Islamic Statues

Cactus, is part of our Paonazzo statue family made in Carrara/ Italy. If placing it alone or with second one, it is definitely an eyecatcher! Its special material, Paonazzo Marble, ...

F. Barbedienne fonduer Ferdinand Barbedienne (6 August 1810 – 21 March 1892) was a French metalworker and manufacturer, who was well known as a bronze founder. The son of a small farmer from Calvados, he started his career as a dealer in wallpaper in Paris. In 1838 he went into partnership with Achille Collas (1795-1859), who had just invented a machine to create miniature bronze replicas of statues. Together they started a business selling miniatures of antique statues from museums all over Europe, thus democratising art and making it more accessible to households.[2] From 1843 they extended their scope by reproducing the work of living artists and also diversified by making enamelled household objects. With the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war in 1870 the firm briefly had to switch to cannon founding owing to the shortage of metals but resumed business afterwards. Following Barbedienne's death in 1892, he was buried in the Père-Lachaise cemetery and the firm was carried on by his nephew Gustave Leblanc until 1952. Among the principal artists reproduced by the firm were Antoine Louis Barye and Auguste Rodin. The Dying Galata (Italian: Galata morente...

Child sculpture in bronze and marble

Pair 18th C. Carved Marble Terracotta Figures Lions Sculptures Garden Statues LA . Rare large Pair of early 18th century carved marble terracotta Figures of regal lions, holding an i...

A beautiful Carrara marble torso of an Indian goddess. The torso with the diaphanous sarong wrapped around the body and secured with double belts at the waist. The female body beauti...

Marble Busts of Roman on pedestal. Early 19th Century

A pair of recumbent lions curved together, set on shaped base.

Abstract sculpture carved with three different faces is perfect for a center table location or garden.

Antique male marble torso, circa 1850 A copy of the roman marble statue Apoxyomenus in Musei Vaticani in Rome (I sec d.c.) copy of a greek bronze athlete statue...

With three cherubs on an octagonal base supporting a finely carved urn.

Life-sized marble sculpture of the so called ‘Resting Hermes’ by Lysippos. The sculpture was hand-carved out of white marble and has a fine surface.

A lovely early 20th century Italian Carrara marble sculpture of two sisters by Affortunato Gory Depicting two little girls reading, one with a b...