19th Century French Bust Sculpture of a Gentleman

French terracotta bust of a woman. This piece is signed “DB 1990” and features a warm bronze color finish.

Sculptural bust from France hand-crafted in terracotta. This finely detailed vintage work of art features the likeness of a woman and has a wonderful warm tone.

Bust of Dante Alighieri from France made of Carrara marble. This hand-carved sculpture portrays a lifelike Dante, the famous Florentine writer often described as the father of the It...

Unique pair of vintage Italian gold leafed resin heads.

19th century French walnut lectern featuring a rotating stand on an adjustable stem. The solid walnut is hand carved into a single support resting on four hand carved feet. This is f...

French Art Deco period Hermes sculpture made of plaster and supported by a wood base.

Very tall bust in patinated plaster signed A. Farré on the back, representing a noble gentleman. France, 19th Century. 25.98 inches high.  

This portrait bust in relief of a French nobleman is mounted in the original gilt frame, though the subject’s identity and the artist remain a mystery. Beautifully sculpted, the bust...

Alabaster sculpture depicting the portrait of a young girl in the taste of Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, (1824-1887). She is wearing a striped garment decorated with a butterfly th...

Very tall elegant Bust in Patinated plaster, representing a noble French Lady. Pedestal in Light Ivory color. France, 19th Century. 63 cm high 24.80 inches high.  

After a model attributed to Jean Antoine Houdon, of the poet Nicolas Joseph Laurent Gilbert (1750 - 1780). Superbly sculpted in a coat and ruffled shirt set on a waisted socle. The...

Matthew Noble (British, 1817-1876): A carved white marble portrait bust of a gentleman The sitter with mutton chop whiskers looking slightly to dexter, his shoulders clad in drapery, signed and dated to the rear M. Noble Sc., London 1866, On a square plinth base, Measures: 54cm wide x 72cm high, (21in wide x 28in high), Footnotes Matthew Noble exhibited prolifically at the Royal Academy between 1845 and 1876. His first great success came when he won the commission to produce the Duke of Wellington monument in Manchester in 1856, beating off stiff competition from older, more experienced sculptors. The monument was received with great critical acclaim and helped him to win a further commissioned to design and produce the Albert Memorial of Manchester, which he completed between 1862 and 1865. He also produced numerous portraits of Queen Victoria.