Antique Grotesque

Below a profusely carved drawer with later brass handle, flanked either side by grotesques. Standing on barley twist legs and stretchers, terminating on a ball foot.

A sharp and witty example of early 20th-century French political satire, Grand Conseil des Anges au Paradis Républicain presents a grotesque caricature of the political elite gathere...

The clock case has a rectangular base and is decorated at the corners with gilt bronze appliqués featuring vegetal motifs topped with grotesques of female busts. Pinecones and a pear...

Top surface with carved edge, below which are 3 drawers decorated with carved grotesques and carved birds acting as handles. Each pedestal door decorated with applied carving and fie...

Below, the composition continues into a richly carved arrangement of grotesque masks surrounded by scrolling foliage and mythological elements.

Additionally, the image of beggars was often found in Steinhardt's works and in his artistic presentation of the less fortunate, the artist's love for his fellow man becomes evident....

Flanking each side, two grotesque hybrid creatures with bat-like wings and expressive faces enhance the dreamlike and fantastical nature of the piece.

(Portrait of Count) or deforms it into grotesque figures – e.g., see Imperatori e Imperatrici (Emperors & Empresses, 1942–1943).

A lively etching from Jacques Callot’s celebrated series Balli di Sfessania, depicting two grotesque comic figures engaged in an exaggerated dance or mock duel.

He was a very prolific and versatile painter who worked in many genres and created portraits, genre scenes and grotesques. It is indeed a grotesque subject that is represented in thi...

The scene is rich in narrative intensity: Saint Radegonde, haloed and robed, extends her hand in a gesture of spiritual authority as she casts a demon from a possessed woman. The gro...

The central seated figure, rendered with exaggerated physiognomy and an open, mask-like mouth, is flanked by two looming characters whose postures and expressions reinforce a sense o...

Pair of bronze andirons, Louis XIV style, decorated with women's heads, flowers and grotesques Wear from use, patina wear Period 19th century Height 66cm 29 x 56cm

The wonderful and sometimes even grotesque carvings, combined with the wonderful wood grain of the burl make this sideboard a rare and unusual piece of furniture.

These two vases are of exceptional quality, decorated all over with Renaissance and antique forms, including grotesques, cornucopias, and lion paws. Typical historicist designs for t...

Designed as barbell-style cufflinks terminating with slightly domed oval-shaped faces Depicting deeply grooved God of Wind grotesques with scrolling foliates Bezel set with old Europ...

Our mid 19th century French Louis XIV style bench has beautifully carved legs connected by a lovely stretcher decorated with grotesque masks at each corner. Our bench was acquired wi...

Heavily patinated with characterful losses throughout but retaining a stylised Medusa mask and further grotesque mask beneath. Inscribed with the date of production.

Renaissance Ornament Print – “Por la Gracia de Dios” Panel with Cherubs & Scrollwork This striking chromolithograph, Plate LXIII from L’Ornement Polychrome (Paris, c.1869), presents...

This style of figural design is called grotesque.  

The sides of this exceptional box are encompassed with chased decorated grotesque mask and scrolling leaf decoration, accented with floral motifs, all on a matte background.

Table clock with a Rouge Griotte marble base, embellished with several gilt bronze reliefs on the front (in the center, an openwork symmetrical composition with a mascaron flanked by...

The front features three highly decorative doors with panels of intricate inlaid Bérainesque grotesques, following the distinct style of French cabinetmaker Nicolas Sageot.

A forerunner of 20th-century Expressionism and one of the major figures of the Belgian avant-garde in the late 19th century, James Ensor was a visionary, mystic, allegoric, and anarc...

The composition is dominated by the grotesque figure of a bear seated in a chair, clad in clerical bands and raising a foaming tankard.

The trestle base is a masterpiece in itself, with a dramatic ox yoke design adorned by grotesque figural carvings and connected by an ornate wrought iron cross stretcher.

Hand-carved cherry chair with grotesque face from a Palm Beach family estate.

Each piece is beautifully hand-painted with intricate grotesque decorations, fantastical creatures, winged putti and scrolling motifs inspired by 16th century Italian maiolica.

Oriental style side table, made of solid rosewood with grotesque shapes and claw-ended legs, Queen Anne style.

Wide cantered jambs, supporting gently arched spandrels with carved grotesques and beasts. The carved inner rope twist slip running across and under the key stone which again is carv...

« The Roof of Folly: An Allegory of the Fall » This enigmatic 17th-century painting, laden with symbolic content, echoes the allegorical tradition of Hieronymus Bosch, fusing grotes...

The tall, architectural backs are deeply carved with classical and grotesque motifs, including scrolling acanthus foliage, floral rosettes, shell elements, and a dramatic central mas...

Leslie Ward’s works are particularly admired for their elegant draughtsmanship and balanced satire, capturing personality without exaggeration becoming grotesque. The prints were pr...

The vase is ornately decorated : the Louis XVI style laurels garlands and the grotesques-shaped side handles are painted in the style of patinated bronze.

This popular Renaissance-era glass is known for its intricate designs, which often included mythological scenes, allegories, and grotesque motifs, and was created by a highly skilled...

The disproportionate figures, the hesitant gestures, and the somber background evoke both the grotesque humor and existential melancholy that pervade Gogol’s narrative.

Beautiful Italian Ceramics Plate from the 19th Century Plate with large fire decoration in the center of a mythological scene and on the side a frieze of interlacing, mask, grotesque...

The deeply molded octagonal frame features six exquisitely carved cherub heads arranged around the recessed mirror plate, interspersed with expressive high-relief corner sculptures d...

This charming 19th century French 18-piece cased dessert silverware / flatware set, with its unique, slightly grotesque satyr mask motif and warm vermeil gold tone, carries an intere...

A French Renaissance Revival folding three-panel screen with hand-painted Grotesque motifs and inset glass from the 19th century.

The defining feature is its boldly sculpted crest rail, carved with a dramatic grotesque mask framed by swirling foliage, a motif rooted in late Renaissance symbolism and fully embra...

The impressive pair of lanterns with a pierced circular strap-work corona above a lion-mask handle, surmounting a pierced dome above lambrequins, centered by a branch issuing for noz...

Each painting, with a blue grey background, is decorated with elements reminiscent of the grotesques, characteristic of neoclassicism, grisaille paintings, or with the use of the col...

Other panels incorporate Renaissance grotesques—playful symmetrical motifs with hybrid figures and floral scrolls—as well as urns, medallions, and intricate floral tracery.

The framing elements are ornamented with scrolls, volutes, floral tracery, bead-and-reel bands, and Renaissance grotesques derived from ancient Roman fresco traditions.

LIII This richly colored chromolithograph, Plate LIII from L’Ornement Polychrome (Paris, c.1869), captures the essence of Renaissance decorative design through a superb array of gro...

Ornately handcrafted, these antique andirons make an instant statement with their elaborate wrought iron craftsmanship, the large cup-shaped tops detailed with grotesque masks above ...

The expressive treatment of the faces and the humorous tone are characteristic of Andries Both's style, influenced by Italian street scenes and grotesque figures. Oil on canvas moun...

Slightly protruding, profiled tabletop and gold-imprinted leather insert, flanked by a grotesque mask on each corner. Three-wheeled frame base with wide knee-section on four cabriole...

Pair of very fine Meiji period Japanese bronze vases with dark brown patina with dragon handles and exceptional designs of grotesque mythological figures. 23 1/4 inches tall and eac...

These highly decorative pieces exemplify the artistry and craftsmanship of medieval and early Renaissance blacksmithing, featuring elaborate pierced and scrolled designs with foliat...

Continental German (late 19th Cent) sculpted terra-cotta master mask mold of a laughing Grotesque face with a furrowed brow displayed on a square black marble base stand (part of 39 ...

circa 1880 The top featuring a rather grotesque carved mask, the front and back splat with stylised carvings.

A most handsome silver plated wine bottle carrier, showing a reeded tri-corner base fitted with a conforming gallery that securely accommodates 3 Bordeaux shaped wine bottles, raised...

Four escutcheons have grotesque masks as further ornaments. These cartouches show either micro-verdure landscapes or daisy/rose flowers repeating those in the field.

Flanking each side, two grotesque hybrid creatures with bat-like wings and expressive faces enhance the dreamlike and fantastical nature of the piece.

Finely handcarved elements decorate every angle, from the repeating grotesque masks to the frieze to the ornate column-style jambs.

He was a very prolific and versatile painter who worked in many genres and created portraits, genre scenes and grotesques. During his career he also worked as an art restorer, as an ...

18th Century French Decorative Panels – Neoclassical and Chinoiserie Motifs, Plate LXXXIX This richly detailed chromolithograph, Plate LXXXIX from *L'Ornement Polychrome*, showcases...

Amusing original print, full margins, representing a grotesque scene in which , a woman with Neapolitan chantan manners screams and scandalized by the gossip of the table (bystanders...