Antique Grotesque

The two sculptures present an elegant expressive contrast: on one side, the grotesque and vibrant face of the faun, with curved horns, pointed ears, a protruding tongue, and feral te...

The arms are gracefully shaped and terminate in intricately carved mythical or grotesque heads, while the lower friezes display further carved ornament and medallion details.

Set of Four Bentwood Dining Chairs, c.1900 — Attributed to Thonet or Jacob & Josef Kohn A striking and unusual set of four bentwood dining chairs dating to circa 1900, each featurin...

The upper composition shows three grotesque figures gathered around a table, while the central sheet presents a whimsical interaction between two caricatured figures.

The wide border is adorned with grotesque and foliate Renaissance-style motifs, meticulously rendered in strong linework and vibrant glaze.

Encircling the vessel is an elaborate gilt-bronze framework: a finely pierced gallery to the rim, boldly modelled twin handles formed as winged mythical creatures with crisply chased...

He frequently employed grotesque beasts and gargoyles, ecclesiastic detailing and historic influences.

The plates feature beautifully composed architectural panels, classical ornament, grotesques, floral garlands, arabesques, scrolling acanthus, ornamental cartouches, heraldic motifs,...

The surface is enriched with grotesque-inspired ornamentation, geometric motifs, egg and dart patterns, rosettes, and classical friezes, creating a layered visual rhythm typical of h...

Pair of Renaissance Alabaster Columns Attributed to Cornelis Floris de Vriendt Flemish, Mid-16th Century 
Alabaster 
H: 27 cm; D: 10 cm This refined pair of all’antica alabaster col...

The 'Pantheon Charivarique' (Grotesque Pantheon) was a series of satirical lithographs by Benjamin Roubaud (1811-1847) published in 'Le Charivari' that mocked prominent French writer...

The upper frieze is adorned with dramatic high-relief carved cherub and grotesque masks that act as decorative brackets supporting a prominent, multi-stepped architectural cornice.

This striking Renaissance style carved gilt wood sculpture depicts a "grotesque" dolphin surmounted on a wood plinth base.

There are further gilt bronze mounts around the desk's skirting, including grotesque masks at either side as well as shells and acanthus leaf motifs.

Belt Buckle of rectangular form in pierced and cast 830 silver, decorated with interlaced Viking revival ornament incorporating grotesque animal heads, scrolling foliage and geometri...

In Flemish genre painting, artists typically depicted the lives of the common people without idealizing filters, often showing the mundane behaviors of the peasant class: the presenc...

The plates feature illuminated manuscript-style borders, floral and foliate ornament, arabesques, architectural panels, jewel-like color fields, scrolling vines, grotesque-inspired d...

The style draws directly from the 16th-century Raffaellesco and 'grotesque' fresco styles popularised by Raphael, which were famously adapted onto historic Urbino majolica pottery.

This way of representing people with dwarfism, far removed from caricature and grotesque exaggeration, can be linked to contemporary Alexandrian statuary.

18th Century George II Irish mahogany stool of rectangular form, the stuff over upholstered and studded seat raised over ornately carved apron with centred grotesque masque flanked w...

The large body is further embellished with impressive cast and applied bearded grotesque masks to either side, conjoined with the original silver carrying chain.

Each side has four drawers with tortoiseshell fronts and an elaborate gilt bronze keyhole escutcheon (two grotesques flanking vegetal motifs towards the center and two mascarons abov...

Beyond the main ascent, the programme included demonstrations by pilot trainees in uniform, the launch of weather balloons, decorative balloons representing animals and grotesque fig...

Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A Set of 4 Antique Italian Renaissance Revival Hand Carved Dining Chairs Renaissance Revival (often calle...

Michael the Archangel, immortalised full-length as a youth of ethereal beauty, strong and delicate at the same time, who is clothed in shining armour, indicating his role as Prince o...

The shoulders of the vase are set with twin gilt bronze masks, each modelled as a grotesque fawn. The cover is surmounted by a porcelain pinecone finial.

The poster depicts a grotesque allegory of the Panama Canal scandal, with a giant sack labeled "Panama" dominating the composition while politicians, financiers, journalists, and pub...

The poster depicts a grotesque allegory of the Panama Canal scandal, with a giant sack labeled "Panama" dominating the composition while politicians, financiers, journalists, and pub...

The chairs feature striking lion or grotesque head finials adorning the crest rails, complemented by finely carved scrolling motifs on the back splats and arms of the armchairs.

The ornaments decorating the fan combine classical and grotesque elements with a sequence of feathers in the central section.

At the two ends are masculine grotesque masks with top and bottom scrolls. The two sides are designed with recessed panels with a central geometric rosette or flower pattern.

Hovering between humor and tragedy, these figures often sport grotesque hats—oversized, undersized, battered, or of bizarre shapes, like the one worn by the female drinker in our pai...

Drawing inspiration from Renaissance Revival styling with grotesque face formed finials over a curved back, 'C' scrolled arms, a saddle seat and trestle form base.

The wood grain veneer on has been applied in a "four-way book-matched" pattern, and some of the marquetry motifs show the influence of 17th century French designer Jean Bérain, who p...

The tapestry consists of an elaborate grotesque of gold, green, cream, and brown, in the form of flowering vines, cherubs, birds, and mascarons, that is dotted with several cartouche...

Executed in an exuberant Rococo Revival taste, the piece features an exceptionally elaborate pierced form with richly sculpted scrolling handles, openwork borders, rocaille ornamenta...

Often there are figures carrying masks or musical instruments, grotesque characters, or actors. With the exception of Aphrodite and Eros, gods are rather infrequent.

Often there are figures carrying masks or musical instruments, grotesque characters, or actors. With the exception of Aphrodite and Eros, gods are rather infrequent.

A very finely cast French Napoleon III bronze garland festooned cassolettes with grotesque mask handles raised on round stepped griotte marble bases.

This etching is part of Balli di Sfessania, Jacques Callot’s celebrated series depicting grotesque dancers inspired by the Neapolitan commedia dell’arte tradition.

With very fine hand painted classic scenes and grotesque faces embossed to the sides on each handle.

Yet, in a delightful defiance of pure classicism, a chimera emerges from the stone. This grimacing grotesque, with its heavy-lidded eyes and blocky jaw, serves as a spirited bridge t...

It is supported by a cylindrical gilt bronze stem which has been mounted with grotesque masks and is set on a curved fluted tripod base on paw feet.

Particularly striking are the elaborate relief plaques featuring winged putti, Medusa-like masks, garlands, and classical grotesque ornamentation inspired by Roman decorative arts.

A protean figure hovering between the apotropaic grotesque and a celebration of the natural world, it adorns capitals, keystones, misericords and corbels alike.

In the papal capital he worked for many noble families and for important cardinals such as Alessandro Farnese and Scipione Borghese.He returned to Florence for a short stay, where he...

These exquisite antique iron wall lights brackets showcase a magnificent Central Italian Renaissance-revival motif, centered around a beautifully hand-painted double-tailed mermaid n...

Often, there are figures carrying masks or musical instruments, grotesque characters, or actors. With the exception of Aphrodite and Eros, gods are rather infrequent.

Shaped arms with floral and acanthus leaf decoration, which is carried on around the front base.  Grotesque face to reverse with a further decoration of acanthus leaves.   

Two very similar pietra dura and ormolu photograph frames on easels, each of oval form with a pietra dura panel inlaid with a posy of roses, stephanotis and forget-me-not on a black...

Often, there are figures carrying masks or musical instruments, grotesque characters, or actors. With the exception of Aphrodite and Eros, gods are rather infrequent.

The decorative elements are compelling - all twelve socket arms issue forth from the mouths of twelve grotesque faces encircling the bottom bowl of the lamp.

These theatrical characters stand on ornamental strapwork pedestals beneath stylised canopies, designs likely influenced by decorative grotesques associated with artists such as Jean...

The central clock, with its rich architectural décor, is adorned with painted enamel panels depicting a grotesque mask and two cherubs framing a vase of flowers.

At its core, a striking cartouche displays an intricately crafted aquatic scene, crowned by a grotesque mask and flanked by finely detailed lion heads.

The work is characteristic of the expressionist style, and was probably executed during the years surrounding the First World War, when the graphic productions focused on themes of m...

These mounts are cast as grotesque masks with pronounced brows, deep set eyes, and a long stylized beard, beneath which the mounts continue downward into relief carvings of fruit clu...

The figures' exaggerated, almost grotesque features are meant to expose the "human depravity" of the time.

Boilly balances caricature with empathy, creating figures that are expressive without becoming grotesque. As part of the Grimaces series, this work reflects early 19th-century inter...

Boilly balances caricature with empathy, creating figures that are expressive without becoming grotesque. As part of the Grimaces series, this work reflects early 19th-century inter...