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Art Subject: Men
Nude
By Ybah
Located in Pasadena, CA
After studying fine arts, a need for contact with solid material was needed. Ybah took a classic artistic path from an academic education from the Louvre reproductions, learning at t...
Category
20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$5,200 Sale Price
27% Off
Embrione II - hand carved contemporary figurative Italian marble sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
Abstract modern white Carrara marble sculpture by contemporary Italian sculptor Lorenzo Vignoli, interpreting classical references and contemporary Mediterranean influences
Embrione...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble, Carrara Marble
Saint Sebastian Lombard school. Italian Renaissance Carved alabaster.
Located in PARIS, FR
Large Saint Sebastian finely carved in alabaster. The saint is attached to a column surmounted by a capital, beautiful soft features and superb hair wi...
Category
16th Century Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Alabaster
$8,355 Sale Price
20% Off
Majestic Nishikigoi in Metal Splendor : Aqueous Grandeur Silver
By Hiro Ando
Located in PARIS, FR
2015, 8 Editions
stainless steel polished and carved , painted & varnished.
31 1/2 × 29 1/2 × 39 2/5 in - 80 × 75 × 100 cm
The artwork is signed by the Artist , carved with edition n...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Victor Salmones QUEEN OF SPACE Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Victor Salmones (Mexican, 1937-1984)
Marking(s); notes: signed; marking(s); ed. 1/10
Materials: bronze
Dimensions (H, W, D): 21"h, 10.75"w, 16.75"d; 36...
Category
20th Century Modern Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Laura Bronze Sculpture Female Figure Lying Down Woman
By KOBE
Located in Utrecht, NL
Laura Bronze Sculpture Female Figure Lying Down Woman
KOBE, pseudonym of Jacques Saelens, was a Belgian artist (Kortrijk, Belgium 1950 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Roman Bronze Statue of Youth
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A cast, Roman, Grand Tour bronze figure of a youth. Wonderful patina. Measures : Statue is 23"H. Base is 8.75"W x 7.5"D.
Category
Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Unknown woman
Located in Täby, SE
Inspired by the head of Apollo by Antoine Bourdelle. A woman with strong firm but still vulnerable expresson.
Category
1980s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,505 Sale Price
20% Off
"Dreams of Ecstasy", Martin Eichinger, Figurative, Bronze, Romance, 70x12x17 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
Immerse yourself in a world where emotions run high and desires are laid bare with our stunning Dreams of Ecstasy sculpture. Crafted with exquisite detail, this towering masterpiece ...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Seated Female Figure: 'Nageuse Reveuse'
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Man Standing, 21st Century Contemporary Wooden Sculpture by Pedro Quesada Sierra
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This ceramic buste is made by Spanish artist Pedro Quesada Sierra. The Spanish sculptor, despite his only 39 years, is already a lot of laureate artist. In March 2018 he received, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
The Rape of Sabine Iconic Bronze Sculpture 1930
Located in Rome, IT
Fine Group of Sculptures in Bronze after Jean de Boulogne (Giambologna)
The torturously twisting Rape of the Sabine Women is one of the finest and most technically difficult sculptures in the world. Three intertwined bodies, two men and a woman, spiral upwards as the woman tries to escape the clutches of the younger man standing over the older one. It is an absolute masterpiece by the Flemish sculptor Giambologna.
After the original in Florence’s Loggia dei Lanzi, Piazza della Signoria...
Category
1920s Mannerist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Married Love by Oscar Nemon
Located in New Orleans, LA
Oscar Nemon
1906 - 1985 Croatian
Married Love
Signed “Nemon” (on reverse)
Bronze resin with green patina
This rousing and sentimental sculpture, commis...
Category
20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Satyr from a Padovan model
Located in London, GB
(Possibly after) THE WORKSHOP OF SEVERO DA RAVENNA (ITALIAN, 1465-1543)
Satyr from a Padovan model
18th/early 19th Century
bronze
21 x 14 x 16 cm (8¼...
Category
Early 19th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Daiquiri (bronze resin) - contemporary tall figure female fashion sculpture
Located in London, GB
edition of 20
Sara trained under Ken Hughes, a pupil of Henry Moore, at Bath Academy of Art. There she achieved a first class honours degree in Sculpture and was awarded the Henry M...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Angelic Crystal, Atelier, Terracotta
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Angelic Crystal, Atelier – Terracotta" is a radiant expression of purity, ascension, and transformation. Captured in a moment of poised elevation, the female figure is both grounded...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Austrian Cold Painted Bronze by Franz Bergmann
Located in New York, NY
FRANZ BERGMANN
Austrian, (1838-1894)
an Arab Riding a Camel
Austrian Cold-Painted Bronze Figures of a an Arab riding a camel. On marble base, signed "Nam Greb”.
10 1/2 inches high
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Standing figure: 'Nageuse vedette'
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Artista fiorentino del XVII secolo da Verrocchio putto fontana in terracotta
Located in Florence, IT
Questa statua in terracotta in eccellente stato conservativo considerata l'età e la fragilità del materiale, raffigura un putto nell'atto di soffiare, colto in una posa di intenso p...
Category
17th Century Renaissance Nude Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Sancai-Glazed Official
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A Sancai, tri color glazed pottery figure of a Tang Dynasty official. Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD).
Category
15th Century and Earlier Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Thebian Trojan Kouros Bronze Sculpture Torso Male Nude Figure Classic
Located in Utrecht, NL
Trojan Kouros Bronze Sculpture Torso Male Nude Figure Classic
For years Joris August Verdonkschot decicated himself to filming. He studied Law ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Three Magi
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: Private Collection, Spain.
Known as Peruvian alabaster for its translucency and workability, Piedra de Huamanga is a highly prized material from the province of Ayacucho in Peru. In the 17th and 18th centuries, local craftsman in the town of Huamanga began to specialize in the production of small-scale, polychrome religious sculptures made from this distinctive stone. Huamanga sculptures are among the most accomplished examples of carving from the Spanish Americas, where polychrome wood sculpture was a far more common sculptural medium. These works, which were created as independent sculptures or as sculptural groups—such as our three Magi—were intended for ecclesiastical as well as domestics settings.
Our three figures likely formed part of a larger Nativity group—a New World variant of the tradition of the Neapolitan Crèche...
Category
Late 18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Mother and Child, with a base
Located in PARIS, FR
Mother and Child, with a base
by Baltasar LOBO (1910-1993)
A bronze group with a dark brownish green patina
Signed on the base " Lobo "
Cast by " Susse Fondeur Paris " (with the fou...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Throughline" Black bas-relief wall hanging sculpture featuring male profile
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Throughline" is an original piece by Jedediah Morfit made from sculpted plaster and covering in black paint featuring a portrait of a young man with abstracted motion in low relief,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Acrylic
Le Rêve du Poète
Located in New York, NY
MATHURIN MOREAU
French, (1822-1912)
Le Rêve du Poète
Circa 1860, Patinated bronze; Signed ‘math moreau’ and Inscribed REVE DU POETE par MTH MOREAU, MEDAILL...
Category
1860s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Learning to Fly" Bronze figurative sculpture of a woman holding a child up
By Monica Wyatt
Located in Edgartown, MA
I first realized my love for visual storytelling when I began producing and directing television shows. Starting with the writer’s script, my palette was everything seen through the ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Amoroso Bronze Sculpture Couple Love Beloved Loving Man and Woman Portrait
By KOBE
Located in Utrecht, NL
Amoroso Bronze Sculpture Couple Love Beloved Loving Man and Woman Portrait
KOBE, pseudonym of Jacques Saelens, was a Belgian artist (Kortrijk, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Blower, 2011
Located in Atlanta, GA
In the work of the sculptor and painter Samuel Salcedo, it is possible to raise a deep and at the same time fun reflection on the human condition. He st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Outdoor Italian Stone Garden Sculptures of Mythological subject of Hercules
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in Vicenza limestone of Hercules in excellent condition from an estate of Veneto. Timeless decoration for your interior or garden.
Measurements: ...
Category
20th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
"Be Real" Bronze Sculpture 14" x 6" x 7" inch Edition of 399 by Huang Yulong
By Huang Yulong
Located in Culver City, CA
"Be Real" Bronze Sculpture 14" x 6" x 7" inch Edition of 399 by Huang Yulong
Be real/爱
Love (putting hands together)
Be firmly loyal to your heart and express your heart passionatel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
14th-century Gothic gargoyle in limestone
Located in Milano, IT
Fascinating limestone gargouille (or gargoyle) from the region of Avignon, France, dating from the 14th century. A rare and striking hand-carved piece that perfectly embodies the med...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
"Warming Up"
By Victor Manuel Villarreal
Located in Southampton, NY
Bronze ballet dancer by Mexican artist Victor Manuel Villarreal, circa 1985. Signed at base. Condition is excellent. Provenance: Sarasota, Flori...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Arsinoe IV Alabaster Sculpture Gold Copper Contemporary In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Arsinoe IV Alabaster Sculpture Gold Copper Contemporary In Stock
Gerti Bierenbroodspot is a leading Dutch painter, sculptor, writer and poet. Sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Copper, Gold Leaf
Six Miles South
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed/signed by Artist on base of sculpture with edition number.
7/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$4,800
The two of us
Located in New York, US
Marco Olivier is a renowned South African artist and owner of a bronze foundry in Cape Town. He is widely known for his original art in resin and bronze,...
Category
2010s Sculptures
Materials
Resin
$12,500
''Angry Wolf'', Dutch Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Wolf
By Ans Zondag
Located in Utrecht, NL
After studying Fine Art in the Netherlands Ans Zondag (1959) spent several years abroad in order to explore different artistic areas and to establish which technique suited her best....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Le cantique des pilotis by M. de Soos - Figurative bronze sculpture, dark tones
Located in Paris, FR
Le cantique des pilotis is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 65.5 × 29 × 26 cm (25.8 × 11.4 × 10.3 in).
The sculpture is signed and num...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Evening Roost" Wildlife Bronze Sculpture of Green-Wing Teal Ducks Ed. 34/40
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic bronze wildlife sculpture by Texas based artist Ronnie Wells. The work features a pair of green-wing teal ducks by the water as they inspect a snail. Titled, signed, and...
Category
1980s Naturalistic Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Buddhist High Priest Polychrome Wood Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Buddhist High Priest in sitting position on lotus flower,
Polychrome Wood Sculpture
Rare early 19th-Century Balinese wood sculpture of the ...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
The Discus Thrower (Discobolus) - Antique Bronze Statue after Myron
Located in New Orleans, LA
This statue came to us as part of a group of statues purchased by a European traveler taking the continental "tour" many did as a rite of passage in the late 19th century, bringing h...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Earth
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 17
Jane DeDecker’s energetic and dynamic bronze sculptures serve as a reflection of her own life experiences and those of her closely-knit family. Her twelve nieces and ne...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$40,500
Socrates in the Temple of Wisdom - Antique Bronze and Marble Sculpture
Located in New Orleans, LA
This statue came to us as part of a group of statues purchased by a European traveler taking the continental "tour" many did as a rite of passage in the late 19th century, bringing h...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Dancing in the moonlight
Located in New York, US
Marco Olivier is a renowned South African artist and owner of a bronze foundry in Cape Town. He is widely known for his original art in resin and bronze,...
Category
2010s Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Untitled
By Eddy Firmin
Located in Montreal, Quebec
The first decades of the 21st century shaped the period of reconfiguration of the "world order", according to Pedro Pablo Gómez1, into three options: "rewesternalization, dewesternal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Grande Contorsionniste V
By Mauro Corda
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mauro Corda’s figurative sculptures maintain a reverence for classical and modernist traditions, while also expressing the artist’s voice. Though born in France, the artist hails fro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Superb Neoclassical White Marble Bust of Flora France 1850 '
Located in Rome, IT
Superbly carved white statuary Carrara marble bust of Flora, the goddess of flowers.
Flora was often associated with the coming of spring and th...
Category
1850s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"Surgeon" Dimensional hand-cut paper collage by Alex Eckman-Lawn
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Surgeon" is an original artwork by Alex Eckman-Lawn made of hand-cut paper and layered to create a dimensional illusion. This piece measures 11"h x 9"w x 1.25"d and is shipped in th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital Pigment
In the Line of Fire
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
Metal
Like Riding a Bike
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 31
American, b. 1961
Jane DeDecker’s energetic and dynamic bronze sculptures serve as a reflection of her own life experiences and those of her closely-knit family. Her twelve nieces and nephews are the primary source of her inspiration, though DeDecker’s sculptures are not portraits. In fact, her loose style leaves her viewers with room for interpretation, so as to see their own lives within her sculptures. This imprecision, combined with her unique ability to capture specific moments to which each viewer can relate on a personal level, regardless of age, give DeDecker’s work a timeless quality that spans generations.
DeDecker began her artistic training as a painter at the University of Northern Colorado, until a professor, noticing her joy in the portrayal of shapes and forms, suggested she try her hand at sculpture. Taking his advice, DeDecker went on to study at Gobelins School of Tapestry in Paris, and in returning to Colorado, spent five years as master craftsman to the notable bronze sculptor George Lundeen.
DeDecker is a Fellow of the National Sculpture Society and has gone on to receive copious awards, such as the Critics Choice Award from the Kimball Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX. Major installations of DeDecker’s sculptures are located at the Presidential Library in Washington, DC; the Mayo Clinic...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Italian Terracotta Figure Of The Child Hercules, Rome, 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
After Alessandro Algardi (Bologna, 1585 - Roma,1654)
YOUNG HERCULES, Italy, 18th Century
terracotta
44 x 25 x 25 cm
17 1/4 x 9 3/4 x 9 3/4 in
This lovely sculpture represents the young Hercules, seated with his legs crossed, gently holding a bird with his right hand, raised in the air, while supporting his own weight with his left hand.
The artwork refers to the notorious Roman sculpture of the young Hercules killing the snakes sent by Hera, exhibited at the Capitoline Museums in Rome. Academics have identified the young emperor Caracalla or, more recently, Annio Vero, son of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, in the portrait of the sculpture.
During the 16th Century there has been an increasing interest of patrons towards the theme of mythology and several acclaimed Italian sculptors worked on the creation of sculptures and depictions of Roman Gods.
Among them, the distinguished baroque artist Alessandro Algardi worked on the restoration of several ancient sculptures...
Category
18th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Azimuth Bronze Sculpture Classical Contemporary Mythology
By Margot Homan
Located in Utrecht, NL
Azimuth Bronze Sculpture Classical Contemporary Mythology
The sculptures of Margot Homan (1956, Oss, the Netherlands) show a perfect command of the old craft of modelling and sculp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Iron, Bronze
The Hunt Large Bronze Sculpture Ferdinand Barbedienne Fondeur Napoleon III
Located in Pistoia, IT
Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905) "The Hunt.
Impressive bronze sculpture with brown patina, 98 cm tall. Signature "E. Barrias" on the rock; "F. Barbedienne fondeur Paris" and mechanic...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Man met Kraag Man with Collar Unique Bronze Sculpture Contemporary
By Erwin Meijer
Located in Utrecht, NL
Man met Kraag Man with Collar Unique Bronze Sculpture Contemporary
The statues of Erwin Meijer are subtle with a recognizable, personal handwriting.
They breathe the atmosphere of a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Amanda Polo-neck Belt Skirt Boots -- Multiple, Sculpture, Unique by Julian Opie
By Julian Opie
Located in London, GB
Standing Arms Crossed, 2000
Julian Opie
Paint and vinyl on wood, black on white sculpture
Signed in pen on underside
From the edition of three, each a unique colour variant
Sculptur...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Vinyl
Austrian Cold Painted Bronze by Bergmann
Located in New York, NY
FRANZ BERGMAN
Austrian, (1861-1936)
A Fine Quality Austrian cold-painted Bronze Table Lamp and Sculpture Depicting an Arab merchant, stamped...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
SOPHIA: “The Birth of Culture” Peter Brenner - Bronze sculpture, mythology
Located in Paris, FR
Sophia: “the Birth of Culture” is a sculpture by Guatemalan artist Walter Peter Brenner, dimensions are 100 × 41 × 21 cm (39.3 × 16.1 × 8.3 in).
This sculpture is part of a limited...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Small Bronze Sculpture Cast Head After Rodin "Petite tete au nez retrousse"
Located in Surfside, FL
(after) Auguste Rodin
Posthumous cast
"Petite tete au nez retroussé"
Featuring a bust of a woman.
Limited edition bronze is mounted on a marble base and is signed on the lower right. Great detail.
Dimensions: approx. 7-1/4" tall x 5" across x 5" deep with base
Foundry mark on the reverse, #13 of 299 produced.
François Auguste René Rodin (1840 – 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, and deeply pocketed surface in clay. He is known for such sculptures as The Thinker, Monument to Balzac, The Kiss, The Burghers of Calais, and The Gates of Hell. He modeled the human body with naturalism, and his sculptures celebrate individual character and physicality. Although Rodin was sensitive to the controversy surrounding his work, he refused to change his style, and his continued output brought increasing favor from the government and the artistic community.
Rodin became the preeminent French sculptor of his time. By 1900, he was a world-renowned artist. Wealthy private clients sought Rodin's work after his World's Fair exhibit, and he kept company with a variety of high-profile intellectuals and artists. His student, Camille Claudel, became his associate, lover, and creative rival. Rodin's other students included Antoine Bourdelle, Constantin Brancusi, and Charles Despiau.
Rodin entered the studio of Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, a successful mass producer of objets d'art. Rodin worked as Carrier-Belleuse' chief assistant until 1870, designing roof decorations and staircase and doorway embellishments. With the arrival of the Franco-Prussian War, Rodin was called to serve in the French National Guard, but his service was brief due to his near-sightedness. Rodin took classes with animal sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye. The teacher's attention to detail and his finely rendered musculature of animals in motion significantly influenced Rodin. Rodin won the 1880 commission to create a portal for a planned museum of decorative arts. Rodin dedicated much of the next four decades to his elaborate Gates of Hell, an unfinished portal for a museum that was never built. Many of the portal's figures became sculptures in themselves, including Rodin's most famous, The Thinker and The Kiss. With the museum commission came a free studio, granting Rodin a new level of artistic freedom.
By 1900, Rodin's artistic reputation was established. Gaining exposure from a pavilion of his artwork set up near the 1900 World's Fair (Exposition Universelle) in Paris, he received requests to make busts of prominent people internationally, As Rodin's fame grew, he attracted many followers, including the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke, and authors Octave Mirbeau, Joris-Karl Huysmans, and Oscar Wilde.
Rodin and Beuret's modest country estate in Meudon, purchased in 1897, was a host to such guests as King Edward, dancer Isadora Duncan, and harpsichordist Wanda Landowska. He left Beuret in Meudon and began an affair with the American-born Duchesse de Choiseul. From 1910, he mentored the Russian sculptor, Moissey Kogan...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
$21,128 Sale Price
20% Off
Maternity Patinated Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Maternity 1982
Patinated bronze on marble base.
artist signed edition VI/VII; 1982
Filipe Castaneda was born in 1933 in La Palma in the state of Michoacan, Mexico. The area in which...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
The Rape of Sabine Iconic Bronze Sculpture 1930
Located in Rome, IT
Fine Group of Sculptures in Bronze after Jean de Boulogne (Giambologna)
The torturously twisting Rape of the Sabine Women is one of the finest and most technically difficult sculptures in the world. Three intertwined bodies, two men and a woman, spiral upwards as the woman tries to escape the clutches of the younger man standing over the older one. It is an absolute masterpiece by the Flemish sculptor Giambologna.
After the original in Florence’s Loggia dei Lanzi, Piazza della Signoria...
Category
1920s Mannerist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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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.
Hideho Tanaka Carefully Stitched Together Pieces of Paper to Make This Sculptural Textile
The Japanese fiber artist’s ‘Vanishing and Emerging Wall’ may seem innocuous — but it plays with conceptions of time.