Arturo Martini Sculptures

Emilio Fiaschi (Italian, 1858-1941) Neapolitan Girl Alabaster Bust, late 19th century, depicting a young girl hiding her face behind her hands, on a socle, signed "E Fiaschi" to back...

19th Century Italian School Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Dionysus, 19th Century Bronze with black-green patination 24 x 10 x 10 inches Dionysus, in Greco-Roman religion, a nature ...

"The Rape of the Sabine Women," veined alabaster, large sculptural group with classical subject, Volterra manufacture, 18th century. The so-called Rape of the Sabine Women is a scu...

19th-Century Grand Tour Bronze — Neapolitan Fisherman After the Antique Fonderia Giorgio Sommer, Naples, Italy This exceptional 19th-century Grand Tour bronze of the Neapolitan Fish...

18th/19th Century Italian Infant Hercules Wrestling a Snake Alabaster 18 x 18 x 6 inches 40 lb. In Greek mythology, the infant Hercules (Heracles) is famously depicted wrestling wit...

Venus Italica, imposing sculpture in white Carrara marble, mid-nineteenth-century Roman atelier. Antonio Canova made several sculptures depicting Venus. The first was made as compen...

Italian School Female Figure Carved Alabaster Bust, late 19th century, the portrait with tied back hair and flowing dress tied at her breast, on a rockwork plinth, unsigned. 26" H x ...

Impressive neoclassical Carrara marble sculpture depicting the Allegory of Friendship and Loyalty, second half of the 18th century. The sculpture depicts Friendship as a classical ...

"Pair Recumbent Stone Lions" after Antonio Canova (1757-1822) Italian (possibly Florence) Mid 19th Century Alabaster, marble 6 x 9 x 4 inches This is an exquisite pair of Italian alabaster lions on marble bases based on the monumental lions carved by Antonio Canova (1757-1822), the greatest Italian neoclassical sculptor. Canova sculpted the marble lions for the monumental tomb of Pope Clement XIII in St. Peter’s, Rome in 1792 Canova Lions refers to the pair of copies of lion sculptures by Antonio Canova. When Canova created the sculptures in 1792, he installed them on the tomb of Pope Clement XIII. The marble sculptures are some of the most prominent features in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Given the intricacies of creating the original Canova lions, some artists created molds and replicated them. A good example is the pair of lion sculptures...

Bronze sculpture on wood base. Signature, edition number 11/47, and date inscribed in bronze on back. Cast by Joel Meisner & Co., Plainview , NY (foundry mark lower verso). Height ...

Neoclassical sculpture gilt wood depicting an eagle with spread wings, Italy, 18th century. A common subject in sacred and secular art, in the Neoclassical era the eagle motif, alre...

Neoclassical white marble medallion, in relief, depicting a male profile, late 18th century. These small medallions often came from Roman workshops visited on the Grand Tour. On...