Sleeping Lion Statue
Pair of Large Carved Stone Lions on Pedestals, “The Sleeping and The Vigilant”
Located in Dallas, TX
lions on pedestals have been affectionately called The Sleeping and The Vigilant. Both lions have
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Statues
Materials
Stone, Limestone
H 57.5 in W 22 in D 55.5 in
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Pair of large sleeping lions in hand carved stone after Canova, France XXth C
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful pair of lions in hand carved stone, with natural patina, after the model of Canova
Category
Late 20th Century French Baroque Statues
Materials
Stone
H 30.71 in W 55.91 in D 23.63 in
P.P. Caproni Brothers Plaster Bust of Abraham Lincoln
By Caproni Brothers
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Sleeping and Awakening Lion statues are based on Antonio Canova's design for the Tomb of Pope Clement XIII
Category
Antique 19th Century American Busts
Materials
Plaster
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Monumental Italian Water Fountain with Delphine Sculptures
Located in Rome, IT
This monumental finely carved limestone fountain is composed a three levels.
The first tiered with three amazing dolphin statues, the others adorned with lion heads ending with a pu...
Category
2010s Italian Fountains
Materials
Limestone
Portraits Of Emperor Napoleon III And Empress Eugénie By Studio Of Franz Xaver W
By Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Located in New Orleans, LA
Studio of Franz Xaver Winterhalter
(1805-1873) German
Portraits of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie
Oil on canvas
These grand portraits of Emperor Napoleon III and Empres...
Category
19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 121.25 in W 76 in D 12.5 in
19th century portrait painted in St Petersburg in 1819
Located in London, GB
Signed, inscribed and dated, lower right:
'Geo Dawe RA St Petersburgh 1819', also signed
with initials, lower centre: 'G D RA'; and signed and inscribed verso:
'Geo Dawe RA Pinxit 1...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Bed Demi-Tester Spanish Baroque Carved Green Painted & Gilded Leather 6ft 180cm
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, Spanish Demi-Tester, Baroque Bed With Carved, Green Painted & Gilded Posts 181cm, 6ft High, Floral Painted Leather Headboard, sold with custom made box spring mattress base, ac...
Category
Antique 1720s Spanish Baroque Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
H 70.87 in W 73.23 in D 88.19 in
Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Madrid, ES
Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins
One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the Hi...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century French Baroque Western European Rugs
Materials
Silk, Wool
Exquisite Rotunda Structure Kiosk Copper & Carved Stone Bench Seating Columns
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Exquisite Rotunda Structure Kiosk Copper & Carved Stone Bench Seating Columns . Monumental Exquisite refined work King Charles X Period Rotunda rotundus building structure with a cir...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Architectural Elements
Materials
Stone, Copper
Venetian Monumental Seated Bird Cage
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Bird Cages
Materials
Metal
Mid-19th Century White Marble Statue "Le Triomphe D'Ariadne" from France
Located in Dallas, TX
Neoclassical carved white marble sculpture, "Le Triomphe D'Ariadne," signed J.B. Clesinger, Rome (Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clesinger, French, 1814-1883), dated 1866, showing Ariadne sea...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Statues
Materials
Marble
Pair of 18th Century Limestone Lions
Located in Dallas, TX
This pair of 18th century Italian lions have incredible detail's and likeness to their subject. Details are exquisitely rendered throughout these pieces, from the lion's mane to its ...
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Statues
Materials
Limestone
Italian Stone Garden Sculpture of Roman Mythological Subject Minerva
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological roman subject of Minerva in limestone. Excellent condition from an estate of Veneto.
Measurements: Statue cm 180, base cm 80.
Minerva (Pallas Athena in Gr...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Statues
Materials
Limestone
Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
Located in London, GB
A pair of monumental limestone sphinxes of Pharaoh Nectanebo I, from the processional avenue of the Serapeum of Memphis, 30th Dynasty, circa 379 - 360 BC.
The sphinxes of the Serape...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Antique Victorian Louis XIV Style Centrepiece by Barnard & Sons
By Edward Barnard & Sons
Located in London, GB
Antique Victorian Louis XIV style centrepiece by Barnard & Sons
English, 1850-53
Dimensions: height 63cm, width 132cm, depth 87cm.
This magnificent centrepiece is wrought from s...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Louis XIV Centerpieces
Materials
Silver
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century
On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Other
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Rare German Rococo 18th Century Period Console Table with Marble Top
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very unusual and superb Rococo console table from the mid-18th century. On four carved legs with an X-shaped stretcher, overall with scrolls and dolphin-like sea creatures. This ex...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century German Rococo Console Tables
Materials
Marble
H 31.11 in W 44.89 in D 29.53 in
Lyons by Antoine Durenne Was a French Cast Iron "Offer Free Shipping in Florida"
By A. Durenne
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
They are in Miami. We offer free shipping in Florida. They were exhibited at Palm beach "American International Fine Art Fair (AIFAF)"
In the photos you can see a pair of lions of...
Category
Antique 1880s French Classical Roman Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
H 39.38 in W 15.75 in D 31.5 in
Pair of French 18th Century École Française Oil on Canvas Portraits
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extraordinary and monumental pair of 18th century École Française Oil on Canvas portraits of Marie-Josèphe of Habsbourg of Austria (1699-1757), wife of Frederick Augustus II of Sa...
Category
Antique 18th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
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