhaps? A lovely patina ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare Cast Painted Bronze Head Sculpture British Realist Sculptor John Davies
Located in Surfside, FL
John Davies (Cheshire, 1946), British sculptor.
Bronze sculpture head
Unique cast (1/1)
This was shown at Marlborough Fine Art (London) Ltd in a show called John Davies New Sculpt...
Category
1990s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"The Artist's Wife", Frederick Hart, Figurative Bronze Sculpture, 25x21x13 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
"The Artists Wife" by Frederick Hart is a figurative Bronze sculpture bust of Frederick Hart's wife numbered 23/25. His wife blissfully sits with a drapery over her shoulders and loo...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Indonesian Shadow Puppet Wayang Purwa, " Leather created in Indonesia
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This flat shadow puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist using water buffalo hide. This shadow puppet, 17 1/2" high with movable arms, was use...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Animal Skin, Leather
Human face gargoyle/grotesque snarling man; Gothic Limestone Carving
Located in Indianapolis, IN
This gothic style architectural segment of a building facade located ion Harlem, NYC, was carved 1924-1926 by William Bradley & Son Cut Stone Contractors. In 2020, each limestone scu...
Category
1920s Gothic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Eva Bronze Sculpture Female Nude Figure Contemporary
By Erwin Meijer
Located in Utrecht, NL
Eva Bronze Sculpture Female Nude Figure Contemporary
The statues of Erwin Meijer are subtle with a recognizable, personal handwriting.
Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Spring Woman Lying Down Bronze Sculpture Female Figure
By KOBE
Located in Utrecht, NL
Spring Woman Lying Down Bronze Sculpture Female Figure
KOBE, pseudonym of Jacques Saelens, was a Belgian artist (Kortrijk, Belgium 1950 – Saint-Julien...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Allegory of Progress
By Louis Chalon
Located in PARIS, FR
Allegory of Progress
by Louis CHALON (1866-1940)
Bronze with dual patina
Raised on a yellow Siena marble base
Signed on the side of the base " L. Chalon "
Old period cast
France
ci...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Surrealist Sculpture, "Nala"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original sculpture by San Diego artist, Cheryl Tall. Its dimensions are 6" x 14.5" x 9". A Certificate of Authenticity will follow...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
BAMANA WOMAN SEATED
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Figures like these appear in the annual celebrations of Jo, an association of initiated men and women living near the towns of Bougouni and Dioïla in southern Mali. They also appear ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$700 Sale Price
22% Off
Off-White Plaster Head Sculpture, 2025 - 'Mask 3'
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Chidy Wayne (b. 1981, Spain) is an artist based in Barcelona. Over the years, he has established himself as a recognized figure in the art world, developing a personal artistic langu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Plaster
“Salome”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original bronze sculpture of Salome by the Swiss sculptor Alfred Jean Foretay. Circa 1925. Condition is excellent. Signed in the base. Overall height which includes the green ma...
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Gold Wood French Signed F. Barbedienne Paris Shield Sculpture
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Large 19th-century decorative shield. Finely carved and gilded wood work with mythological motifs and figures, signed F. Barbedienne Paris, attributed to the great French foundryman ...
Category
1860s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Apollo
Located in PARIS, FR
"Apollo" by Henri Bouchard (1875-1960)
An Art Deco period masterpiece!
Exceptional bronze sculpture with a golden-brown patina
Signed " H. Bouchard "
Unique piece
This work personifies Apollo, god of the Arts. Represented here as Apollo Musagète, leader of the procession of muses and winner of the serpent Python.
This subject was commissioned to adorn the entrance to the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, and whose monumental bronze is still exhibited there.
To participate in the Venice Biennale in 1938, Henri Bouchard had reduced in 1937 the large Apollo of the Palais de Chaillot, which had not yet been installed.
Vintage cast by Bisceglia (cast founder stamp) made during the artist's lifetime.
Incised dedication below signature : " à mon cher ami E. Sandoz "
This is a unique cast made for the sculptor Edouard-Marcel Sandoz (1881-1971).
This cast was exhibited at the 1938 Venice Biennale.
France
1937
height : 82 cm
width : 45 cm
depth : 30 cm
weight : 31,2 kgs
Stickers under the bronze cast :
- Sticker mentioning that this cast has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale of 1938 under the number 354 ("Biennale Internaz. d'Arte Venezia – 1938 – XVI – 354").
- Sticker mentioning that this cast went through Italian customs ("ne – merci – dogana italiana – visitate - 9622")
- Damaged Sticker mentioning the name ("A…") and the address ("25…") of the owner of the cast (maybe for the workshop "Atelier Henri Bouchard", 25 rue d’Yvettes, 75016 Paris).
Provenance :
- Edouard-Marcel Sandoz, Paris, according to the dedication.
- Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein (entrepreneur and founder of Sire Records, famous American record label ; and avid collector of 19th and 20th century fine art...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$200,842
"FRIDA'S WEDDING" FRIDA KAHLO BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett
(Born 1952)
Fredericksburg, Texas Artist
Image Size: 26 tall x 12 x 8
Medium: Bronze Sculpture
"Frida's Wedding" Frida Kahlo
John Bennett (Born 1952)
John Bennett was de...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Eugene Marioton - Bronze Statue
Located in Berlin, DE
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...
Category
19th Century Jugendstil Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Alex Katz 'Yvonne' Stainless Steel Multiple with Impressed Signature 2018
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present)
This Alex Katz work 'Yvonne' is a 2018 cutout in powder-coated aluminum, UV archival inks, stainless steel. The signature impressed to the base ‘Alex Katz’....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
"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
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
Mathurin Moreau (1822-1912) Figural Bronze statue of The Allegory of Spring
Located in New York, NY
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Human face gargoyle/grotesque screaming man; Gothic Limestone Carving
Located in Indianapolis, IN
This gothic style architectural segment of a building facade located ion Harlem, NYC, was carved 1924-1926 by William Bradley & Son Cut Stone Contractors. In 2020, each limestone scu...
Category
1920s Gothic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Italian Stone Garden Sculptures of Roman Mythological subject of Apollo
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in Vicenza limestone of Apollo in Excellent condition from an estate of Veneto. Timeless decoration for your interior or garden.
Measurements: St...
Category
20th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Human face gargoyle/grotesque grinning old man; Gothic Limestone Carving
Located in Indianapolis, IN
This gothic style architectural segment of a building facade located ion Harlem, NYC, was carved 1924-1926 by William Bradley & Son Cut Stone Contractors. In 2020, each limestone scu...
Category
1920s Gothic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Human face gargoyle/grotesque silly smiling man; Gothic Limestone Carving
Located in Indianapolis, IN
This gothic style architectural segment of a building facade located ion Harlem, NYC, was carved 1924-1926 by William Bradley & Son Cut Stone Contractors. In 2020, each limestone scu...
Category
1920s Gothic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Bogota's Glory
Located in PARIS, FR
Bogota's Glory
by Henri Bouchard (1875-1960)
Sculpture in bronze with a nuanced yellow-brown patina
Signed "H. Bouchard" on the base
Cast by "Siot" (stamp)
France
circa 1927
height...
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pandora's Secret
Located in PARIS, FR
Pandora's Secret
by Maurice BOUVAL (1863-1916)
Sculpture made in bronze with a nuanced dual patina, light –and dark brown
signed on the base " M. Bouval "
old edition cast
presente...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in New York, NY
Nothing is more delightful than depictions of people from the turn of the century that convey a distinguished sort of elegance, composure and dignity. Gone today is the concept of "...
Category
1910s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Push Up Wood Figure
By Ai Weiwei
Located in Washington , DC, DC
This push up wooden figure features Ai Weiwei standing on top of a Han Dynasty urn printed with one of his trademark "ism's." It is inspired by his artwork ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Insilit Bronze Marble Stone Nude Contemporary Sculpture Boy Jumping In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Insilit Bronze Marble Stone Nude Contemporary Sculpture Boy Jumping In Stock - Sizes of sculpture, without Stone pedestal : 40 x 32 x 22 cm
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a sel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Ototélie by Sophie Susplugas
Located in Pasadena, CA
Bronze founder CHAPON 3/8. Lost wax.
Sophie Susplugas lives and works in Paris. From her earliest years she carved busts, hands, dancers and dancers. It all starts with the ground...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,840 Sale Price
28% Off
Antique, Marble Sculpture of Juno
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunningly hand carved, large, circa 1825, solid Carrara marble statue of the crowned, Roman goddess, Juno- known in ancient times as the ruler of marriage, home, and family, a champ...
Category
1820s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"GRACE IN THE STORM" BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett
(Born 1952)
Fredericksburg, Texas Artist
"Grace in the Storm"
John Bennett (Born 1952)
John Bennett was designated Texas State Artist 2010 by the 81st Texas Legislature....
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Belle Attente
Located in Pasadena, CA
Sculpture
Original bronze
BELLE ATTENTE
Wax lost bronze signed on the thigh: N °: 2/8
foundry stamp CHAPON
Born in 1960 in a family of artists collecting the bronzes of the Italian Renaissance...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$6,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Monumental Pair of White Marble Sculptures of Classical Figures
Located in Rome, IT
Standing figure of Julius Caesar wearing a Tunic and holding a billowing drapery with a composition marble square-section pedestal.
. The other figure is of Hannibal.
Provenance fro...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Life Size Sculpture of Male Head in Patina Bronze "Diadji"
Located in New York, NY
Bronze life-size male head with a dark brown patina. Sculpted in Florence Italy and casted in bronze just outside of the city. This is an earlier piece that holds a distinctly differ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Shadow Puppet Wayang Purwa, " Leather created in Indonesia in the 19th Century
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This flat shadow puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist using water buffalo hide. This shadow puppet, 17" high with movable arms, was used in Indonesian Wayang puppet shows.
Wayang (Krama Javanese: Ringgit ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀, "Shadow"), also known as Wajang, is a form of puppet theatre art found in Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia, wherein a dramatic story is told through shadows thrown by puppets and sometimes combined with human characters. The art form celebrates the Indonesian culture and artistic talent; its origins are traced to the spread of Hinduism in the medieval era and the arrival of leather-based puppet arts called Tholu bommalata from southern India.
Wayang refers to the entire dramatic show. Sometimes the leather puppet...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Animal Skin, Leather
Young girl from Bou-Saada
Located in PARIS, FR
Young girl from Bou-Saada
by Louis-Ernest BARRIAS (1841-1905)
Rare bronze sculpture with a triple, dark brown, nuanced brown and gilded patina
Signed on the base " E. Barrias "
Cast...
Category
Early 1900s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
St. Joseph with Child Terracotta Bolognese School 18th Century Gabriello Pio
Located in Milano, IT
St. Joseph with Child in Terracotta beautiful example of Bolognese plastic from the 1700s, circle of Angelo Gabriello Piò (Bologna 1690 - 1770).
Modeled as a full-length figure, th...
Category
18th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Locomotive Engineer, Early 20th Century Bronze Laborer, Cleveland School
By Max Kalish
Located in Beachwood, OH
Max Kalish (American, 1891-1945)
Locomotive Engineer, 1926
Bronze
Signed and dated on base, foundry mark: Meroni Radice Cire Perdue Paris
15.5 x 6 x 5 inches
Born in Poland March 1, 1891, figurative sculptor Max Kalish came to the United States in 1894, his family settling in Ohio. A talented youth, Kalish enrolled at the Cleveland Institute of Art as a fifteen-year-old, receiving a first-place award for modeling the figure during studies with Herman Matzen. Kalish went to New York City following graduation, studying with Isidore Konti and Herbert Adams...
Category
1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Figurative Ceramic Sculpture with Forged Iron Collar Woman Scarf, Women of Iron
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Figurative ceramic sculpture with forged iron elements and hand-painted polychromy, this female bust explores identity, tension and material presence. In this ceramic sculpture, Ósca...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Promise at Dawn by M. de Soos - Figurative bronze sculpture, man, music
Located in Paris, FR
Promise at Dawn is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos. Dimensions are 82 × 34 × 19 cm (32.3 × 13.4 × 7.5 in).
This original artwork is a signed and numb...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Group of three
By Wolfgang Stiller
Located in PARIS, FR
Wolfgang Stiller has been working as an artist for almost 40 years. He faced the fall of the Berlin Wall and the prime of popular culture in New York....
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"As the Crow Flies" -- Assemblage by Kat Flyn
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media
Churchill Bronze Bust by Vivien Mallock
Located in New Orleans, LA
Vivien Mallock
b.1945 British
Sir Winston Churchill
Signed “VM” and numbered "9/12"
Bronze with a brown patina
Winston Churchill stands as one of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Grouping of Three Period Ancestor Posts, Possibly Aztec
Located in Chicago, IL
A Grouping of Three Period Figural Ancestor Posts; Mexican Tribal Figures, Possibly Pre-Columbian Aztec. Each are Terra cotta or sandstone with obsidian glass inlay to the eyes; Da...
Category
16th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Bust of Pope Innocent XI Odescalchi by Domenico Guidi
Located in New Orleans, LA
This monumental bust is a museum-quality example of Roman Baroque sculpture. Crafted by the legendary Domenico Guidi and carved from Carrara marble, the impressive portrait captures the visage of Pope Innocent XI, Benedetto Odescalchi (1611-1689). It presents a larger-than-life example of Guidi’s remarkable skill as a sculptor, which ultimately made his workshop one of the most important in Rome during his age. Today, his works are rarely found on the market, particularly his extraordinary works in marble.
Pope Innocent XI was born Benedetto Odescalchi into an Italian noble family of prominent bankers. Spending his early years in banking, he eventually turned to the law, earning his doctorate in 1639. His background would serve him well in his service to the papacy, and he became known as a frugal and devout member of the Church. In 1676, he was unanimously elected Pop after the death of Clement X. During his nearly 13-year reign, he instilled his own personal ideals of austerity and frugality onto the Church, with a deep commitment to reform and piety.
He is captured here by Guidi in his traditional Pope’s mozzetta and camauro cap. A wide stole is draped over his shoulders, ornamented by acanthus leaves and the coat of arms of the Odescalchi family. It displays Guidi’s mastery over the chiaroscuro effect, particularly in the high level of contrast in his cheeks and his eyes, which Guidi achieved through various methods of high polish.
A very similar portrait sculpture of Pope Innocent XI by Guidi can be found in the collection of the Royal Castle in Warsaw. The Warsaw bust belongs to a series of portraits of popes which the Odescalchi family commissioned from Domenico Guidi in the 1690s. Compared to that example, the present bust is far more dramatic, with deeper cut lines and a more precise expression. It is likely that the present piece was seen by the Odescalchi family, who ordered a similar one to be made. The piece was almost certainly intended to be displayed in a niche, given its dramatic cutting and its roughly carved back.
Others of Guidi’s busts can be found in important collections throughout Italy, England and the United States, though many of these are lesser bronze repetitions. A bronze bust of the Pope Alexander VIII by Guidi is currently in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum (London), while a terracotta version of the same is in the Los Angeles County Museum. A bronze of Pope Alexander VIII can be found in the Princely Collection of Lichtenstein, and his impressive marble papal bust of Clement IX graces the pope’s tomb in Santa Maria Maggiore. The present bust of Pope...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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...
Category
19th Century Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Portrait of a Lady
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of a Lady
by Charles CORDIER (1827-1905)
A rare bust in white Carrara marble
and onyx for the drape
Signed on the backside " C. Cordier "
Presented on a rounded white marbl...
Category
1860s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
New York Times Double Chuck
By Paul Rousso
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Paul Rousso attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio and went on to earn his BFA from the California College of the Arts in 1981. In his...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Polystyrene, Mixed Media
Marie de' Medici
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Mathurin Moreau 1822-1912, was a French sculptor in the classic academic style. His father was also a sculptor and his siblings. Mathurin first received a medal at the Salon in 1848,...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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At Hosfelt Gallery, Bertoia Masterworks Complement Dynamic Contemporary Art
For nearly three decades, San Francisco–based Todd Hosfelt has curated against the grain — with a show on the legendary modernist Harry Bertoia the latest case in point.
This Weathered-Steel Sculpture Distills a Form of Protest into a Minimalist Monument
Part of Alejandro Vega Beuvrin’s “Barricada” series, the work is a subversive tribute to the street smarts of citizen activists.
How the Chunky, Funky Ceramics of 5 Mid-Century American Artists Balanced Out Slick Modernism
Get to know the innovators behind the pottery countercultural revolution.
Art Brings the Drama in These Intriguing 1stDibs 50 Spaces
The world’s top designers explain how they display art to elicit the natural (and supernatural) energy of home interiors.
Chryssa’s 1962 Neon Sculpture Was Way ahead of the Art-World Curve
By working with lettering, neon and Pop imagery, Chryssa pioneered several postmodern themes at a time when most male artists detested commercial mediums.
How to Spot a Fake KAWS Figure
KAWS art toys have developed an avid audience in recent decades, and as in any robust collectible market, counterfeiters have followed the mania. Of course, you don’t have to worry about that on 1stDibs, where all our sellers are highly vetted.
A Giant Wedding Cake Has Us Looking at Portuguese Tiles in a New Light
At Waddesdon Manor, artist Joana Vasconcelos has installed a three-tiered patisserie inspired by the narrative tile work of her homeland. We take a look at the cake sculpture and how Portuguese tiles have been used in architecture from the 17th century to today.
These Soft Sculptures Are Childhood Imaginary Friends Come to Life
Miami artist and designer Gabriela Noelle’s fantastical creations appeal to the Peter Pan in all of us.