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Period: 19th Century
Period: Mid-19th Century
Period: 1860s
A George III Style Carved Gilt Wood Mirror, Circa 1880
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A George III Carved Style Gilt Wood Mirror, Circa 1880.
Having a beveled glass with silver backing. Gilding is original.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century French Sevres Style Jeweled Porcelain Urns/Vases
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine quality pair of 19th century French Sevres style hand painted Jeweled porcelain ormolu mounted covered vases/urns. Each urn with a turquoise ground, painted with classica...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Urns
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century French Ormolu Candelabras by Barbedienne
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A superb quality pair of French Louis XV style ormolu and Rouge Griotte marble seven arm candelabras by Ferdinand Barbedienne. Each is raised by a square Rouge Griotte marble base ab...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Louis XV Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Griotte Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XV Style Ormolu 3-Piece Chenets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine 19th century French Louis XV style gilt bronze 3-piece chenets. Each Chenet with two handle urn form with a lady's mask.
Please note the width is adjustable.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Ormolu
Large Antique Carved Gilt Wood Marble Top Center Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A stunning 19th century continental Rococo style oval hand carved giltwood and marble top center table with a single drawer. This large table is raised on four elegant cabriole legs ...
Category
Antique 1870s European Center Tables
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
"Reproof" A Marble Sculpture by Edward Russell Thaxter
By Edward R. Thaxter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This enchanting museum quality Carrara marble group is the work of Edward Russell Thaxter (born Yarmouth, ME 1857-died Naples, Italy 1881).
The sculpture depicts a young girl sternly scolds her cat, who has just attacked a bird's nest. She clutches the cat to her chest and looks at it disapprovingly, while waving her hand in discipline. Meanwhile, a dead bird lies at her feet and feathers hang limply from the cat’s mouth. This scene is a prelude to the responsibilities of motherhood: the young girl who is now reprimanding her cat will have to ensure that her own children are well behaved in the future. The sculpture rests on a dark green serpentine marble pedestal. Although Edward Thaxter's life was short, he excelled in creating detailed neoclassical sculpture.
Signed: E. R. Thaxter
Titled: Reproof
Circa 1878-1880
Measures: Height with pedestal 76" (193 cm)
Height of sculpture 40" (101 cm)
Another example of this marble figure is in the Smithsonian National Museum in Washington DC.
Artist biography:
Edward Russell Thaxter was only twenty-four years old when he died, but in his brief career as a sculptor he garnered praise for his work and was deemed an artist with a promising future. Born in Yarmouth, Maine, he is believed to have chosen to study sculpture after seeing the work of John Rogers. At the age of sixteen, Thaxter moved to Boston and studied with the portrait sculptor John D. Perry.
In 1878 Thaxter left for Florence, Italy, where he took a studio and began to create the neoclassical works that won him critical attention. In 1881 he contracted typhoid fever, which left him in a weakened condition, and within the year the young sculptor died in Naples. Thaxter's untimely death was noted with genuine regret in the American press. The critic James Jackson...
Category
Antique 1870s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Large 19th Century French Oil on Canvas Nude by Leon Erpikum
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large 19th century French oil on canvas nude by Leon Erpikum, in a heavy carved gilt wood frame. Signed on bottom left L. Erpikum & dated 1889 on bottom right, finely painted of a nude with long red...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large 19th Century French Oil/Canvas Titled ‘Byblis’ by Pierre Poujol
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large 19th century French oil/canvas titled ‘Byblis’, by Pierre Poujol. In Greek mythology Byblis or Bublis was the daughter of Miletus. Her mother was Eidothea, she was acknowledged...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Monumental Ormolu Bronze Clock Mantel by Maison Marquis Movement by Languereau
By Languereau, Maison Marquis
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and monumental 19th century French ormolu bronze mantel clock by Maison Marquis.
The movement by Languereau.
Paris, Circa 1855
The dial signed 'Marquis A Paris...
Category
Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Large 19th Century Sevres Style Porcelain Mounted Ormolu Figural Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A magnificent French mantel clock in patinated bronze and original ormolu. Modeled with figures of two classically dressed females sitting back to back against the clock drum and rea...
Category
Antique 19th Century Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Marble Figure by Emilio Fiaschi, 'Testing The Waters'
By Emilio Fiaschi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A magnificent large 19th century Italian carved marble figure of a young lady wearing a laced bathing suit, stepping down from an old dock to test the temperature of the water with h...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
French Antique Bronze Mounted and Painted Sevres Style Cobalt Blue Accessory Box
By E. Grisard 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French antique bronze mounted and painted sevres style cobalt blue accessory box
France, circa 1890
Decorated with a figurative scene de...
Category
Antique 1890s French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
French Ormolu Mantel Clock by Victor Paillard
By Victor Paillard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A superb 19th century French gilt bronze figural mantel clock by Victor Paillard (1805-1886).
The urn-shaped case with pomegranate finial, flanked by classical allegorical figures. ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Marble Top Console Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A handsome Italian 19th century carved giltwood console table with Brèche d'Alep marble top. The rectangular form centered by a female mask, raised on four curved form legs inter-joi...
Category
Antique 1870s Tables
Materials
Marble
A Large Patinated Bronze Figure of a Draped Religious Women Titled: Antifonh
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine 19th century French patinated bronze figure of a standing draped classical woman with a wreath to her hair holding an urn.
Titled: Antifonh
Measures:
Height 41.5" (105.4 cm)...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Classical Roman Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A French Antique Carved White Marble Bust of Louis XIV 'The Sun King' Circa 1890
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Antique Carved Marble Bust of Louis XIV, a masterful embodiment of artistry and historical grandeur. Crafted with precision and reverence, this carved marble bust captures t...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century Royal Vienna Porcelain Urn / Vase
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine quality 19th century Royal Vienna hand painted porcelain covered Potpourri vase / urn. Constructed in three pieces with a lid and a se...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Urns
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Musical Picture Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large well-detailed musical picture clock. The oil painting on canvas depicts a village scene in Europe with manor home, mountains at sunset in...
Category
Antique 1850s European Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
19th Century French Gilt-Bronze Mounted Commode after Jean-Henri Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Superb 19th century French Louis XVI style gilt- bronze mahogany, kingwood and fruitwood marquetry armorial commode with Sycamore Marquetry and magn...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ormolu
19th century French ormolu and crystal Marie Antoinette chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exceptional 19th century French Louis XVI Marie Antoinette style gilt bronze mounted crystal 12 light chandelier. The chandelier is centered...
Category
Antique 1860s French Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of Ormolu Mounted Marble Lamps by Maison Millet
By Maison Millet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A lovely pair of 19th century French Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted Cipollino marble urns masterfully made by Maison Millet, now mounted as lamps. Each Cipolin Antique de Grèce m...
Category
Antique 1870s French Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Ormolu Figural Clock by Monbro Aine, Jacquier & Henri Picard
By Monbro Ainé 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Imposing 19th century French Napoleon III Gilt Bronze striking Mantel clock. Flanked by two sitting cherubs and another two cherubs on top, this is another example of a fine French m...
Category
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
19th Century Marble Figure of 'the Crouching Venus' on Pedestal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large and impressive 19th century Italian hand carved white Carrara marble figure of the crouching Venus with octagonal base, set on a 19th century green marble circular pedestal fitted with octagonal top,
circa 1870
Measures: Height 70" (177 cm)
Width 22" ( 55 cm)
Depth 22" (55 cm)
The Crouching Venus is a Hellinistic model of Venus surprised at her bath. Venus crouches...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Statues
Materials
Marble
19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas after Francois Boucher
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This magnificent painting dates to the 19th century after the original by Francois Boucher.
François Boucher was a French painter, draughtsman and et...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Paintings
Materials
Canvas
ANTIQUE marble Figure of Michelangelo Carving the Head of Faun
By Pietro Bazzanti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Young Michelangelo
Carrara marble.
Signed: P. Bazzanti, Florence (Italian, 1825-1895)
Circa 1870
This magnificent 19th-century hand-carved marble sculpture depicts the young artist...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Pair of Gilt-Bronze Fire Place Figural Bronze Andirons depicting Pan and Nymph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of late 19th century gilt bronze fireplace figural bronze andirons designed by Ernest coxhead.
Depicting Pan & Nymph,
circa 1890
Measur...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Andirons
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Large Clock Garniture Signed Houdon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exceptional large 19th century French figural clock set after a model by Jean Antoine Houdon. Mounted with a large bronze model of a cupid holding a gilt bow and arrow, upon a naturalistic base with flowers and doves, supported on a rouge marble and ormolu mounted circular base with inset clock. Each candelabra modeled with a sitting putti holding a branch with two lights in each hand, raised upon a circular ormolu mounted rouge marble base.
Signed: Houdon,
circa 1860
Dimesions:
Clock
Height 36? (91 cm)
Width 15? (38 cm)
Depth 20? (20 cm)
Candelabra
Height 26? (66 cm)
Width 12? (30 cm)
Depth 9? (22 cm)
Jean-Antoine Houdon a French neoclassical portrait...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Large French Renaissance Revival Bronze Mounted Carved Walnut Mantel Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A magnificent 19th century French Renaissance Revival patinated bronze mounted carved walnut "Day and Night" mantel clock.
The dial with Roman numerals flanked by allegorical figures of night and day after Michelangelo.
France, circa 1870
Maker: Victor Paillard
The movement stamped: Vr. Paillard, Paris. Rodier Paris Stamp & Medaille Dor', 1837
Dimensions:
Height 22" (56 cm)
Width 37" (94 cm)
Depth 9" (22 cm)
Victor Paillard (1805-1886) designed and made various bronze decorative and functional objects including chenets, lighting and clocks. He also cast bronzes for some of the most important sculptors of the day including Barye, Carrier-Belleuse and Pradier
He opened his first workshop in the 1830s at 105, boulevard Beaumarchais and 6, rue Saint-Claude and by the 1850s was employing around 100 people. His success at numerous international exhibitions including the 1851 Great Exhibition (where he displayed a bronze of the Standing Sappho after Pradier) further enhanced his reputation
Day and night by Michelangelo: Though never finished, the tomb of Giuliano de' Medici in the Medici Chapel is the only one of Michelangelo great architectural-sculptural projects to be realized in a form approaching completion.
Built between 1520 and 1534, it is widely held to be one of Michelangelo's most stunning achievements.
The pose of the central figure on the tomb of Giuliano de' Medici, arms resting at his sides and legs comfortably apart, and its open composition suggest a cheerful Duke, generous in both mind and spirit. In fact, the figure holds in his hand several coins, as if an intended gift. Light plays freely on his beautiful face, yet the figure is lacking in energy and seems to wilt under the burden of the Roman armor...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Berlin KPM Porcelain Plaque, "The Dancing Lesson of Our Grandmother"
By K.P.M. Berlin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The Dancing Lesson of Our Grandmother" (The Dance Lesson). Considered by collectors and dealers to be one of the best and most desirable K.P.M plaque...
Category
Antique 19th Century German Ceramics
Materials
Wood, Porcelain
Fine Rectangular K.P.M Porcelain Plaque Depicting Rembrandt & Saskia
By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine Rectangular K.P.M Porcelain plaque depicting Rembrandt & Saskia.
In the scene of the prodigal son in the tavern, after a painting by the artist.
Impressed "KPM" under a...
Category
Antique 19th Century German Paintings
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
French Napoleon III Gilt and Silvered Carved Wood and Gesso Full Length Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine 19th century French Napoleon III gilt and silvered carved wood and gesso full length pier mirror.
The arched rectangular plate surmount...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Floor Mirrors and Full-Length M...
Materials
Giltwood
French Ormolu Mounted Louis XV / XVI Style Corner Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a fine and unusual 19th century French ormolu mounted mahogany "Vernis Martin" decorated, marble top corner vitrine cabinet,
circa 1880
Dimensions:
Height 63" (160 cm)...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Corner Cupboards
Materials
Ormolu
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Grandfather Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Late 19th century French Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted parquetry longcase grandfather clock. Surmounted an ormolu figure of a classical seated lady holding a globe,
circa ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Large American White Marble Bust of a Gentleman by Randolph Rogers
By Randolph Rogers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fine 19th century white carved marble bust of a gentleman with mustache wearing a Toga.
Signed: Randolph Rogers, Rome.
Randolph John Rogers (July 6, 1825, Waterloo, New York – January 15, 1892, Rome, Italy) was an American Neoclassical sculptor. An expatriate who lived most of his life in Italy, his works ranged from popular subjects to major commissions, including the Columbus Doors at the U.S. Capitol and American Civil War monuments. Born in Waterloo, New York, he spent most of his childhood in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He developed an interest in wood cuts and wood engraving, and moved to New York City about 1847, but was unsuccessful in finding employment as an engraver. While working as a clerk in a dry-goods store, his employers discovered his native talent as a sculptor and provided funds for him to travel to Italy. He began study in Florence in 1848, where he studied briefly under Lorenzo Bartolini. He then opened a studio in Rome in 1851. He resided in that city until his death in 1892.
He began his career carving statues of children and portrait busts of tourists. He was not happy working with marble consequently all his marble statues were copied in his studio by Italian artisans under his supervision, from an original produced by him in another material. This also enabled him to profit from his popular works. His first large-scale work was Ruth Gleaning...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian American Classical Busts
Materials
Marble
A Rare English Gothic Style Highly Carved Walnut & Polychromed Fire-Place C.1860
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Rare English Gothic Style Highly Carved Walnut & Polychromed Fire-Place
Carved with precision by the most gifted carpenters in the 19th century. This fire place was made for the ...
Category
Antique 19th Century British Gothic Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Large Cloisonné Enamel Palace Vases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of large Japanese cloisonné enamel palace vases
These tall vases are one of the early pieces by Kaji Tsunekichi (1803-1883) of Nagoya in Owari Province (modern Aichi Prefectu...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Vases and Vessels
Materials
Enamel
Large Vitrine by Charles-Guillaume Diehl and Leon Bertaux
By Charles-Guillaume Diehl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A spectacular large French Napoleon III ormolu mounted showcase by Charles-Guillaume Diehl, and Helene Bertaux.
Each one of the three glazed doors mounted with a relief-cast oval plaque depicting flying putti and a lady in various positions, flanked by acanthus leaves and ribbons. The shoulders mounted with female espagnolettes, topped with a gilt bronze bust of a lady.
Lock plate signed DIEHL/19. R. Michel-le-Comte/PARIS
The plaques by Helene Bertaux (Madame Leon Bertaux...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Vitrines
Materials
Bronze
French Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood Two-Tier Occasional Table, attr E. Zwiener, 1880
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood Cross-banded Two-Tier Occasional Table, attributed to Emmanuel Zwiener, Paris Circa 1880
Measures: Height 38", width 32", depth 21.5".
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Tray Tables
Materials
Bronze
Life Size 19th Century Italian White Marble Sculpture Titled "The Wrestlers"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exceptional 19th century Italian hand carved marble group titled: 'The Wrestlers' was carved after a Greek original of the 3rd century BCE.
This impressive statue depicts two na...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Unusual 19th Century French rotary Clock Garniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare and very fine 19th century French Louis XVI style ormolu mounted white marble 3-piece Rotary (Annular) clock set comprising a clock and a pair of 3 arms candelabra.
The urn s...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Clocks
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Giltwood Aubusson Tapestry 7-Piece Salon Suite
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fine French Napoleon III period Louis XV style 7-piece parlor set. This beautiful carved giltwood set is richly upholstered in handwoven Aubusson Floral Tapestry. Comprising a Canape...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Living Room Sets
Materials
Giltwood, Tapestry
Monumental Italian Carved Giltwood Console and Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very large and fine 19th century Italian Rococo style carved giltwood figural console table and matching mirror. The "D" shaped console table masterfully carved with foliate, masks...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Materials
Marble
Monumental Antique French Walnut and Oak Figural Fireplace
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fine monumental 19th century French masterfully hand carved walnut and oak figural fireplace. This magnificent large hand carved fireplace is of solid walnu...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Fireplaces and Mantels
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Finely 19th Century Pair of French Sevres Style Hand Painted Porcelain Vases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These lovely pair of Sèvres style porcelain vases exhibit finely detailed scenes to the front and back. The front of each vase with hand painted scenes of a mother and her children...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Large Marble Sculpture of a Fisherman boy by professor Lot Torelli
By Lot Torelli
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A masterfully carved 19th century Italian Carrera Marble figure of a fisherman boy holding a bronze fishing pole sitting on a stump with a satchel hung ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Meissen Porcelain Plaque
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exceptional and rare Meissen porcelain painted plaque depicts a young boy wearing white outfit with blue cape and a yellow oxide braided ...
Category
Antique 19th Century German Paintings
Materials
Porcelain
Large Oil Painting "Intérieur D'atelier" ‘Workshop Interior’ by Gustave Cambier
By Louis Gustave Cambier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Louis Gustave Cambier (1874-1949)
Titled: "Intérieur D'atelier" (Workshop interior).
This magnificent large oil painting on canvas depicts an elegantly dressed artist in his work...
Category
Antique 19th Century Belgian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
19th Century French Sevres Style Figural Garniture Clock Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This excuisite 3-piece 19th century French ormolu mounted porcelain clock set comprising a central clock and a pair of flanking candelabra. The clock in urn shape form over a gilt br...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of 19th Century Orientalist Bronze Busts
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of superb quality 19th century gilt and patinated bronze orientalist busts. Each young lady dressed in traditional middle eastern attire...
Category
Antique 19th Century Busts
Materials
Bronze
Alabaster Group of a Cavalier and Lady with Pedestal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Superbly carved 19th century Italian alabaster group depicting a cavalier standing aside a sitting lady with a flower in hand. Raised on a green marble pedestal with a rectangular to...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Monumental 19th century French Sevres Style Centerpiece
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large and unusual 19th century French Sevres style gilt bronze mounted oval shaped centerpiece. The cobalt Blue ground painted with a scene of seven ladies sitting in an interior engaging in embroidery. The reverse painted with a landscape scene with houses by a lake...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Centerpieces
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Gilt Bronze-Mounted table / Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine 19th century French Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted wood leather top ladies desk. The writing table stands on four cabriole legs, decorated at the shoulder with gilt bronze...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Large Marble Figure by Romanelli, 'The Son of Willaim Tell'
By Pasquale Romanelli
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A magnificent 19th century Italian carved marble figure of the son of William Tell kneeling under a tree trunk with a punched apple above his head. Raised on a contemporary solid marble pedestal.
By Pasquale Romanelli (1812-1887)
This model is recorded as the first sculpture exhibited by Pasquale Romanelli, it met with such success that it was subsequently given a prize at the New York Exhibition of 1854 and also at the 1861 first Great Italian exhibition which followed the Unification of Italy in 1860. The statue was bought by Italian king S.M. Vittorio Emanuele II.
Signed: Romanelli,
circa 1860
Dimensions:
Height with pedestal 70.5" (179 cm)
Diameter with pedestal 24" (61 cm)
Height of sculpture 41.5" (105 cm)
Diameter of sculpture 22" (55 cm)
Pasquale Romanelli was born in Florence on May 28 1812. When he was 15 years old he entered the studio runned by Master Sculptor Luigi Pampaloni and later moved to Lorenzo Bartolini’s studio in Borgo San Frediano. Lorenzo Bartolini was a teacher at Accademia in 1837 and suggested the young pupil to attend proper sculpture training at the Accademia of Belle Arti. Soon he learned to sculpt in marble at such a high level that Bartolini himself did not need to finish his pieces if they have been carved by Pasquale.
In 1840 he got his studio at the San Barnaba Monastry (nearby San Lorenzo church) and in this years he already took part in the political life, sure enough his subjects were connected to his political IDEA of freedom and independence of Italy. In 1850 Lorenzo Bartolini died his heirs had to deal with several sculptures uncompleted and sort out how to finish them without distorting either the original project and the Master’s style. As Bartolini was very jealous of his “last touch”, the heirs chose Pasquale Romanelli to complete most of his works, as he was the only assistant that could match the ability of the master. Just to mention some of this works, according to the tradition, the famous sculpture ”La fiducia in Dio” now housed at Hermitage Museum was sculpted by Pasquale Romanelli from an original model by Bartolini, as well as the “Monumento Demidoff” placed in Piazza Demidoff in Florence. Till the end of his life he worked on several commissions, either public monuments as the sculpture Francesco Ferrucci (Portico degli Uffizi) and private ones, mostly sold abroad. He was a renown portraitist and according to the tradition, luxury carriage...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair of Lifesize antique marble lions after Joseph Gott
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An impressive pair of life-size 19th century English Baroque style carved white marble sitting lions. each lion resting its front paws on a carved shield.
After Josef Gott.
This ...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Sculptures
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Louis XV Style Marquetry Lady's Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and well-proportioned 19th century French lady's desk, the case veneered with marquetry decoration and embellished with finely cast and finished gilt bronze mounts. The d...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Kingwood
Large 19th century marble sculpture, 'The Love Boat'
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This charming 19th century Italian carved white Carrara marble group depicts six children in a boat. Three children playing musical instruments (violin, flute and angel harp), one ch...
Category
Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Large Austrian Royal Vienna Porcelain Hand Painted Baluster Vase
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This magnificent large Royal Vienna porcelain covered urn is Surmounted by domed cover with acorn finial and flanked by satyr mask handles, centered by a panel depicting scenes of th...
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Crystal 19th Century Girandoles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine pair of 19th century French gilt bronze and crystal Louis XVI style girandoles
France, circa 1880
Finely cast with original gilt, each with five arms and a white marble...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
"The Dame School" Oil Painting on Canvas by William Bromley
By William Bromley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful 19th century English painting depicting an English dame school in the 19th century.
William Bromley (1818-1888), was the ...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Paintings
Materials
Canvas
19th Century Porcelain Plate in a Gilt Bronze Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A lovely 19th century Austrian hand painted porcelain plate depicting a young lady reclining on a cliff and being saved by a young man and cupids. Within a magnificent patinated and ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
