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Sculptures For Sale
Style: Art Nouveau
Style: Baroque
Door Knob N.3 by Antoni Gaudí for BD
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Solid cast brass with polished finish.
An exact reproduction in both form and material original metalwork fittings designed by Antoni Gaudí for various of his works of architecture....
Category
2010s Spanish Jugendstil Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Antique Art Nouveau Bronze Bust Signed Georges van der Straeten (1856-1941)
Located in Petaluma, CA
This luscious bronze bust was done by the noted artist of his time - Georges van der Straeten (1856-1901) . Born in Belgium, but worked mainly in Paris, where he won the silver medal at the Paris World's Fair in 1900.
This bronze displays that warm reddish brown patina, a favorite of bronze collectors. The subject of a shy maiden...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Bronzevase Loiseau-Rousseau
Located in Aachen, DE
Schwere patinierte Jugendstil-Bronzevase von Paul Louis Émile Loiseau-Rousseau um 1905 (* 20. April 1861 in Paris, Frankreich; † 1927 ebenda), signiert.
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Animalier Bronze Sculpture "Cheval Arabe No.3" by Pierre Jules
Located in London, GB
"Cheval Arabe No.3" by Pierre Jules Mene
An attractive late 19th Century Animalier bronze study of an arab stallion. The bronze exhibiting excellent hand chased surface detail and g...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gustav Adolf Bredow Jugendstilbüste Bronze 1902
By Gustav Adolf Bredow
Located in Aachen, DE
Als Jugendstilbüste einer jungen lesenden Frau gestaltetes Tintenfass, Glaseinsatz (fehlend) unter abnehmbarem Deckel (fehlend) als Buchseite, auf polygonal gestalteter Plinthe mit o...
Category
Early 1900s German Jugendstil Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Meissen Art Nouveau Group 'The Air' by Paul Helmig, Germany Around 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and excellent Meissen porcelain group around 1900:
Juno, the Roman goddess of the air (Greek Hera), as a young woman with her hair pinned up, covered only with a cloth, sit...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Dutch 17/18th Century Baroque Carved Wooden Coat of Arms
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful and very rare hand carved wooden coat of arms with a crowned lion standing on the water reaching to a star.
The Netherlands, circa 1650- 1750.
Weathered, small losses and...
Category
17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Four Panel Tropical Underwater Scene with Mother of Pearl Inlays on Wood Panel
Located in Soquel, CA
Four Panel Tropical Underwater Scene with Mother of Pearl Inlays on Wood Panel
Elaborate four panel scene by an unknown artist. Water, coral, and some tropical fish have been painte...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Abalone, Wood, Acrylic
Porcelain Biscuit Sculpture, By Hippolyte Moreau
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
"Allegory of singing"
Important porcelain biscuit representing a seated young woman holding a sheet of music in her hands.
A discreet lack of one of the leaves of the floral arrangem...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Art Nouveau Cold-Painted Orientalist Bronze Figure Bergmann Austria 1910
Located in Portland, OR
A charming and whimsical antique cold painted bronze in the Orientalist taste, attributed to Franz Bergmann, Austria circa 1910.
The bronze depicts a young Arab boy lying on his fron...
Category
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Unis France Magic Projector / Lantern, wood label France
Located in Valladolid, ES
Outstanding and one of a kind folding magic lantern produced by the Unis France association in the first quarter of the 20th century. The function of this optical object is to projec...
Category
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Iron
18th C. Baroque/Rococo English Goat-Riding Tailor Porcelain by Chelsea Pottery
Located in North Miami, FL
18th century Baroque/Rococo english glazed painted porcelain of a goat-riding tailor by Chelsea Pottery
By: Chelsea Pottery, Meissen Porcelain (in the style of)
Material: porcelain,...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Baroque Antique Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Pair, 19th Century Italian Renaissance Figural Spanish Soldiers or Landsknecht
Located in Atlanta, GA
Likely Italian, but possibly German origin - 19th century
A pair of finely carved wood figures of Spanish Conquistadors or German Landsknecht. Each modeled in the Renaissance attire...
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Handcarved baroque wooden sculpture depicting Bacchus and Amor, 18th century
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Handcarved baroque wooden sculpture depicting the two accomplises Bacchus and Amor.
Bacchus is wearing a grapevine in his hair and holds up a bunch of grapes. A jaguar skin...
Category
18th Century German Baroque Antique Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Animalier Sculpture entitled "Alert Hare" by Alfred Dubucand
Located in London, GB
A wonderful late 19th Century Animalier bronze group of a hare resting on its hind legs with its ears raised in an alert position with excellent rich olive green and golden patina and fine hand chased surface detail, signed Dubucand, stamped with the EV Foundry stamp and Numbered 875
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 10 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1880
Materials: Bronze
Book reference: Animals in Bronze by Christopher Payne
SKU: 9017
ABOUT
Dubucand Hare
Alfred Dubucand (25 November 1828 – 1894) Dubucand was born in Paris and was a French animalier sculptor of the 19th century. His works were often entered into the annual Salon art exhibition in Paris where he contributed works over the course of his career. He was one of the prize pupils of Antoine-Louis Barye. Dubucand made his debut at the 1867 Salon with a wax model of a dead pheasant, a rather inauspicious start when considering the higher quality sculptures he would submit later in his career. He modelled mainly animal groups, producing a number of deer, dog, and horse sculptures. His better casts feature a warm, mid-brown patination, sometimes coming in even lighter shades bordering on a very light yellow, being nearly the colour of the bronze metal itself. He frequently experimented with chemical patinas, learning the patination process from his teacher and mentor Barye who stretched the boundary with his now famous dark green patinas. Dubucand paid strict attention to the anatomical detail of his subjects, often being so concise that he actually showed the veins in the legs of his deer and elk sculptures...
Category
Early 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Roman Terracotta Antefix, Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Large Roman terracotta antefix early 20th century
Italy
Measures: height 83cm
width 39cms
thickness 4cm
weight 8kg
material terracotta
Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Franz Peleschka Art deco bronze
By Franz Peleschka 1
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Franz Peleschka bronze sculpture
Origin Austria Circa 1900
The condition of the bronzes is excellent, its base has been restored by a professional.
Patina raised
It is signed on its ...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Horse Franz Bergman (Att.)
Located in Newark, England
Big Brown Stallion upon a onyx plinth
From our Sculpture collection, we are delighted to offer this Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Horse. The Bronze mounted upon a squared green onyx base with a convex beading border. The horse beautifully cast with naturalistic features modelled as a big brown stallion inclusive of its brown to black hue. The horse stamped to the belly Geschutzt with the registration mark 2740. We firmly attribute the Austrian Bronze to Franz Bergman and date it to the late 19th century circa 1890.
Franz Xavier Bergman (1861-1936) was the owner of a Viennese foundry who produced numerous patinated and cold-painted bronzes with a range of subjects such as oriental, erotic, and animal figures. He was probably the most famous Austrian bronze foundry who is widely recognised for smaller cold painted bronzes with an extremely good attention to detail. Signed often with a ‘B’ or Bergman and a registration mark.
Geschutzt often stamped or printed it is pronounced “guess-shutst.” It is an abbreviation of the term gesetzlich geschutt which is a German phrase that translates as legally protected or in other words copywriter. It bares is a similar meaning to the English word Patented or French Depose...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Metal, Bronze
Large 18th Century, Italian Carved Wooden Wing of a Baroque Angel
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful large Baroque angel-wing with its original color and gilding. Extremely rare to find in this size.
Very decorative item placed on a wooden base.
Italy, circa 1750. Weathere...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Flemish Baroque Carved Oak Figure Of A Scholar
Located in Essex, MA
Large figure standing with a book under his arm with hand extended.
Category
1660s French Baroque Antique Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Memento o Vanitas scolpito su bianco Carrara e Emperador spagna
Located in Tarquinia, IT
memento marmo, vanitas marmo, busto vanitas, romano antico, arte romana, arte classica, arte greca, busto, marmo bianco Carrara, busto emperador, scultura classica, scultura antica, ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Lady With Muff, by Konrad Hentschel, ca 1906
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant young lady with a wide-brimmed hat, decorated with green-brown-white checkered ribbons and a blue feather, wearing a floor-length white dress with a green hem and button plac...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
By Georges Morin French Alabaster Bust of a Young Woman
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Introducing a mesmerizing alabaster bust by renowned sculptor Georges Morin (1874-1950). This exquisite piece showcases a young woman in a delicately buttoned bustier, revealing a gr...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Bacchante in White Patinated Terracotta Circa 1900
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful Art Nouveau bacchant in plastered terracotta; her mane with bunches of grapes, leaves and vine tendrils, the inclination of her head with her sensual expression of satisfac...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Cold Painted Bronze attributed to Franz Bergman
Located in Lee-On-The-Solent, GB
A cold painted bronze attributed to Franz Bergman, famous for specialising in cold-painted bronzes. Circa 1900.
Cold painted bronzes rely on the standard of painting to dictate the q...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Brass Miners Lantern Lighter & Marble Ashtray Vintage German 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic 1920s Art Deco Winners Lantern lighter on Marble Pedestal Ashtray. This exquisite German Art Deco ashtray is a testament to the opulence and c...
Category
1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Venus With Dolphin 1600 Italian Bronze Sculpture On Gray Marble Base
Located in Milan, IT
Venus With Dolphin In Bronze 1600, small 17th-century Italian sculpture ending in a ferrule at the bottom. He holds a sphere in his right hand and with his left hand holds the dolphi...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Unicorn in Early 20th Century Terracotta
Located in Madrid, ES
The unicorn in early 20th century terracotta.
Measures: Height 40 cm.
Width 30 cm
Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
18th Century Austrian Baroque Carved Figure of a Beggar Musician
Located in Stamford, CT
Carved bone and walnut figure of a beggar with a very expressive face holding a flute, with a satchel over his shoulder carved from wood with a leather strap. With inset glass eyes. ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bone, Walnut
Guglielmo PUGI Young Gipsy with Tambourine Alabaster Sculpture, 1880s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Genuine tall alabaster sculpture by Guglielmo PUGI (1858-1941), Florence, Italy, 1880s. Young girl with tambourine, perhaps a gypsy. On its base....
Category
1880s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Pair of cereriferous angels, Flanders, 17th c.
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful pair of ceraferous angels sculpted in the round in a very lively position (the movement in the hair is remarkable), almost Baroque.
Very fine execution of the plastron armo...
Category
17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Very large pair of armchairs, Italy, Tuscany, 17th c.
Located in PARIS, FR
Exceptional pair of armchairs, in carved wood, decorated with acanthus leaves and volutes, the armrests ending in lions' heads, the footrests in dolphins' heads.
Traces of "a mecca" ...
Category
Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Early 20th Century Scotty Dog Austrian Vienna Bronze Style Figurine Catchall
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1910s Desk Catchall figurine. This polychromed cold painted metal is probably something you need if you’re a Vienna bronze or a dog figure collector. Also nice as a gif...
Category
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Art Nouveau Nude Fairy on Marble Base, Franz Rosse, German (1858-1900)
By Franz Rosse
Located in Petaluma, CA
This lovely bronze is the epitome of art nouveau movement. The stylized nature themes, flowers, movement, and a young girl who has butterfly wings and is holding a bird in her hand....
Category
1890s German Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Bronze Belgian Shepherd Dog Figure
Located in Newark, England
French Bronze Circa 1905 upon a Marble Oval Base
From our Sculpture collection, we are pleased to offer a French Bronze Belgian Shepherd Figure. The figure mounted upon a green marble base with a convex rim and ormolu border. The bronze cast as a large ormolu recumbent Belgian Shepherd dog with its head to one side wearing an ormolu collar. The bronze beautifully finished with a lifelike look showing its coat with individual strands and peaked ears. The Bronze dates to the turn of the 20th century circa 1905 after the evolution of the Belgian Shepherd in circa 1892.
Belgian Shepherd (also known as the Belgian Malinois...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
YELLOW SIENA MARBLE ROUND OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT AMMON late 19th Century VIDEO
Located in Madrid, ES
YELLOW SIENA MARBLE ROUND OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT AMMON late 19th Century
This roundel is part of a series of roundels inspired by wonderful ancient Greek coins.
Freely reproduced f...
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble
German Black Bronze white marble Art Nouveau sculpture, woman blowing bubles
By Thomas Germany
Located in Valladolid, ES
Very beautiful and refined antique dark patinated solid bronze sculpture depicting a naked woman blowing bubbles
It is of German origin and dates from around 1920. Unsigned.
This b...
Category
1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Vienna Bronze sculpture of a cat from Bergman, Austria, ca. 1900
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Antique Vienna bronze sculpture of a cat by Bergman. Stamped FB and Geschutzt. Cold painted patina. This model is illustrated in “Antique Vienna bronzes” by Joseph Zobel. Schiffer. M...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Terracotta Cat Tobacco Jar Barrel Humidor
Located in Antwerp, BE
Terracotta Cat Tobacco jar.
A Tobacco jar - humidor with a cat or puss on top of the lid.
This tobacco jar in the shape of a barrel looks great !
The cat who peeps out of the barrel has yellow glass eyes, wears a bow around the neck and leans on his 2 front paws on the barrel.
This tobacco storage box or humidor looks like wood but is made of pottery - terracotta. Due the wood-look / faux bois with the yellow glass eyes, it's in the style of the black forest figural tobacco jars and humidors.
The barrel humidor - cigar barrel is numbered under 2404.
This great looking cigar box is a beautiful addition to your collection of tobacco jars, a stunning piece on your desk, in your mancave or cigar bar
or a collectable object for someone who collects cat sculptures.
Antique tobacco jars...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Pottery, Terracotta
Art Nouveau Bronze Figural Lamp, Glass Beads, Teresczchuk (1875-1963) Austrian
Located in Petaluma, CA
This very special bronze figural lamp besides its beauty retains the original glass beads that the young woman holds. We were most surprised and pleased to find this piece in such...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
17th Century Baroque Figure Of «Madonna and Jesus», Portugal
Located in Lisbon, PT
A late 17th-century figure in polychromed chestnut wood with excellent carving and gilding, dressed in a flowing veil and cashew hair down the shoulders. The cheekbones and nose are ...
Category
Late 17th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Italian Carved Marble Bust of Young Beauty Signed A. Cipriani
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Florence, Italy circa 1910, this two-piece white Carrara marble bust is a true representation of European elegance. The antique figural sculpture...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Beautiful Italian " Torso " Early 20th Century Carrara Marble ( Restored )
Located in Madrid, ES
Beautiful Italian " Torso " early 20th century carrara marble.
Measure: H: 46cm including base, 35cm without
Restored
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Decorative Art Nouveau Pewter ornamental Pot stamped B&G Imperial Zinn, 1900
Located in Chesham, GB
An art nouveau pewter ornamental vase with glass cabochons.
Stamped - B&G Imperial Zinn
Design Period - 1900 to 1909
Style - Art Nouveau
Detailed Condition - Good with minimal d...
Category
1990s Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Pewter
Pompeiian Bronze Co Bronze Clad Figural Bookends Circa 1920's
Located in Toledo, OH
Pompeiian Bronze Co bronze clad figural bookends circa 1920's. Depiction of a seated man with a book.
Category
1920s North American Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED European, 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED
European, Germany ? 19th century
Christ and font in bronze, wooden cross, covered with enamel.
Slight wear.
Dim.: (cross) 50 x 30 cm;
Height: (christ) 16 cm...
Category
19th Century German Baroque Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Signed E Rossi Art Nouveau Life Size Bronze Sculpture of a Woman
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 75in W: 37in D: 20in
This Italian signed Eduardo Rossi (1867-1926) Art Nouveau life size bronze sculpture of a woman is an exceptional sc...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Capodimonte Porcelain Figure Of Couple Playing Lute, Early 20th Century
By Capodimonte
Located in Lisbon, PT
A Neapolitan Capodimonte porcelain in the Baroque style depicting a french salon scene, a woman seated in an armchair playing the lute and a male admirer trying to impress her, marke...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Baroque Style Capadimonte Porcelain Figure of Lady, 1900s
By Capodimonte
Located in Lisbon, PT
A charming italian Capadimonte translucent soft-paste porcelain figurine of a baroque lady with «N» and «203» marks on the base, as seen in the last photo
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Animalier Bronze entitled "Worried Rabbit"
Located in London, GB
An endearing French bronze study of a worried rabbit reading from a sign telling him 'Hunting Season is now Open' with excellent hand chased surface detail and very fine rich brown &...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Female Nude Statue by Georges Flamand.
Located in Gainesville, FL
Art Nouveau gilded bronze nude statue by George Flamand. Very fine period work. Sits on 3 3./4" square base. Signed "FLAMAND"
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
Art Nouveau Figure Group 'Ice-Scaters', by Alfred Koenig, Meissen Germany, 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Delicate and rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Skating couple in elegant winter clothing: The lady in a long, white skirt with a green decorated hem, green jacket and white cap, and long ermine scarf, the gallant in a fine, sporty, brown checkered suit...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Henri GAUQUIE The Sower French Sculpture, ca.1910
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French bronze sculpture by Henri Désiré GAUQUIE (1858-1927), France, ca.1910. The sower. Height : 18.25"(46.4cm), Width : 7.9"(20cm), Depth : 8.1"(20.5cm). A sharp line, an indisputa...
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Spanish Wooden Angel Putti Sculpture with Wings
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Putti Sculpture, Hand Carved Wood Angel Putti Figure, circa 1890-1920.
Decorative hand carved cherub with tremendous character and charm...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Terracotta Sculpture by Paul Adolphe Lebègue, Early 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Terracotta sculpture by Paul Adolphe Lebègue, Early 20th Century.
Terracotta sculpture by Adolphe Lebègue (1833-1928), signed and dated 1924 with the title "Too late for soup".
H: ...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Orientalist Sculptures, Forming a Jardinière, Ottoman Art.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Orientalist sculptures, forming a jardinière, Ottoman Art.
Pair of jardinières decorated with Orientalist sculptures in regula, The Sultan and the Sultana at a dance, Ottoma...
Category
19th Century Turkish Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Metal
French Art Nouveau Bronze Figure of a Beautiful Young Girl by Emmanuel Villanis
Located in Petaluma, CA
This beautiful young woman is a fine example of the creations of the noted French sculptor, Emmanuel Villanis (1858-1914). You will find his works to be predominantly art nouveau wo...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Base for sculpture. Polychromed wood.
Located in Madrid, ES
Gallon base. Carved and polychrome wood. Inspired by models from the 17th century.
Rectangular base with a similar cushion on the top (decorated with plant elements) and complex line...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Other
Antique, New and Vintage Sculptures
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