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Bronze Napoleon I Death Mask, From The Dr. Antommarchi Cast
Located in New Orleans, LA
This mesmerizing antique bronze death mask of the Emperor Napoleon I is cast from the mold created
Category
Antique 19th Century French Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Bronze
Mid Century Bronze Styled Cast Plaster Male Mask
By California Art Bronze Foundry, LA
Located in Cincinnati, OH
manner of bronze which is very realistic . This could be a so called death mask which was popular in the
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Plaster
Reaching (bronze hand)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Reaching, ca. 1980. Cast bronze. Signed in lower region on wrist.
A rare example from the artist's
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique French Ormolu Drum Head Clock with Lions Masks
By Pierre-Antoine Foullet
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
bronze, it is of Neoclassical design. The movement is mounted in a large drum with superb lions mask
Category
Antique 19th Century European Neoclassical Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Art Deco Silvered Bronze Wall Sculpture by Doris Kathleen Flinn
Located in London, GB
Silvered bronze mask of a female, an original piece by Doris Kathleen Flinn. This was most likely
Category
Vintage 1920s British Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Patinated Bronze Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome and large scale 19th century Japanese Meiji Period patinated bronze urns. Each urn
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Urns
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Silvered Bronze Wall Mounted Sculpture by Doris Kathleen Flinn
Located in London, GB
Fine quality gilt bronze wall mask of a male subject with striking features, by Doris Kathleen
Category
Vintage 1920s British Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Rare French Antique Bronze Sculpture by Henri Brun, perhaps Julia Domna
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Sand-cast and patinated bronze signed "HENRI BRUN 1856" and inscribed "f. du par Vor. Thiebaut" ("made
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Neoclassical Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Clock Set by Barbedienne
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
Neoclassical style porcelain and gilt bronze clock set by Barbedienne
French, late 19th Century
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
H 20.87 in W 10.63 in D 9.45 in
Fanghu Han Dynasty 206BC-220AD Chinese Bronze Ritual Wine Vessel Jug & Cover
Located in GB
quality original Chinese bronze ritual wine vessel and cover, Fanghu Han Dynasty 206BC-220AD with Taotie
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
H 13.78 in W 7.29 in D 7.68 in
Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau Plat After Cressent
By Charles Cressent
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic late 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted inlaid parquetry bureau plat
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Gilt Bronze Clock with Portrait Plaque of Molière, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique French gilt bronze mantel clock with Bleu Celeste porcelain panels in the
Category
Antique 1860s French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
H 13.39 in W 20.48 in D 5.52 in
Late 18th Century, French Louis XVI Neoclassical Ormolu Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
-Martin. Until the death of his father in 1765 he signed his works with ‘Gille L’Aine Fils’; thereafter he
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Wall Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
H 28.35 in W 13.39 in D 5.12 in
Bronze Seven-Light Candelabra After Clodion Cast, Suse Frères French circa 1890
By Claude Michel Clodion, Susse Freres
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of gilt and patinated bronze seven-light candelabra, after a model by Clodion, Cast by
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
H 25.6 in Dm 12.21 in
Fine French 19th Century Bronze Figure of "Milo of Croton & Lion" After Falconet
By Étienne Maurice Falconet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Patinated bronze Figure of "Milo of Croton and the Lion" after the
Category
Antique 19th Century French Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
H 19.25 in W 15.5 in D 12 in
17th Century Italian Renaissance Walnut Tuscan Scrittoio Writing Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
the death mask of Dante Alighieri.
Italy, c. 1600
Category
Antique 17th Century Renaissance Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Chevre Allongee (Reclining Goat)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Chevre Allongee (Reclining Goat)" c. 1860, is bronze sculpture after renown French
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bust of John F. Kennedy
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
death mask, evoking the insects that creep across faces elsewhere in Dalí’s oeuvre to signify
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Harlequin by R. de Saint Marceaux, Cast by F. Barbedienne, France, Circa 1880
By F. Barbedienne Foundry, René de Saint-Marceaux
Located in PARIS, FR
, in patinated bronze with gilt highlights.
Standing on a quadrangular base imitating the floor, this
Category
Antique 1880s French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 40.56 in W 15.16 in D 13.59 in
Large Antique English Trench Art Table Cannon
Located in Forney, TX
wheels, flanking central gilt bronze ormolu Bacchus mask mount.
A truly superb specimen, very large
Category
Early 20th Century European Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Copper
20th Century Louis XVI Style Museum Pedestal Clock after Jean-Henri Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Berlin, DE
with a delicate garniture of bronze. The dial and each panel are framed by an elegant frieze of palms
Category
20th Century Louis XVI Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Bronze
H 86.62 in W 20.87 in D 12.21 in
Louis XVI Style Cabinet and its Companion Vitrine by F.Linke, France, Circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in PARIS, FR
gilded bronze. They are surmounted by a rectangular top with an egg-and-dart molded edge, above a frieze
Category
Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Bronze
H 68.9 in W 29.73 in D 17.52 in
Bust of Bacchante by Auguste Baptiste Clesinger, Rome, 1857
By Jean Auguste Baptiste Clesinger
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Dudevant. Perhaps more than any other work, the sculptor is best known for the death mask of the composer
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Romantic Busts
Materials
Bronze
Stylized Art Deco Standing Sculpture of Jesus Christ by Karl Hagenauer
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in San Diego, CA
bronze. Marked on the base "Hagenauer" "Wien" (Vienna), the piece is in very good vintage condition and
Category
20th Century Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Pedestal Clock “Parquet Regulator” after Jean-Henri Riesener, 1734
Located in Berlin, DE
with a delicate garniture of bronze. The dial and each panel are framed by an elegant frieze of palms
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Grandfather Clocks and Lon...
Materials
Bronze
H 88.59 in W 19.69 in D 11.82 in
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
By Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
enclosing a fine modeled mask of Hercules wearing the Nemean lion pelt centered by flat cast encadrements
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Louis XVI Style Porphyry Urns, after Pierre Gouthière
By Pierre Gouthiere
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
in the center. The gilt bronze supports are cast with a satyr's mask amidst a fruiting vine and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Porphyry, Bronze
French 19th C.Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Bureau-Plat Desk Attr. Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
known for his high quality reproductions of Louis XV and XVI furniture with finely chased gilt-bronze
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
H 31.25 in W 78.5 in D 35.5 in
Magnificent Console by Barbedienne, Falguière and Dubois, France, Circa 1880
By F. Barbedienne Foundry, Paul Dubois, Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière 1
Located in PARIS, FR
style console is embellished with carved and gilded bronze ornaments. The belt, adorned with a fluted
Category
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Materials
Marble, Bronze
H 150.79 in W 114.57 in D 18.51 in
A painted plaster herm bust of the Duke of Wellington by George Gammon Adams
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
. It is based on his death mask, which was also made by Adams, and depicts the Duke bare-chested with
Category
Antique 19th Century English Busts
Materials
Plaster
H 24 in W 13.75 in D 8 in
African 'Baoule' figure. Watercolour on Handmade paper Laid on Vélin d'Arches.
By La Roche Laffitte
Located in Cotignac, FR
include face masks and human figurines, but also include a great variety of work in gold, bronze, and
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
H 33.86 in W 22.84 in D 0.79 in
A Fine Louis XVI Style Centre Display Cabinet by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
pilasters with cherub mask fruiting gilt-bronze clasps. The button-release sprung door enclosing an
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Vitrines
Materials
Ormolu
Early Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Antique French Clock - Japy Fils Fully Working
By Japy
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A fine and early clock by Japy Fils. It is beautifully made in ormolu (finely gilded bronze doré
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
H 14.5 in W 8 in D 5.5 in
French 19th Century Ormolu Chandelier After André-Charles Boulle
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ormolu Eight-lights Chandelier, each arm held by Indian masks with two lights in in-verted console.
The
Category
Antique 1870s French Louis XIV Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Ormolu
Infighting, Ink Sketch, 20th Century British Artist, Framed
By Samuel Rabin
Located in London, GB
Olympic bronze medallist. Rabin, who was Jewish, was born Samuel Rabinovitch on 20 June 1903 at Dewhurst
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Chinese Export Famille Verte Porcelain & French Ormolu Chinoiserie Centerpiece
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
acanthus rim. The two ends with a projected mask of Chinese Imperial lions or foo dogs, surmounted and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Chinoiserie Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Ormolu
H 15.75 in W 21 in D 17 in
Victorian Burr Walnut Sevres Plaque Mirror Back Credenza Cabinet, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
mirror back features a gilt mask on top and th mirror is framed by a pair of Corinthian Columns with
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Cabinets
Materials
Ormolu
H 116.15 in W 73.63 in D 18.9 in
Lithograph Screenprint Male Heroic Figures
By Ernst Neizvestny
Located in Surfside, FL
a volunteer. At the close of World War II, he was heavily wounded and sustained a clinical death
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Large Han Dynasty Hu Green Glazed Mythical Beasts Vessel
Located in Dallas, TX
. The beasts are separated by mountains with clouds overhead. On opposite sides are applied taotie mask
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Vases
Materials
Pottery
Tense Moment Study
By Samuel Rabin
Located in London, GB
, teacher, singer, wrestler and Olympic bronze medallist. Rabin, who was Jewish, was born Samuel Rabinovitch
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wax Crayon, Board
19th Century Ormolu Mounted Pedestal after Jean Henri Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This wall-side gilt bronze mounted pedestal with stepped veined marble top with canted front
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Mahogany and Ormolu Bookcase in the Empire Style
By Antoine Krieger
Located in London, GB
finely chiselled mercury gilded ormolu bronze mounts. The glazed, four door upper section is surmounted
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Bookcases
Materials
Ormolu
Boucheron Parcel Gilt Silver Vase and Oil Lamp circa 1880
By Fréderic Boucheron
Located in New York, US
collector, perhaps on the death of Jean-Baptiste Pezon in 1897, by descent; acquired by YM Antiques, 2017
Category
Antique 1880s French Greek Revival Vases
Materials
Silver
Antique Ormolu & Sevres Porcelain Twin Branch Wall Light Sconces 19th C
Located in London, GB
features an elegant classical frame topped with a ribbon crest with a satyr mask below and featuring
Category
Antique 1850s Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Ormolu
H 16.15 in W 9.85 in D 3.94 in
Pair of Early 19th Century French Boulle Cabinets
By Etienne Levasseur
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Levasseur.
gilt bronze mounted ebony and ebonised, cut-brass, pewter and faux tortoiseshell marquetry
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Cabinets
Materials
Brass
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Wood Dresser Attributed to Francesco Bolgiè
By Francesco Bolgié
Located in IT
, is in gilded bronze, chiselled with ribbon motif. The front panel opens downwards. The interior of
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Dressers
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
H 32.29 in W 52.76 in D 23.23 in
The Clinch
By Samuel Rabin
Located in London, GB
and Olympic bronze medalist.
Rabin, who was Jewish, was born Samuel Rabinovitch on 20 June 1903 at
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mine Near Continental Divide, Black White Colorado Mountain Landscape Winter
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
, Marsden Hartley, of whom he sculpted a bronze head that was exhibited at the Salon d’Automne in Paris in
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
H 18.25 in W 22.25 in D 0.75 in
Colorado Gold Dredge, Breckenridge, Signed Black and White Mining Lithograph
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
, Marsden Hartley, of whom he sculpted a bronze head that was exhibited at the Salon d’Automne in Paris in
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
H 17.25 in W 21.25 in D 0.75 in
House at Gregory Point (Colorado), 1930s Black and White Landscape Lithograph
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
American modernist painter, Marsden Hartley, of whom he sculpted a bronze head that was exhibited at the
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Arnold RönnebeckHouse at Gregory Point (Colorado), 1930s Black and White Landscape Lithograph , 1937
H 23.25 in W 18.5 in D 1.5 in
Silver Mine, Russell Gulch (12/25) Abstract Black and White Print in Mountains
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
, Marsden Hartley, of whom he sculpted a bronze head that was exhibited at the Salon d’Automne in Paris in
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Arnold RönnebeckSilver Mine, Russell Gulch (12/25) Abstract Black and White Print in Mountains, 1933
H 20.5 in W 26.5 in D 0.5 in
Central City, Colorado 3/25, 1930s Black White Modernist Cityscape Lithograph
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
modernist painter, Marsden Hartley, of whom he sculpted a bronze head that was exhibited at the Salon
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 24.5 in W 19.5 in D 0.5 in
Yacht Races, Grand Lake, Colorado, 1933, Sailboats, Black & White lithograph
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
sculpted a bronze head that was exhibited at the Salon d’Automne in Paris in 1912 and the following year at
Category
1930s American Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Original Drawing Painting Abstract Biomorphic Art Phoenix Bird Michele Oka Doner
By Michele Oka Doner
Located in Surfside, FL
over 9000 bronzes embedded in terrazzo with mother-of-pearl. At one and quarter linear miles, it is one
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Original Drawing Painting Abstract Biomorphic Art Gold Leaf Michele Oka Doner
By Michele Oka Doner
Located in Surfside, FL
are able to dissolve space. A Death Mask, one of her first works, was selected as the cover of
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Egyptian Polychrome Wooden Mask
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
masks were made from precious metals, mostly gold or gold leaves on bronze. All death masks were made to
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antiquities
Materials
Wood
French Napoleon III Boulle Side Cabinet by Mathieu Befort
By Befort Jeune
Located in Macclesfield, GB
mirror to the door.
Throughout the cabinet are exceptional bronze gilt ormolu mounts and moulds
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XIV Cabinets
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Bust of Ariadne, Jean-Baptiste, Known as Auguste Clésinger, 19th Century
By Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clesinger
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
made Chopin's death mask and a cast of his hands. He also sculpted, in 1850, the white marble funerary
Category
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Busts
Materials
Bronze
H 31.89 in W 18.51 in D 11.82 in
F. Linke Bureau Plat and Bookcase, 19th Century
By François Linke
Located in Paris, FR
drawers. Chiseled ormolu mounts representing acanthus leaves and satyr masks. Assorted bookcase, kingwood
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Regency Bookcases
Materials
Ormolu
Achille Brocot and Delettrez Neoclassical Perpetual Calendar Clock Garniture Set
By Achille Brocot, Jean-Baptiste Delettrez
Located in Keyston, GB
with lion mask capitals with a white enamel dial and moon phase together with subsidiary dials for day
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
H 17.33 in W 14.18 in D 7.49 in
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Find many varieties of an authentic bronze death mask available at 1stDibs. Each bronze death mask for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, bronze and ormolu. There are many kinds of the bronze death mask you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right bronze death mask, those designed in Louis XVI, neoclassical and Art Deco styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one bronze death mask that is appealing in its simplicity, but Ferdinand Barbedienne, F. Barbedienne Foundry and Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clesinger produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Bronze Death Mask?
Prices for a bronze death mask can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $556 and can go as high as $382,324, while the average can fetch as much as $4,800.
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- Why did they do death masks?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Death masks were a way to cover the face of a passed loved one and show honor to them. They also represented the features of the deceased, helping them be recognized in the spirit realm. On 1stDibs, find an array of death masks.
- What were death masks called?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A death mask is called a “funerary mask” or “burial mask”. The mask was often made of wood or stucco and would cover the face of the deceased. You’ll find a collection of funerary masks from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- Where is Napoleon's death mask?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021It is believed that Napoleon's death mask still resides in The Museum in Santiago de Cuba.
- Are death masks still made?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022No, death masks are not still made to record the facial features of deceased people because the advent of photography made them obsolete. However, some artists produce death masks and sculptures that resemble them for purposes of creative expression. You'll find a variety of death masks on 1stDibs.
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