Renaissance Man Antiques

An iconic Art Deco design, crafted in sterling silver by Harald Nielsen for George Jensen -- arguably the most renowned silversmith in the world at the time -- this hand mirror featu...

This extraordinary set of 61 prints on 34 separate sheets of rag paper by Maurice L'Hoir were made in connection with the 1945 publication of Lysistrata, the Classic Greek poem that ...

Beautifully and sensitively painted, this WPA-period portrait of a young man in an unusual setting -- perhaps a boiler room or plumbing closet -- was executed by Dorothy Van Loan, a ...

Brilliantly sculpted and cast with very fine detail with a rich, lustrous patina, this celebrated bronze of a fully nude male archer was sculpted by Ernst Moritz Geyger in the 1890s ...

Exquisitely designed and executed, this Art Deco coffee pot and sugar bowl form an elegant pairing, and were made by Erik Fleming's Atelier Borgila in Sweden in 1953. Each piece is s...

This rare and remarkable "Head of a Potter" in the pebbly Sung glaze by Jais Nielsen is both strong and subtle, an evocative and beautiful capturing of a young man's visage, no doubt...

This extraordinary painting of a nude youth serving as a goatherd in the mountains of Central Europe is notable for its combination of sweetness and sensuality. The central figure is smooth and tanned like a modern-day lifeguard, but looks into the distance in an otherworldly, wistful way. The goats in his charge are gathered around, and the mountains tower overhead, suggesting a lovely, sunny day worth remembering. The artist was Marcel René Herrfeldt...

Charming and beautifully crafted, this rare plate designed for a child -- and customized for "Laurence" by the Saturday Evening Girls (SEG) at the ...

A brilliant example of Art Deco-era painting which celebrated American manufacturing with stylized images of gears and Industrial architecture, this gouache painting by Paolo Garrett...

Covered with bold flowers in full bloom, and glazed in an unusual palette of periwinkle, navy blue, gold and sky blue, this ovoid-form Art Deco vase was made by the famed Longwy cera...

Drawn during the time when Paul Cadmus produced some of his most famous -- and infamous -- paintings with satiric themes such as "Shore Leave" and "The Fleet's in," but presaging his lifelong interest in the male nude, this set of four scenes depict male figures in scenes that would be familiar to artists going back to Roman and Greek times. One scene depicts two nudes in a wrestling match, another shows several nude figures in a headlong run, a third shows two men in battle, and the fourth depicts a nude figure taming a rearing horse. No doubt inspired by Classical sculptures, this set of drawings captures the energy and dynamics of interacting male figures, but without the very fine detail that he would bring to his countless male nude drawings in the 1950s, 60s and later. The drawings are signed, and the reverse retains an owner's label indicating the drawing was in the collection of William Tregoning, a gallerist who amassed a large collection of male figural art...

In our opinion, the finest and most delightful of Karl Drerup's enamel works from the post-World War II period, this footed bowl depicts Noah and his ark, teaming with a veritable fo...