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19th Century Demosthenes Bronze Sculpture by Barbedienne Foundry
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in 263-0031, JP
A bronze figure representing Demosthenes (384-322 BC), a Greek statesman and orator. The sculpture is based on a Roman copy of an original Greek statue. The chocolate-brown patina of...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Seated Female Figure in French Fire-Gilt Clock from Empire Era
Located in 263-0031, JP
A French fire-gilt clock depicting a seated female figure - Urania, I presume, judging from the iconography. Empire Era, 1800-1815. The gilding sh...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
A Patinated Bronze Bust of Lucius Verus
Located in 263-0031, JP
Lucius Verus was Co-Emperor with Marcus Aurelius during the first nine years of Marcus’ reign. A handsome guy, his image became popular during and after his imperial days. This bust ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Patinated Bronze Holy Water Font
By Louis Kley, F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in 263-0031, JP
Signed “Kley,” after Louis Kley, a French sculptor (1833-1911). Stamped with the circular “Collas” stamp indicating that the reduction of this cast from the original was performed ac...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Patinated Bronze Figure of a Marine, after the original by Charles Anfrie
By Charles Anfrie
Located in 263-0031, JP
The French sculptor Charles Anfrie (1833-1905) created a number of pieces on martial themes. This work, bearing a cartouche reading “Après le Combat,” shows what I surmise is a Frenc...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Patinated Bronze Bust Depicting Moliere by the Barbedienne Foundry
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in 263-0031, JP
Houdin’s expressive yet classically poised bust of the 17th-century French playwright, originally in marble, has been finely cast and worked by the the Parisian bronze foundry Barbed...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Busts
Materials
Bronze
A Patinated Bronze Sculpture of a Boy with a Goose
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in 263-0031, JP
After the Hellenistic original, apparently by the sculptor Boethus, a marble variant of which can be found in the Louvre. This sculpture, along with the Dying Gaul and the Scythian K...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Hellenistic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Marble and Fire-Gilt-Bronze Directoire-Era Portico Clock Retour d'Egypte Style
Located in 263-0031, JP
A small, svelte French portico clock from the Directory Era, 1795-99. In the "Retour d’Egypte” style that became quite the hot thing following Napoleon’s - ahem! - incursion into Egy...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Egyptian Revival Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Pair of Louis Philippe Era Animalier Chenets
Located in 263-0031, JP
These chunky chenets make no bones about their Romantic lineage and exhibit all of the passion you’d expect from artisans working in the period 1830 to 1848. Here, a nice yin-and-yan...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Romantic Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Restauration Era Fire-Gilt Bronze Clock Representing Hera
Located in 263-0031, JP
A mantel clock from the French “Restauration” era of 1815-1830 in fire-gilt bronze. The dial is enamelled white and the hours are depicted with Roman numerals. The figure represents ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Gilded Bronze Candlesticks from French Restauration Era
Located in 263-0031, JP
A pair of candlesticks in chiselled fire-gilt bronze from the French Empire or early Restauration Era. The pair, exemplifying the neoclassical iconography so popular in the Napoleoni...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Figure of The Dancing Faun with Cymbals
Located in 263-0031, JP
A bronze figure of The Dancing Faun with Cymbals, dark brown patination. It is made after the model by Massimiliano Soldani (Italian, 1656-1740), on oval base, signed Duchemin, after...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Restauration Era Bronze Sconces
Located in 263-0031, JP
An exquisite pair of gilt-bronze and black-patina sconces - appliqués - from the French Restauration Era. The pair revels in the acanthus-leaf iconography of classicism to an almost ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Candle Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Bronze Sculpture by Lequesne
By (after) Eugène-Louis Lequesne
Located in 263-0031, JP
A pensive figure, evocative to the many depictions of Sappho produced during the Romantic Era, of a seated woman by the French sculptor Eugène Louis Lequesne (1815-1887). She and her...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Pair of Bronze Medici Vases c. 1830
Located in 263-0031, JP
A pair of bronze Medici vases from the Charles X period, circa 1830. The bases are in the yellow Siena marble so popular in early-to-mid-century France. The blackish-green-patinated ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Vases
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
19th Century Da Vinci and Cellini Sculptures by Carrier-Belleuse
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in 263-0031, JP
This couple of sculptures was made by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, a French artist and one of the founding members of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, who lived in the 19th c...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Figure of the Berlin Adorante by Barbedienne Foundry
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in 263-0031, JP
A 19th-century patinated bronze figure of the Berlin Adorante, or Praying Boy. The piece is a reduction of the Hellenistic-era original, currently in t...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mahogany Patinated Odalisque Bronze Sculpture by Pradier
By J. Pradier
Located in 263-0031, JP
A mahogany/dark-chocolate-patinated bronze from one of the finest foundries of 19th-century, Siot-Decauville. The sculptor James Pradier (1790-1852), who commenced his career with wo...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Sculpture of Diana di Gabii
Located in 263-0031, JP
A French patinated bronze figure of Diana di Gabii, late 19th century.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Patinated Canister by the Barbedienne Foundry of Paris
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in 263-0031, JP
This piece is unique in my collection. Antique bronze cassolettes and vases and urns and other “garnitures” come in pairs and are generally meant to flank a clock on the mantle. If y...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Jars
Materials
Bronze
Restauration Era French Bronze Clock Depicting a Woman in Prayer
Located in 263-0031, JP
A French patinated and fire-gilt clock depicting a woman in prayer, Restauration Era, 1815-1830. The dial is silvered-bronze. The silk-thread mechanism is in good working condition w...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Restauration Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Sienna Marble and Patinated-Bronze Portico Clock
Located in 263-0031, JP
A French Sienna marble and patinated-bronze portico clock, Restauration Era, 1815-1830. The silk-thread mechanism is in good working condition with key and pendulum.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
Empire Era Fire-Gilt Bronze Clock Representing a Figure in Neo-Egyptian Style
Located in 263-0031, JP
A French patinated and fire-gilt clock depicting a standing figure in the neo-Egyptian style, Empire Era, 1800-15. The silk-thread mechanism is in good working condition with key and...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
A Restauration Patina and Fire-Gilt Clock Depicting Virgil
Located in 263-0031, JP
This clocks serves as an exquisite example of the blend of patinated bronze with fire-gilding popular in period 1815-30 among French artisans. The subject, the Roman poet Virgil, who...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
French Fire-Gilt Bronze Clock Depicting Troubadour Figures c. 1820
Located in 263-0031, JP
A French fire-gilt clock depicting a standing pair of figures in “troubadour” attire, Restauration Era, 1815-1830. The silk-thread mechanism is in good working condition with key and...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
A Restauration Era Fire-Gilt Mantle Clock with Figures of Venus and Cupid
Located in 263-0031, JP
This imposing clock brings to the table - or, rather, mantle - the full suite of iconography for a subject that must’ve come as a welcome relief to the French after the trauma of th...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
A Standing Figure French Restauration Era Fire-Gilt Clock
Located in 263-0031, JP
A French fire-gilt clock depicting a standing figure, Restauration Era, 1815-1830. The silk-thread mechanism is in good working condition with key and pendulum.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
A French Fire-Gilt Bronze Restauration-Era Clock Featuring the “Shepherd Paris”
Located in 263-0031, JP
A mantle clock of very good quality from the French Restoration period c 1820. The neoclassical character represents the shepherd Paris, with requisite stick and hat, admiring a but...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Patinated and Fire-Gilt Clock in the Form of a Vase c. 1800
Located in 263-0031, JP
A French patinated and fire-gilt clock in the form of a vase, Empire Era, 1800-1815. The silk-thread mechanism is in good working condition with key and pendulum.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Bronze Clock Representing Mercury
Located in 263-0031, JP
A French patinated and fire-gilt clock depicting Hermes/Mercury, Restauration Era, 1815-30. The dial is silvered-bronze. The silk-thread mechanism is in unverified condition.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
A Boy and His Dog, 19th Century French Fire-Gilt Bronze Clock
Located in 263-0031, JP
A French fire-gilt bronze clock depicting a boy and his dog, Louis Philippe Era, 1830-48. The silk-thread mechanism is in good working condition with key and pendulum.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Woman Fire-Gilt Bronze Clock c. 1800
Located in 263-0031, JP
A French fire-gilt bronze clock with marble base depicting a Japanese woman, Louis XVI or Empire Era, 1790-1815. The silk-thread mechanis...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Greek Soldier Gilded Bronze Clock
Located in 263-0031, JP
A fine French fire-gilt bronze clock depicting a Greek warrior, Restauration Era, 1815-30. The silk-thread mechanism is in good working condition with key and pendulum.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Madame de Staël Fire-Gilt Bronze Clock
Located in 263-0031, JP
A gorgeous fire-gilt bronze clock depicting Madame de Staël seated in a classical landscape holding a lyre, and, at her feet, a fragment of a column. F...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
1819 Ink Drawing After Poussin
By Nicolas Poussin
Located in 263-0031, JP
An ink drawing after Poussin. Dated 1819 on bottom right. The frame and glass color are original.
Category
Antique 1810s French Restauration Drawings
Materials
Canvas
Portrait of a French Woman (1817 Dessin)
Located in 263-0031, JP
Drawing of a French woman, signed and dated “1817.” The woman wears a “troubadour” ensemble that could reflect either her *région d'origine* or point to the Romantic, new-medieval vo...
Category
Antique 1810s French Restauration Drawings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
French Officer Portrait Oil-On-Copper c. 1830
Located in 263-0031, JP
A very rare oil-on-copper portrait of a French officer from Louis Philippe period of 1830-48. Paintings on copper sheeting are typically found only among the genre of small devotiona...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Paintings
Materials
Copper
Early 19th Century French Oil-On-Canvas Portrait of Boy
Located in 263-0031, JP
French oil-on-canvas portrait of boy. Dating from the Louis Philippe Era of 1830-45, this charming portrait is done in a naive manner that evokes American portraiture from the same p...
Category
Antique 1840s French Louis Philippe Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Early 18th-Century Baroque Portrait of a Nobleman
Located in 263-0031, JP
An oil-on-canvas full-scale portrait of a standing man in costume typical of the Baroque era of c. 1720, France. Purchased from a dealer in Geneva, Switzerland. The canvas is in good...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas
French Oil On Canvas Portrait of a Woman c. 1835
Located in 263-0031, JP
A French oil-on-canvas portrait of a woman from the Louis Philippe period of 1830-48. Her ensemble and hairstyle place her to the mid-1830s. The canvas is in good unlined condition (...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Portrait of Gilles Armand Vaquier de la Baume c. 1825
Located in 263-0031, JP
Bourbon Restoration portrait of French man. Dating from c. 1825, this handsome oil on canvas painting depicts a *homme bourgeois* displaying all the earmarks of the of the less-milit...
Category
Antique 1820s French Paintings
Materials
Canvas
French Oil On Canvas Portrait of a Man c. 1800
Located in 263-0031, JP
French oil on canvas portrait of a man c. 1800. The bourgeois gent depicted here displays the cliched hand-in-waistcoat mannerism of the 18th and early 19th century. He’s wearing wha...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Louis Philippe-Era Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Woman
Located in 263-0031, JP
Oil-on-canvas portrait of an elegant woman from the Louis Philippe Era (1830-48). The canvas and original frame are in excellent condition.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Paintings
Materials
Canvas
French Oil on Panel Painting of a Woman c. 1815
Located in 263-0031, JP
French oil on panel painting of a woman. Composed on a wooden panel, this c. 1815 oil depicts a woman displaying the exaggerated, theatrical mannerisms of the Neoclassical style that...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Wood
1822 Signed and Dated Oil On Canvas Portrait of a Man
Located in 263-0031, JP
A charming oil-on-canvas of a man from the reign of Louis XVIII (1815-24). On the reverse, the following inscription can be found: "Erra, Pinxit” (“Painted by Erra”) and date of Marc...
Category
Antique 1820s French Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Lepoittevin Early 19th Century Marine Oil Painting
By Eugene Le Poittevin
Located in 263-0031, JP
A marine tableau, oil on wood board, by the French Romantic painter Eugène Lepoittevin (1806-1870). The signature “Poitevin” appears in the lower right: our painter seems to have gon...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Young French Girl Portrait c. 1800 Oil On Canvas
Located in 263-0031, JP
Neoclassicism saturates this droll portrait of a French girl c. 1800: the high-waisted dress, the antique hairstyle "a la Titus” complemented with m...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century French Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
18th Century Oil Painting Portrait of Petrus Chevallier
Located in 263-0031, JP
A charming French 18th-century oil-on-canvas portrait of a pharmacist named Petrus Chevallier. Signed “Davila” verso, where it also dated “20 - 09 - 1753" and the title “Petrus Cheva...
Category
Antique 1750s French Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Early 19th Century Oil Painting French Family Portrait
Located in 263-0031, JP
The term “Biedermeier” was first wielded as mildly disparaging designation for the bourgeois domesticity, so idealized by German society in the post-Napoleonic era prior to the 1848 ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
17th Century Oil Painting School of Claude Lorrain
By (after) Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)
Located in 263-0031, JP
A copy of the 1636 painting “River Ford” by the French proto-plein-air painter Claude Lorrain (1600-1682). This suivier, or follower, has faithfully reproduced the original but revis...
Category
Antique 17th Century European Paintings
Materials
Canvas
