Baroque Decorative Objects
BAROQUE STYLE
The decadence of the Baroque style, in which ornate furnishings were layered against paneled walls, painted ceilings, stately chandeliers and, above all, gilding, expressed the power of the church and monarchy through design that celebrated excess. And its influence was omnipresent — antique Baroque furniture was created in the first design style that truly had a global impact.
Theatrical and lavish, Baroque was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. While Baroque originated in Italy and achieved some of its most fantastic forms in the late-period Roman Baroque, it was adapted to meet the tastes and materials in each region. French Baroque furniture informed Louis XIV style and added drama to Versailles. In Spain, the Baroque movement influenced the elaborate Churrigueresque style in which architecture was dripping with ornamental details. In South German Baroque, furniture was made with bold geometric patterns.
Compared to Renaissance furniture, which was more subdued in its proportions, Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from its shape to its materials.
Allegorical and mythical figures were often sculpted in the wood, along with motifs like scrolling floral forms and acanthus leaves that gave the impression of tangles of dense foliage. Novel techniques and materials such as marquetry, gesso and lacquer — which were used with exotic woods and were employed by cabinetmakers such as André-Charles Boulle, Gerrit Jensen and James Moore — reflected the growth of international trade. Baroque furniture characteristics include a range of decorative elements — a single furnishing could feature everything from carved gilded wood to gilt bronze, lending chairs, mirrors, console tables and other pieces a sense of motion.
Find a collection of authentic antique Baroque tables, lighting, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Snuffbox Vessel Miniature Hand-Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel inserted in a fine hand engraving and with round miniature diameter cm. 3.3 hand painted always with fire enamels depicting a sailing ship. Early 19th century Viennese Baroque style. Fine hand engraving on all sides and bottom. Measurements cm. 7.5 x 7.5 x 2. Weight gr. 151. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 on inspiration of ancient original artifacts and manufactured in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters in several specimens, also with different colors and miniatures, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slabs and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Delft 1750 - 1800 Large Blue and White Tobacco Jar ‘No. 12’ Mark: Lpkan
By Delft
Located in ROSSUM, GE
Blue and white tobacco jar ‘No. 12’ Delft, 1750-1800
The Lampet Jug pottery Mark: LPKan
The ovoid tobacco jar has a protruding rim and...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Pair of Large Goblet Vases with Medicean Emblem Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of large goblet vases with medicean emblem
Height 72 cm
Weight 23 kg
Square base - side x side 31 x 31 cm
Maximum diameter 65 cm
Material patinated terracotta.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Italian Figures from a Crucifixion Group: Mary and John, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of Italian figures from a crucifixion group: Mary and John, 17th century.
Italy
Wood, fully carved, colored. Measure: H. 48 / 49 cm.
Version partially rest. (old retouching)...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Vases Covers Pair Chinese Blue&White Porcelain Garniture Baroque 114cm 45" high
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A massive 3ft 9" high, pair of Baroque-style, Chinese porcelain blue and white vases and covers possibly originally part of a large garniture
- This rare pair of striking, vases are highly decorative statement pieces creating gravitas within any interior
- From the early 1600s Chinese porcelain was highly valued and displayed as a statement of wealth, status and refinement in the houses of the aristocracy and elite society
- Surviving examples of 17th and 18th floor standing, garniture sets are very rare, there is an early set at Woburn Abbey...
Category
1980s Chinese Vintage Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Wooden Madonna with Child Baroque Art Italy 17th Century with Export Certificate
Located in Madrid, ES
A Wooden Madonna with child Baroque art, Southern Italy, 17th century.
Measure: H: 71cm
Good condition for the time.
With Export Certificate to USA.
Category
Early 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
High Relief in White Carrara Marble the Rape of Proserpina by the God Pluto 20th
Located in Madrid, ES
High relief in white Carrara marble,
Representing the scene of the Rape of Proserpina by the god Pluto.
Dimensions: 83 x 46 x 5cm.
Weight kg 5...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble
Pair of Ancient Original Cachepot in Terracotta Lucchese-Tuscany, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Ancient original cachepot in terracotta Lucchese - Tuscany 19th century.
Original antique terracotta Cachepot from Lucca - Tuscany.
Vase with handles.
Measures: height 34 cm.
...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Early 20th Century Italian White Marble Stoup
Located in Madrid, ES
Early 20th Century WHITE MARBLE STOUP
Italy
amazing condition
hand made
HEIGHT 15cm
WIDTH 52cm
DEPTH 50cm.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble, Marble
19th Century Giltwood Baroque Church Altar Vase
Located in Hastings, GB
A deep carved large giltwood altar vase, probably German, in the baroque style, but dating to the latter half of the 19th century. The vase is carved with a...
Category
1890s German Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Amazing Torso Gaddi in White Carrara Marble, End 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing torso gaddi in white Carrara marble end 19th/ 20th century.
Italy
Male torso of centaur from the 2nd century BC. Called "Torso gad...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Large Pair of 18th / 19th Century Italian Silvered Reliquaries
Located in Milford, NH
A fine large pair of Italian silvered metal over wood reliquaries with putti, grape, shell, and scrollwork design. Each have memorial pendant displays with names (The left reads S. Innocentii M & S Clementiani M,” while the other is illegible. The pair is in very good condition, with great overall patina, some metal lifting...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Pair of Wooden 17th Century Carved Venetian Putti with Gesso & Paint Surface
Located in Milford, NH
A fine pair of architectural solid wooden carved winged putti with paint and gesso surface, one in a praying position and one with outstretched arms and legs. Probably Venetian, dati...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
XIX Century, Pair of Venetian Gilt Bronze Fireplace Chenets in Baroque Style
Located in IT
XIX Century, Pair of Venetian gilt bronze fireplace Chenets in Baroque Style
This imposing pair of Fireplace Chenets in finely chiselled and gi...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
English Carved Picture Frame, Early 18th Century Stripped
By (follower of) Peter Lely
Located in Hallowell, US
Would make a stunning pier mirror, or use as a frame if you have the work of art for it. I believe best to siply use as a mirror, I assume originally gilded.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Pine
Box Cannister Caddy Brass Tobacco Tea Dutch
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A charming early tobacco box or tea cannister
Unusual, large size
Lovely soft contours which enhances the reflection of light in the interior
Original condition including hinges
length 21cm., 8 1/4" depth 7.5cm., 3" height 11cm., 4 1/2".
The Dutch were the main importers of tobacco in the 18th century and manufactured tobacco boxes to sell with...
Category
18th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Meissen Porcelain Lady Figurine Watching a Bird
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Meissen Porcelain lady figurine that it is part of group of five that represents the five senses. She represents the sense of Touch. It depicts an 18th century lady in a chair beside a side table that has a large birdcage...
Category
Early 20th Century German Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Alabaster Urns
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A striking pair of hand carved alabaster urns featuring the face of Mercury, sinuous foliate arms, rims of acanthus leaves, on a stepped base.
Category
1880s Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster
Spanish Bronze Sculpture End 19th Century "Christ Carrying the Cross"
Located in Madrid, ES
A Spanish bronze sculpture end 19th century
Christ carrying the cross.
Mounted on a red marble base.
Measure: H.: 34 cm. (incl. basement...
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Large 18th C French Baroque Hand Carved Basswood White Painted Flower Guirlande
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very large decorative French Baroque handcarved basswood white painted flower guirlande. Decorated with carved flowers and foliage: 4 roses, 3 lily's and a lot of leafage.
Probably ...
Category
18th Century French Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Round of "Neron" in Terracotta Late 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Round of "Neron"
In terracotta late 19th century
Diameter 55cm
Thickness 6cm
Weight 9kg
Material terracotta
Good condition.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Pair Antique Bronze Patinated Putti Angel Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Pair antique bronze patinated angel putti sconces. Italian late 17th century bronze putti with exceptional modeling seated on scrolled arms each ex...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Italian 19th Century Carved Wooden Saint Figure
Located in Buisson, FR
Very nice saint figure. Hand carved wood with glass eyes
Italy, circa 1800-1850. Weathered, small losses.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
17th Century Italian Leather Box
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning 17th century Italian leather covered wood trunk covered in brass nail heads, some spelling out a word on top, and with iron strap hinges a...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Leather, Wood
French Early 18th Century Art Frame
Located in Kastrup, DK
A large French baroque art frame.
Pine wood carved with foliage decorations and black-painted edges.
Original untouched with very fine age-relat...
Category
Early 18th Century French Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Pine
Amazing Antique Bathtub in Carrara White Marble with Rings 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Antique bathtub in Carrara white marble with rings 18th century
Height 60 cm
Width 76 cm
Length 176 cm
Internal depth of the basin 50 cm
Weight 300 Kg
...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble
Italian Royal Yellow Central Holy Water Fountain Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Royal yellow central holy water fountain early 20th century
Italy
Measures: height 98cm
Diameter 62cm
Weight 62kg
Material real yellow marble
excellent condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
1950s Ebony Elephant, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
1950s EBONY ELEPHANT
DECORATIVE ELEPHANT FROM THE 50'S IN EBONY AND BONE . MEASURES: 28 CM HIGH
good condition.
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Bone
Labyrinth Di Side 'Anatolia' White Carrara Marble, Late 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
LABYRINTH
DI SIDE (ANATOLIA) WHITE CARRARA MARBLE late 19th Century
Italy
Made of white Carrara marble.
WIDTH 70 cm
LENGTH 70 cm
THICKNESS 10 cm
WEIGHT 147 Kg
DIAMETER OF THE...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble
Candlestick Pair Brass Flemish Pricket Heart Initialled Love Token
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
FINE PAIR OF LATE 17TH CENTURY, PERSONALISED, FLEMISH, BRASS CANDLESTICKS WITH PRICKETS, POSSIBLY A LOVE TOKEN AS INSCRIBED WITH A HEART MOTIF AND INITIALS
- Personalised : The bot...
Category
17th Century Belgian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
A Italian Gilt Bronze Hermes 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
A Italian Gilt Bronze Hermes 19th Century
H: 30cm
very good condition.
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Amazing Pair of Turned Vases in Italian Diaspro Rosso Marble, Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing pair of turned vases in Italian diaspro rosso marble early 20th century.
Measures : height 32 cm.
diameter 16 cm.
weight 20 kg.
Artist / designer / architect Lorenzo Bert...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Amazing Pair of Turned Vases in Italian Lumachella Marble, Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing pair of turned vases in Italian Lumachella marble early 20th century.
Measures: Height 43 cm
Diameter 23 cm
Weight 30 kg
Artist / designer / architect lorenzo bertozzi
M...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Italian Ancient Fountain Fountain, Cementitious Malta End 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
ANCIENT FOUNTAIN FOUNTAIN - CEMENTITIOUS MALTA end 19th Century
Italy
external dimensions: cm.L110xL75x135H
internal basin cm.L95xL50x23H
HEI...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Cement
Pair of Antique Spanishs Carved Gitwood Torcheres
Located in Madrid, ES
A pair of beautiful Spanish torcheros, probably the end of the 18th century, in gilt wood and silver wood, their base is triangular supported on legs in the shape of a lion's claw, t...
Category
Late 18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Medicean Tuscan Brazier, Large in Terracotta with Base End 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of Medicean Tuscan Brazier, Large in Terracotta with Base end 19th century
Italy
Medicean brazier for lemon house, faithful reproduction of a terracotta Renaissance artefact...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
18th Century Italian Carved Wood Polychrome Virgin Mary Sculpture
Located in Doha, QA
This is an outstanding Italian 18th century carved wood polychromed sculpture of Virgin Mary. The Sculpture is hand painted with some remains of a gold gilt in few places and originated until lately in a private Villa in Tuscany (Italy). The colors are typical red, blue and green are spectacular on this large figure. The Virgin's hands are joined together in a prayer, while standing on a pedestal on the both sides of which are devil's horns (bottom left side horn missing ) symbolising Holly Mary defeating the Evil, protected by the Holly Ghost and an Angel. A story tells the pose of the Virgin Mary sculpture...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Pine
Silver Plate Bowl
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Elegant large silver plate bowl for Your table: for desserts or fruit, to prepare a table center piece for Christmas.
It's very beautiful ! with a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Titus Roman Emperor, Terracotta Round End, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Titus Roman Emperor, terracotta round end 19th century.
Diameter 31cm.
thickness 6cm.
weigh 8kg.
Material terracotta.
Very good condition.
Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasian Augustus (in Latin: Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus Augustus; in the epigraphs: IMP•T•CAESAR•VESPASIANUS•AVG•PON•M•TR•POT[1]; Rome, 30 December 39 – Aquae Cutiliae, 13 September 81, better known simply as Titus, was a Roman emperor, belonging to the Flavian dynasty, and reigned for just over two years from 79 to 81, the year of his death.
Before ascending the throne, Titus was an able and esteemed general who distinguished himself for the repression of the rebellion in Judea in 70, during which the second temple in Jerusalem was destroyed. He was considered a good emperor by Tacitus and other contemporary historians; he is known for his program of public works in Rome and for his generosity in rescuing the population following two disastrous events: the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 and the fire in Rome in 80. Famous is the definition that the historian Suetonius gave of him:
"Amor ac deliciae generis humani. » « Love and delight of mankind. »
Titus' family, the gens Flavia, belonged to that Italian nobility which, in the first half of the first century, was gradually replacing the more ancient Roman aristocracy, weakened by the decades of civil wars fought in the first century BC. The Flavians, in fact, were not of noble origins, but they managed, within just three generations, to rise from humble origins to the honor of the imperial purple. Tito's paternal great-grandfather, Tito Flavio Petrone from Rieti, had fought as a centurion evocatus in the army of Gnaeus Pompey the Great during the civil war of 49-45 BC, fighting in the battle of Farsalo and fleeing after the defeat of the Pompeians; he was pardoned by Cesare and became tax collector...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Polychromed and Gilded Wood Frame, Spain, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Framework. Gilded and polychrome wood, 17th century.
Presents loss in lower left area.
Frame made of carved wood gilded and polychrome in certain areas that presents a decoration bas...
Category
17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
Royal Yellow Fountain Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Royal yellow fountain early 20th century
Measures: Height 98cm
Diameter of the bowl 62cm.
Perfect conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Italian Carved and Lacquered Picture Frame, Circa 1700
Located in CH
Italian carved and Lacquered picture frame, Circa 1700
This Italian frame was most likely made in Emilia Romagna and more specifically in the town of Modena around the year 1700. De...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Large Mediceo Vase Baccellato Terracotta Goblet, Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Large mediceo vase baccellato terracotta goblet, early 20th century.
Measures: height 80 cm
diameter 72 cm
weight 30 kg
Material terracotta.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Dog-shaped bookends made of onyx and bronze
Located in Milano, IT
Wonderful pair of Italian Baroque paperweights from the 1800s. The pair is made with a truly binding Onyx base. The onyx stone has been carved to make the paperweights semi-equal. Ab...
Category
1870s European Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Richters German Anchor Stone Blocks Building Toy
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Richters German anchor blocks building toys / Der Geschickte Baumeister
Made in Rudolstadt, Germany, circa 1900.
Wooden box with printed paper labe...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Quartz
Amazing Holy Water Body in Red Verona Marble, Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Holy water body in red verona marble
Early 20th century
Italy
Handmade
Copy of the stoup located in the Romanesque church of the first century AD. of San Clemente in Rome.
WID...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Pair Of Italian Late 17th Century Baroque Period Giltwood Mirrored Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely unique pair of Italian late 17th century Baroque period polychrome and giltwood mirrored candelabras. Each candelabra is raised by a rectangular base with fi...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood, Paint
Italian, 17th / 18th Century Carved White Marble Winged Angel Head Ornament
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful and unique handcarved white marble winged angel head ornament that once adorned a facade.
Italy, circa 1650-1750.
Weathered and small losses.
Measurement includes the wo...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Antique Carved Wood Cartouche, a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
Amazing pair of 18th century carved wood cartouche. Carved with scrolling design and flowers throughout. Mounted on later iron and wood stands. Can be u...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Holy Water of "San Clemente in Rome" End 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
The holy water of "San Clemente in Rome" end 19th century
Hand made faithful reproduction with or without the coat of arms of the base
made in 3 pieces.
Italy
Measures: height 150cm
diameter 80cm
width: 80 cm
The Basilica of Saint Clement Lateran is a complex of buildings in Rome, Italy centered around a Catholic church dedicated to Pope Clement I. The site is notable for being an archaeological record of early Rome's religious, political, and architectural history. from the Christian era to the Middle Ages.
The old church was transformed over the centuries from a private home that was the site of clandestine Christian worship in the first century to a grand public basilica in the sixth century, reflecting the growing legitimacy and power of the emerging Catholic church.
The house was originally owned by a Christian consul and martyr, Tito Flavio Clemente, who was one of the first Roman senators to convert to Christianity. He allowed his house to be used as a secret meeting place for his fellow Christians, which religion was then prohibited.
There is evidence of a pagan cult at the site. In the 2nd century members of a Mithraist cult built a small temple dedicated to Mithras in an insula, or apartment complex, on the site. This temple, used for initiation rituals, lasted until around the end of the 3rd century.
Excavations in the 1860s revealed the first forgotten basilica underlying the medieval one. In the late 4th or early 5th century, after Christianity had become the official religion of Rome, the small church was enlarged, acquiring the neighboring insula and other nearby buildings; the architects began to work on the complex of rooms and patios, building a central nave on the site of the previous church, and an apse on the previous mithraeum. The new church was dedicated to Pope Clement I, a first-century Christian convert and a contemporary of Titus Flavius Clement. Restorations were undertaken in the 9th century and around 1080-99.1
Apart from those in the Church of Santa Maria Antiqua, the most extensive collection of wall paintings from the early Middle Ages are those found in the lower basilica of San Clemente. Over the following centuries, San Clemente became a "beacon" for church artists and sculptors, benefiting from the generosity of the Byzantine Empire. Currently, it is one of the most richly decorated churches in Rome.
The last great event that occurred in the lower basilica was the election in 1099 of Cardinal Rainerius of San Clemente as Pope Paschal II.
The current basilica was rebuilt in a campaign by Cardinal Anastasius, c. 1099-h. 1120, after the original church was burned to the ground during the Norman sack...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Monumental 17th Century Italian Baroque Carved Wood Bust
Located in Houston, TX
Monumental 17th century Italian Baroque carved wood bust.
Expertly carved Italian Baroque walnut bust /torso from the 17th century.
This gorgeous...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Walnut
Capitoline Vase of the Piranesi Bell Crater 20th Century Tuscan Terracotta
Located in Madrid, ES
Capitoline vase of the Piranesi bell crater with square base
20th century
Italy
Tuscan terracotta
Measures: Height: 206cm
External diameter: 110cm
Internal diameter: 90cm
base: 53cm x 53cm
weight: 150kg
Good conditions
The original of this vase is located on the Capitoline Hill in Rome in the Capitoline Museums and is one of the famous vases designed by Giovan Battista Piranesi...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Holy Water of "San Clemente in Rome" End 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Holy water from Friuli - Italy early 20th century
Breccia partridge, copy of a seventeenth-century artefact
Height 105cm
Diameter 70cm
Width70cm
Depth 40cm
Perfect conditions.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
RARE EUROPEAN MUSIC BOX 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
RARE EUROPEAN MUSIC BOX
19th Century
European, box with 50 discs of 30 cm, double comb, manufactured in the late 19th century.
Stone-eye capped with metal application.
Top decorate...
Category
19th Century French Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Pair of 18th Century Italian Baroque Giltwood Candleholders
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved in Italy, this pair of giltwood candleholders are from the Baroque period. Based on the asymmetrical carvings of C-scrolls and curled leaves, this was most likely an earl...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Period Rectangular Giltwood Italian Salvator Rosa Style Frame
Located in Roma, IT
Salvator Rosa last 17th century giltwood frame.
Internal measurements cm 24 x 32.5
Pure example of Italian Salvator Rosa gild wood frame of 17th century.
"Salvator Rosa" is the famo...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Godfried Schalcken "the Family Concert" 18th Century Engraving by Georg Wille
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
This is an engraving by Johann Georg Wille after the work of Godfried Schalcken.
This is a genre scene. Representing a family is sitting around...
Category
1670s Dutch Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Paper
Venus in Alabaster, 19th Century Italian Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
VENUS IN ALABASTER
19th Century Italian sculpture
in alabaster, after a model by António Canova (1757-1882).
Dec. height: 80 cm
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Decorative Objects
Materials
Alabaster
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