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Sleeping Ariadne

Antique Marble Statue of the Sleeping Ariadne
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
eminent 2nd century statue ‘Sleeping Ariadne’. Circa 1780, this carved white marble sculpture is over 240
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Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Busts

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Marble, Statuary Marble

Antique Marble Statue of the Sleeping Ariadne
Antique Marble Statue of the Sleeping Ariadne
$6,558
H 17.13 in W 14.97 in D 9.45 in
Nineteenth Century French Bronze of the Sleeping Ariadne
Located in London, GB
A nineteenth century French bronze of the Sleeping Ariadne, after the antique, the 'original
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Antique 19th Century French Hellenistic Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

19th C. Georges Bareau French Bronze Marble Sleeping Ariadne Statue Sculpture
By Georges Bareau
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th C. Georges Bareau French Bronze Marble Sleeping Ariadne Statue Sculpture. Item features finely
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Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Sleeping Ariadne, Large Bronze & Marble Sculpture of Greek Mythology, 19th C.
By Pietro Chiapparelli
Located in Beachwood, OH
Pietro Chiapparelli (Italian, 19th Century) Sleeping Ariadne, c. 1865 Bronze on marble base
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1860s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Large Italian Statue of a Sleeping Nymph
Located in London, GB
sculpture is reminiscent of a depiction of Sleeping Ariadne, popularised by the Roman copy of the
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Figurative Sculptures

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Statuary Marble

Large Italian Statue of a Sleeping Nymph
Large Italian Statue of a Sleeping Nymph
$12,361
H 14.57 in W 28.75 in D 11.82 in
Antique Pair Italian Bronze Busts of Dionysus and Ariadne 19th Century
Located in London, GB
(Satyrs) and Mainades. Dionysos' discovery of the sleeping Ariadne on Naxos was also a popular scene in
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Busts

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Marble, Slate, Bronze

French Bronze Ariadne After Clodion
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Newark, England
Minotaur and then being abandoned by him on the island of Naxos. There, Dionysus saw Ariadne sleeping, fell
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Busts

Materials

Bronze

French Bronze Ariadne After Clodion
French Bronze Ariadne After Clodion
$1,201
H 9.45 in W 4.92 in D 3.74 in
Classica Chair with Cushion by Qvinto Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
backdrop, circumscribing these alienated spaces, in which the placid abandonment of the sleeping Ariadne
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2010s Italian Modern Chairs

Materials

Stainless Steel

Classica Chair with Cushion by Qvinto Studio
Classica Chair with Cushion by Qvinto Studio
$5,797 / item
H 44.89 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Classica Chair by Qvinto Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
backdrop, circumscribing these alienated spaces, in which the placid abandonment of the sleeping Ariadne
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2010s Italian Modern Chairs

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Stainless Steel

Classica Chair by Qvinto Studio
Classica Chair by Qvinto Studio
$5,214 / item
H 44.89 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in

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Pair of Enoch Wood Pearl Ware Figures “Antony and Cleopatra”
By Enoch Wood & Sons
Located in London, GB
. Staffordshire, circa 1820. The Sleeping Ariadne, housed in the Vatican Museums in Vatican City. English
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Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Figurative Sculptures

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Earthenware, Pearlware

Antique Victorian Ariadne Hard Stone Cameo Brooch
Located in London, GB
. Dionysus' discovery of the sleeping Ariadne on Naxos was also a popular scene in classical art.
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Antique 19th Century Italian Victorian Brooches

Materials

Agate, 14k Gold

Antique Victorian Ariadne Hard Stone Cameo Brooch
Antique Victorian Ariadne Hard Stone Cameo Brooch
H 2.76 in W 2.13 in D 0.26 in Dm 1 in
Louvre, Bronze after P. Julien Executed from a Marble Ordered by Marie-Antoinette
Located in Paris, FR
France a slightly reduced marble copy of the so-called Cleopatra, the Sleeping Ariadne from the Vatican
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19th Century Rococo Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Bronze "The Sleeping Ariadne" Also Called "Cleopatra" after the Antique
Located in Paris, FR
19th century bronze casting of the sleeping goddess Ariadne, after the antique version housed in
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Antique 19th Century French Classical Roman Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

"Dionysus and Ariadne, " Mythological Painting w/ Nudes by Secessionist Master
By Rudolf Jettmar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
when Dionysus discovers the sleeping Ariadne on the island of Naxos. The painter, Rudolf Jettmar, was
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Vintage 1920s Austrian Beaux Arts Paintings

Antique Empire Chest of Drawers in West Indies Mahogany with Mythological Scenes
Located in Miami, FL
sleeping Ariadne on the beach and fell in love with her, and how they were subsequently married. Denmark
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Antique 19th Century Danish Empire Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Satin, Mahogany, Satinwood

Italian Marble Sculpture The Sleeping Ariadne 19th century Grand Tour
Located in Rome, IT
Italian finely carved Alabaster Marble Sculpture of The Sleeping Ariadne Head. Inspired from the
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19th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster

Antique Pair Italian Bronze Busts Dionysus and Ariadne by Clodion 18th Century
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in London, GB
Satyroi (Satyrs) and Mainades. Dionysos' discovery of the sleeping Ariadne on Naxos was also a popular
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Antique 1790s Italian Busts

Materials

Bronze

Tuffa Rock and Shell Grotto with a 19th Century Marble Ariadne Centerpiece
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
figure, circa 1840, of the sleeping Ariadne. This figure is also known as Cleopatra, Dido or Nymph, all
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Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Garden Ornaments

Collection of 102 plaster stamps by Nathaniel Marchant (1739–1816)
By Nathaniel Marchant
Located in London, GB
figures like Sleeping Ariadne (long called Cleopatra) from the Vatican collection, Amore e Psiche (Cupid
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Neoclassical Decorative Art

Reclining Figure '1991' Attributed to Robert Thew
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
-Coast circles. This piece takes inspiration from the Greco-Roman statue Sleeping Ariadne (2nd century
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Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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19th Century Italian Alabaster Carved Head Of A Bishop Saint
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Italian carved alabaster head of a saint wearing a bishop's mitre in the Gothic style. Though a fragment, the intense gaze of this small carving gives it a lot of presen...
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Gothic Busts

Materials

Alabaster

Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier African Natural Specimens

Materials

Bone

Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
$17,261 Sale Price
50% Off
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure
Located in London, GB
A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...
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Antique Late 19th Century European Moorish Architectural Elements

Materials

Wrought Iron

Grand Tour Ancient Egyptian Style Carved Soapstone Figure of Horus
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Egyptian stone carving of Horus in the ancient style, the god in the form of a falcon. Quite possibly much earlier in date, it came from a collection that did have ancie...
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Antique Late 19th Century Egyptian Egyptian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Soapstone

Rare 19th Century Italian Memento Mori Bust / Sculpture Carrara Marble Vanitas
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas / Memento Mori bust in solid marble from late 19th century. White Carrara marble skull combined with masterfully carved hood & robes all from one...
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Busts

Materials

Carrara Marble

Grand Tour Bronze Figure of Seated Hermes, Early 19th Century After the Antique
Located in Beachwood, OH
Large Figure of Seated Hermes, Grand Tour Bronze, Early 19th Century 19th Century Continental School After the Antique The large size figure well cast, with brownish green patination...
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Early 19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Torso maschile in marmo bianco di Carrara - Discoforo
By Laboratorio Todini
Located in Tarquinia, IT
Scultura, Torso maschile, arte classica, arte greca, Torso, marmo bianco Carrara, scultura classica, torso antico, torso discoforo Torso maschile scolpito su bellissimo marmo bianco ...
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1990s European Classical Greek Busts

Materials

Marble

Torso maschile in marmo bianco di Carrara - Discoforo
Torso maschile in marmo bianco di Carrara - Discoforo
$3,404
H 17.72 in W 10.63 in D 5.52 in
Antique Life Size Statue of Minerva
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Antique Life Size Statue of Minerva. A painted, plaster figure of Minerva, after John Cheere. John Cheere was an English sculptor, born in London and was the brother of the sculptor ...
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Antique 19th Century Statues

Materials

Plaster

Antique Life Size Statue of Minerva
Antique Life Size Statue of Minerva
$17,391
H 70.08 in W 27.56 in D 19.69 in
19th Century Bronze Bust of Homer
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century bronze bust of Homer attributed to the Chiurazzi Foundry, Naples, Italy. Homer was author of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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Antique 19th Century European Neoclassical Busts

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Bronze Bust of Homer
19th Century Bronze Bust of Homer
$6,904
H 22 in W 13.5 in D 11 in
Pair Chinese Ming Dynasty Glazed Buddhist Lions and Attendants, 17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic pair of large Chinese tileworks sancai glazed Buddhistic lions and attendants, late Ming Dynasty, first half of the 17th century, Shanxi, China. Presented on custom 20th ...
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Antique Mid-17th Century Chinese Ming Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Seated Mercury, or Hermes - God of Speed
Located in Greenwich, CT
This Mercury by Montagne has lovely patina and surface and is a pleasingly different depiction of Winged speed as he is seated! It is an arresting pose and elegant and covers all fa...
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1860s Academic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Grand Tour Figure of Sophocles after the Antique, F. Barbidienne
Located in Beachwood, OH
19th Century Grand Tour after the Antique Figure of Sophocles Bronze with green patination Signed F. Barbidienne, Fondeur 25 x 8.5 x 6.5 inches Standing figure of the Greek poet, we...
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19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Sculpture Terracotta Female Nude From Marcel Bouraine (1886-1948)
By Marcel-André Bouraine
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture Terracotta From Marcel Bouraine (1886-1948)" Original terra cotta sculpture of Marcel Bouraine Naïade of the 1930's Signed Bouraine On the base Height: 60 cm - Diameter b...
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1930s Academic Nude Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

19th Century Grand Tour Bronze of the Uffizi Wrestlers
Located in Beachwood, OH
After Lysippos (Greek, 390 BC-300 BC) 19th Century Grand Tour Bronze of the Uffizi Wrestlers Bronze J. Chiurrazi & Fils, Naples 17 x 20 x 12 inches 76 lb. The Wrestlers is a Roman m...
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19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Rare Egyptian Revival Carved and Inlaid Rosewood Loveseat
By Christopher Dresser
Located in Buffalo, NY
Egyptian Revival loveseat composed of rosewood inlaid with bone,ebony ,,Upholstered in a burlap fabric in Egyptian motif,,original,The loveseat features reversable back and decorativ...
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Antique 1890s English Egyptian Revival Loveseats

Materials

Bone, Rosewood

Jupiter Antiope Van Dyck Mythological Paint 17/18th Centuty Oil on canvas Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Anthoon van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641) follower Large canvas depicting ‘The Myth of Jupiter and Antiope’ (Ovid's Meramorphoses, Book VI) Oil on canvas 116 x 150 cm. - with f...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Sleeping Ariadne For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic sleeping ariadne available at 1stDibs. Each sleeping ariadne for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, marble and stone. There are 7 variations of the antique or vintage sleeping ariadne you’re looking for, while we also have 2 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect sleeping ariadne — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right sleeping ariadne, those designed in modern, Empire and neoclassical styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made sleeping ariadne over the years, but those crafted by Claude Michel Clodion and Georges Bareau are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Sleeping Ariadne?

The average selling price for a sleeping ariadne at 1stDibs is $6,546, while they’re typically $2,527 on the low end and $22,224 for the highest priced.