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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
XVII-XIX Century Capipota Sanctuary
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Introducing our exquisite collection: Capipota Sanctuaries - XVII-XIX Century Devotional Statuettes.
Originating from the Catalan expression "cap i pota" (head and feet), Capipota V...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Stucco, Wood
Pair of 18th Century Carved Wood Italian Popes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Rare Pair of Italian Popes made of Carved Wood and Papier Mache.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Wood
Pre Columbian Pottery Head Fragments Collection - Set of 5
Located in Seguin, TX
Collection of 5 Pre Columbian pottery heads. Largest is 2.5" x 2", much wear and chipping, although they are pretty tough for pottery.
Category
Central American Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Pottery
European Carved Limestone Celtic Votive Head of a Male Warrior
Located in London, GB
A Large European Carved Limestone Celtic Votive Head of a Male Warrior Wearing a Typical Flowing Moustache Small Beard and Curling Locks of Hair Stiffened with Lime Wash the Slit Mouth Open as if in Command
Circa 1st Century BC - 1st Century AD
Size: 31cm high, 22cm wide, 25cm deep - 12¼ ins high, 8¾ ins wide, 9¾ ins deep / 42cm high - 16½ ins high (with base)
From about 500 BC, first Greek and later Roman historians mention peoples living in a large area of non-mediterranean Europe as Celts. These classical chroniclers seem to have recognised these communities as having sufficient shared cultural traditions to justify their being given a common name, ‘Keltoi’ by the Greeks, and ‘Celtae’ or ‘Galli’ by the Romans. The earliest allusions to Celts by such Greek historians as Herodotus (485 - 425 BC) were followed by Polybius (200 - 118 BC) and Livy (59 BC - AD 17) who discuss the expansion of the Celts from their central European homelands during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. They document the presence of Celts in Spain, France, Italy, Greece and Asia Minor, specifically central Turkey. They testify to the successful Roman resistance to the Celts in Italy, after the ignominy of the sacking of Rome by them in 387 BC, and describe the huge defeat suffered by the Celts at the battle of Telemon in northern Italy in 225 BC. The Celts in Greece who sacked the sacred site of Delphi in 279 BC were defeated by King Antigonos Gonatas of Macedon in 278 - 277 BC and in Turkey by Altalus of Pergamon in 240 BC. The Celts in Spain fell under the shadow of Rome from 2nd Century BC and the Celtic heartland known by the Romans as ‘Gaul’ was conquered by the Romans under Julius Caesar in the mid 1st Century BC. Britain was not referred to as Celtic by the ancient historians, but Caesar recognised the close similarities between Britain and Gaul especially in their political organisation. Tacitus (55 - 120 AD) and others chronicled the conquest of Britain between 43 and 84 AD some mentioning the fierce nature of the Celts who went into battle naked.
Celtic art therefore belongs to an artistic tradition in the early history of Europe which is no less important than that of the classical world. Art was central to Celtic identity and was closely related to the objects which it decorated. The Celts were used to seeing art as an integral part of their everyday lives.
Provenance:
Ex Finch and Co...
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Limestone
Roman Marble Head of a Satyr
Located in London, GB
Head of a Satyr
Roman, circa 2nd - 3rd century AD
Carved and highly polished marble
An extremely fine marble head of a satyr, depicted with ivy wreath, curly hair and pointed goat’...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Marble
END OF THE 18th CENTURY NEOCLASSIC TERRACOTTA BUST
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful terracotta bust of a young charioteer, chariot driver during ancient games and tournaments. The work reflects a clear eighteenth-century style, with particular attention to...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Pottery
Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500
Located in Portland, OR
An exceptionally rare antique German Renaissance carving by Stephan Rottaler (1581-1533), Bavaria circa 1500.
The carving is by Stephan Rottaler, Landshut, Germany, an architect who ...
Category
German Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Ancient Roman Bust
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
An ancient Roman marble bust of a male, dating to the 1st-2nd century AD.
Larger than life-size and depicting a male wearing a laurel wreath and milit...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Marble
18th Century Baroque Grey Sandstone Head of a Woman on Marble Base, Around 1780
Located in Berlin, DE
Dating back to around 1780, this 18th-century Baroque Grey Hand-Carved Sandstone Head of a Woman is a remarkable testament to the artistry of its era. The intricately crafted piece, ...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Sandstone, Marble
Antique Venetian Stone Head of a Roman Gladiator
Located in Lincoln, GB
Antique Venetian Sandstone Head of a Roman Gladiator is a captivating piece of art that showcases the exquisite craftsmanship of the Venetian artisans. This stunning sculpture depict...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Limestone
Antique Marble Bust of Venus
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique over life-size bust of Venus. Thanks to her scale, this Neoclassical style handcarved marble sculpture of Venus, Roman goddess of love and beauty, is very striking. Charac...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
A Wedgwood Black Basalt Library Bust of Cicero
By Wedgwood
Located in London, GB
A Wedgwood Black Basalt Library Bust of Cicero (106–43 BC) Roman Orator and Statesman
Impressed ‘Wedgwood’ and ‘Cicero’ to the reverse
England
Circa 1780 – 1795
Size: 29cm high - ...
Category
British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Female Bust In Carrara Marble, Late 18th Century, Northern Italy
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Female Bust In Carrara Marble, Late 18th Century, Northern Italy
Category
Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Green Glazed Ceramic Buddha's Head
Located in Marbella, ES
Green Glazed Ceramic Buddha's Head
Category
Asian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Claude Munier, Bust of Gentleman, 1780
Located in Milano, IT
The terracotta bust, placed on top of a colored marble pedestal, depicts a male figure with his hair held back in a tail by a ribbon and is attired in a collarless tailcoat closed wi...
Category
French Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Christ the Redeemer. Andrea Ferrucci and workshop (Fiesole c. 1465 - 1526)
Located in Milano, IT
Painted stucco sculpture representing the bust of Christ the Redeemer. Dressed in a red tunic embellished with a gold collar, a blue cloak is draped over the left shoulder. The face ...
Category
Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Stucco
Male Profile Relief in Marble Italian Renaissance of the 17th Century with Video
Located in Madrid, ES
Male profile relief in Marble
Italian Renaissance of the 17th century
Measures: 18cm - Height 27 Cm
Good condition for the time.
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Marble
An 18th century or earlier statuary marble head of Venus
Located in London, GB
A large 18th century or earlier statuary marble head of Venus, goddess of Love. Life-size and beautifully carved with superb detail to her hair & face. Probably Italian and an early ...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Marble
18th Century Large Italian Marble Bust of Caesar Augustus
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century Italian Marble Bust of Caesar Augustus. His draped robe is hand-carved in red rosso levanto marble with the face modelled in contrasting white Carrara marble. The piece ...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Italian Carrara Marble Bust Augustus Caesar
Located in Newark, England
The bust intricately carved from Italian Carrara marble with lifelike features including textured hair and shaped chest. The bust carved as Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Octavius (lat...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Etruscan Sculpture Head, 4th Century A.D, Italy
Located in Girona, Spain
DESCRIPTION: Etruscan sculpture head made with terracotta, the art represents a young man from the 4th century. It's a very decorative piece and the state of conservation is good. I...
Category
Italian Classical Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Undated French Marble Male Bust
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Unveil the enigma of our Marble Male Bust from France, an undated masterpiece shrouded in historical allure. This finely sculpted piece captures the essence of a bygone era, portrayi...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Marble
French Terracotta Bust of Young Man Resting on Marble Plinth, Houdon, Circa 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
French terracotta bust of young man resting on circular marble plinth. Signed Houdon, Late 18th century.
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Marble
Pair Of Large Terracotta Busts, Apollo And Diana, 18th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Pair of large terracotta busts depicting Apollo, crowned with laurel, and Diana, with a forehead surrounded by a crescent moon, from the Louis XVI period.
These busts are presented ...
Category
European Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Terracotta
18th CENTURY PAIR OF SICILIANS "TESTE DI MORO"
Located in Firenze, FI
Unique and elegant pair of ebonized carved wooden sculptures depicting two Sicilian "Teste di Moro". These works of art, dating back to the first half of the 18th century and attribu...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Fabric, Wood
XVII-XIX Century Capipota Sanctuary
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Introducing our exquisite collection: Capipota Sanctuaries - XVII-XIX Century Devotional Statuettes.
Originating from the Catalan expression "cap i pota" (head and feet), Capipota V...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Stucco, Wood
16th Century Stone Classical Roman Style Torso
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A wonderful 16th century draped female torso in classical style. Made in France under Italian Renaissance influence this female torso is finely sculpted with great detail to the stol...
Category
French Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Sandstone
16th Century Stone Carved French Virgin Sculpture
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Explore the timeless beauty of our intricately crafted sculpture featuring Mary adorned in a graceful mantle that elegantly envelops her form. This exquisite Virgin sculpture is meti...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Stone
Rococo Reverie: 18th Century Terracotta Busts from France
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Transport your imagination to the splendor of the 18th century with our captivating pair of terracotta busts, straight from the French eleganc...
Category
Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Terracotta
16th Century Bust of Roman Emperor Julius Caesar
Located in Ramillies, BE
16th Century Bust of Roman Emperor Julius Caesar in bronze with brown patina.
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Bronze
Massive Statuary and Polychrome Marble Bust of an Emperor
Located in London, GB
A MASSIVE STATUARY AND POLYCHROME MARBLE BUST OF AN EMPEROR, PROBABLY ROME, LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY.
Incorporating Verde Antico, Nero Belgio and Marmo Africano from ancient s...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Marble
18th Century Napoli Bust of Hercules
Located in New Orleans, LA
Strong, pensive face of Hercules in stone. Nice details with hair, beard and features.
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Stone
17th Century Set Of Venetian Bronze Door Handles On Wooden Stands
Located in Bradenton, FL
Set of four 17th century Venetian bronze door handles, set on ebonized wooden stands. Each handle is a original of a bronze bust of an ancient Italian man affixed to a square wooden ...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Bronze
Antique Pair Italian Bronze Busts Dionysus and Ariadne by Clodion 18th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique pair of Italian Grand Tour solid bronze busts of Dionysus and Ariadne by Clodion, and bearing his signature, dating from the l...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Bronze
17th Century Marble Bust of Man
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautiful, albeit heavily distressed stone bust depicting an authoritarian man on a pedestal. Softly colored grey stone with many details intact including draping on tunic, eyes, be...
Category
French Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Stone
Roman Marble Trapezophorus circa 1st-2nd Century A.D
Located in Madrid, ES
A Roman marble trapezophorus in the Form of a Barbarian Dacian young figure.
Circa 1st-2nd century A.D.
Measure: height 24 1/4 inches (62 cm).
Property from Mr. Radu Moldovan, Skokie, Illinois
Provenance:
B.C. Holland Gallery...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Marble
Celtic Granite Carved Bust of a Female Figure
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
CELTIC GRANITE CARVED BUST OF A FEMALE FIGURE
ORIGIN: FRANCE
PERIOD: CELTE
Height: 46 cm
Length: 28 cm
Depth: 16 cm
Made of granite
The body shapes of this figure are scarce...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Granite
Antique Marble Statue of the Sleeping Ariadne
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This late Georgian antique marble statue is after the antique, depicting a scale fragment of the eminent 2nd century statue ‘Sleeping Ariadne’. C...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
Rare Tuscan Marble Sculpture "Classic Happy Angel with Fruit Garland" 18th Cent.
Located in Madrid, ES
Rare Tuscan Marble Sculpture "Classic Happy Angel with Fruit Garland" 18th Century
53x34 x thickness 10cm weight 29kg
Original antique
White Carrara with...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
18th Century Bust of a Bishop finished in polychrome.
Located in Lincoln, GB
18th Century Bust of a Bishop finished in polychrome.
The shape of the bust would suggest that it was originally part of a full-length figure.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Wood
French Faience Bust of Madame Recamier, After Houdon
Located in San Antonio, TX
Discover the timeless beauty of this exquisite French Faience Bust of Madame Recamier, a tribute to the renowned sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon. Made of ...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Faience
19th Century Sevres Style Bisque Porcelain Figural Pastoral Group
Located in Tarry Town, NY
French Sevres style white glazed bisque porcelain decorative pastoral figural group in the manner of Michel Victor Acier ( French, 1736-1799 ) depicting a shepherd and shepherdess tying a ribbon around a lamb's neck on a field of roses. The pastoral sculpture...
Category
French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Porcelain
Egyptian Head of a Man
Located in London, GB
Egyptian head of a man, carved granite. 18th Dynasty, circa 1550-1292 B.C.
Carved in beautiful dark granite, this head depicts an elite individual, perha...
Category
Egyptian Egyptian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Granite
Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Dionysus of the Villa of the Papyri
Located in Essex, MA
The Villa of the Papyri was an ancient Roman villa in Herculaneum. Its named after its library of scrolls discovered in 1750. Dionysus was the Greek god of nature.The nicely cast bust with a Siena marble...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
Italian Marble Bust of a Girl, 18th Century
Located in London, by appointment only
Italian 18th Century Marble Bust of a Girl
Late 18th century bust of a girl, in the manner of Luigi Valadier
Son of Andrea Valadier, a Prove...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Marble
Attributed to Tomasso Rues
Located in London, GB
ATTRIBUTED TO TOMASSO RUES, VENICE, LATE 17TH CENTURY.
A PAIR OF STATUARY MARBLE BUSTS OF ANTIQUE HEROINES.
On late Rosso di Verona socles.
PROVENANCE:
Frédéric Spitzer Collection...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
18th Century Italian Gilded Angel Head with Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf angel head or "putto" adorned with baroque pearls. A putto is a cherub figure frequently appearing in both mythological and religious paintings and scu...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century Neoclassical Bronze Doré Sculpture of Woman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A masterful large classical statue in cast bronze of a beautiful young woman in stride wearing a flowing ionic chiton. The exquisite casting of ...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture depicting St. John the Baptist
Located in Alba, IT
Wooden sculpture of remarkable quality depicting St. John the Baptist shown with staff and shell in his left hand.
The figure is defined and cared for in every detail, and even small...
Category
Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Wood
Late 18th Century a Pair of Marble Busts of Terpsichore and Melpomene
By (After) Carlo Albacini
Located in SAINT-JEAN-CAP-FERRAT, FR
Item: a pair of marble busts of terpsichore and melpomene circle.
Author: carlo albacini.
Origin: rome, italy.
Period: late 18th century
Dimensions:
19 3/8 and 19 ¼ in. (49.3 and 48.7 cm.) high, overall
Both busts have a votive index plaque inscribed 'TERSICORE' and 'MELPOMENE' and they are fixed on a circular marble socle.
Essay
Melpomene and Terpsichore were two of the nine Muses...
Category
Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Marble
Pair of Baroque Putti Cherubs, Polychrome & Gilt Wood, French Pyrenees ca 1700
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Pair of original Baroque wooden putti / winged cherubs.
We were told that they originate from a church in the French Pyrenees.
We suppose they are from circa 1650 to 1750.
The p...
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Wood
Pair of 18th Century Statues
Located in TOULOUSE, FR
Pair of statues representing women dressed in the antique style holding torches.
Patinated terracotta stucco.
Louis XVI period
XVIIIth century.
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Terracotta
18th Century Terracotta Bust of Girl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully detailed. Hand sculpted terracotta on original marble plinth.
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Marble
Roman Marble Head of Sophocles
Located in London, GB
Roman Marble Head of Sophocles
Circa 1st-2nd Century
Marble
This fine Roman marble head preserves the proper left side of the face of a middle-aged man, with broad nose, soft lips, and bearded chin. The short beard and sideburns have been finely carved with a flat chisel, to render the soft, wavy strands of hair. The cheekbone, undereye, and nasolabial folds have been delicately modelled in the marble by a skilled hand. In a letter from 1975, the former director of Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, suggested that the head could depict the Ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles.
Few figures in the Classical world stand aside Sophocles (c. 496-406 BC), inarguably the best known of the Athenian tragedians, in terms of the impact his works have had on the history of art and literature. The psychological depth he achieves in the seven of the 123 of his plays that have survived to the present day - most notably the three Theban plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus - not only inspired the Athenians, among whom Sophocles was honoured as a hero long after his death, but in our own time, have provoked landmark works on phychoanalysis and literary criticism, by thinkers like René Girard and, most famously, Sigmund Freud. In its masterful treatment of the marble this fragment sensitively captures the features of one of the most important playwrights of all time.
Height on stand: 7.9 inches (20 cm).
Provenance:
Collection of Danish sculptor Jens Adolf Jerichau...
Category
Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Marble
French C 18th Terracotta Bust of a Gentleman
Located in London, GB
After a model attributed to Jean Antoine Houdon, possibly Nicolas Joseph Laurent Gilbert (1750 - 1780), poet.
Superbly sculpted in a coat and ruffled shirt set on a waisted socle....
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Bronze Head of Buddha 18th Century, Thailand
Located in London, GB
Bronze cast with delicate serene features, very refined detailing throughout. Featuring bow-shaped mouth and downcast eyes, flanked by pendulous pierced ...
Category
Thai Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Bronze
17th Century Spanish Carved Polychrome and Painted Bust of Christ on Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Make a statement on your mantel, enfilade or tabletop with this antique "Haute Epoque" carved santo figure. Created in Spain, circa 1680, the bust is set ...
Category
Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Gesso, Walnut
Roman Portrait Bust of a Noble Woman
Located in London, GB
Roman miniature bust of a noble woman, carved marble, Severan Dynasty, c. 225 A.D.
Rare and particularly elegant ‘wig portrait’ of a noble woman, belonging to the early 3rd Century - a style distinctive of Severan Dynasty female portrait busts, in which part of the head has been chiselled away to allow for the addition of a separate hairpiece, in many cases from a darker material, in order to create an almost painterly effect, in the interplay of different coloured stones. The degree of naturalism and emotional depth achieved in a piece of such a small scale implies a sculptor of great talent. The subtle parting of the lips, in combination with her upturned, vacant gaze and tired eyes, conveys a pensive mood, and even a quiet melancholy.
A woman strolls the town in thick wigs bought with gold,
Then buys new hair to complement the old.
And having bought, she doesn’t blush! Right there she buys,
Before Alcides’ and the Muses’ eyes.
(Ovid, Ars Amatoria, III, 161-168)
The fashion of wig-wearing in this period, as well as its emulation in the wig portrait bust, is widely attributed to Julia Domna...
Category
Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Busts
Materials
Marble
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