Bronze Animal Sculptures

Deco Style Silvered Bronze Etruscan Horse Sculpture, Boris Lovet-Lorski Style Offred for sale is a stylized silvered bronze Etruscan horse sculpture created in the style of Boris Lo...

An impressive mid 19th Century Animalier bronze study of a jockey standing with his horse exhibiting fabulous rich brown patina and excellent surface detail. Raised on naturalistic b...

Heavy unusual decorated bronze guardian foo lions, a pair. Burmese or Thai in origin. Produced early to mid 20th century. Inlaid with colorful mica and alabaster. These would make a...

Beautiful Art Deco bronze sculpture of a panther from France around 1930. Bronze, dark gray-black patina. Standing on an oval bronze plinth. Flat panther sculpture (only 1 cm deep)...

A Wonderful Franz Bergman Standing Dachshund Vienna Austria Bronze Dog Sculpture With Wonderful Patina This Has Been Cold Painted With A Green Col...

A charming pair of decorative silver plate geese or mallard ducks, made in Spain in the twentieth century. The geese are very finely modelled with excellent details to the faces, f...

Bronze sculpture of a cat by Emmanuel Fremiet, 19th century. A bronze sculpture of a cat by Emmanuel Frmiet, 19th century, Napoleon III period. H: 8cm, W: 7cm, D: 4cm

A Really Beautiful Bronze of a Charging Bull by Pierre Chenet Made in solid bronze signed with the crown marks the foundry and the name of the artist “P.Chenet” The Taurus is bronz...

You are viewing a gorgeous pair of French bronze stags which are signed by Moigniez on the base (please see close up photo). The pair have been cast from the finest dark brown bronze...

A Brutalist bronze bird sculpture by Pal Kepenyes. The bird is in standing position and is made after pieces of previously molded bronze that are welded to form the shape. The bird i...

Polished bronze handcast Neska Miniature Dachshund dog sculpture by Javier de la Rosa. Javier De la Rosa has created a series of bronze cast miniature sculptures that celebrate anim...

After the original Benin bronzes, this statue depicts a large standing leopard with an upturned tail and unusually long legs, from the mid-20th century made in the same casting metho...

A majestic late 19th Century Animalier bronze study of a walking lion with fine rich brown patina and very fine hand chased surface detail. Raised on an integral base, signed Barye A...

This impressive Art Deco sculpture, crafted by Georges Gori in 1920, portrays a woman elegantly walking her two massive dogs. Aptly titled “The Guardians,...

Late 19th Century Bronze Sculpture of a Bull by the French sculptor, Isidore Jules Bonheur. Set on a naturalistic base and raised on a black marble plinth. Signed 'I. Bonheur' and featuring a 'J.B. Deposee Bronze Garanti Paris...

Graceful even when standing still the Bronze Sparrow on Marble Base is a striking addition to any setting. Using traditional lost wax casting methods th...

Graceful even when standing still the Bronze Bird Dog on Marble Base is a striking addition to any setting. Using traditional lost wax casting methods the Bronze Bird Dog statue is c...

A very fine original bronze group of lovebirds by the French sculptor Jules Moigniez (b. 1835 d. 1984) Moigniez studied in Paris under Comolera and exhibited first at the Exposition Universelle of 1865. He received a medal at the Great Exhibition of London in 1862 and his bird sculptures earned him first place in this field. In excellent original condition, ‘Tourtereaux’ signed and with a beautiful golden brown patina. With provenance from Harwood House...

Thomas François Cartier, born on January 3, 1879, in Marseille, France, and passing away on December 27, 1943, was a notable French sculptor celebrated for his masterful depictions o...

François Pompon. Atelier Valsuani, edited by. Sculpture entitled “Ours blanc”. Bronze with brown patina, lost wax casting. Stamp of the Foundry “cire perdue C. Valsuani”. Reproduct...

An Antoine-Louis Barye bronze sculpture from the 19th century depicting a horse with left foot raised and dark patina. Discover the evocative e...

Thomas François Cartier, born on January 3, 1879, in Marseille, France, and passing away on December 27, 1943, was a notable French sculptor celebrated for his masterful depictions o...

Equestrian Bronze Figurative Racehorse and Jockey Sculpture Statue Offered for sale is an equestrian bronze figurative sculpture of a thoroughbred ho...

A most impressive and large scale true pair of French 19th century patinated Bronze Marly horse statues, after a model by Coustou. Each statue is raised on a rock and ground like des...

Graceful even when standing still the Bronze Panther on Marble Base is a striking addition to any setting. Using traditional lost wax casting methods the Bronze Panther is created in...

BRONZE POLAR BEAR Pierre Chenet, a renowned animal sculptor from 20th century France, is well-known for his lifelike bronze sculptures of animals...

This pair of casted, stylized, mid 20th century bronze leopards are vintage copies of Benin (modern-day Nigeria) bronze figural sculptures of leopards. These large and impressive p...

Bronze sculpture created first by hand in clay then in bronze by the sculptor Patrick LAROCHE who obtained the title of "Meilleur Ouvrier de France", L...

Bronze sculpture created first by hand in clay then in bronze by the sculptor Patrick LAROCHE who obtained the title of "Meilleur Ouvrier de France", l...

Ornate Bronze Rooster Cock Figurines, “Cock-Fights”, Set 2, France, 1960s. Highly detailed vintage metal rooster figurines. Vintage figurin...

Beautiful sculpture in marble base of roaring deer after Josef Franz.

Large bronze from the Chiurazzi foundry in Naples, Exact copy of one of those found in Herculaneum and currently in the Archaeological Museum of Naples Bronze measures: 94 cm. High...

"Antoine Louis Barye (1796-1875) Large standing Stag patinated bronze in beautiful original condition. The Bronze with brown patina. Signed o...

Rare antique Viennese bronze basset hound from 19 century, good original condition.   

"Taureau Debout" by Rosa Bonheur. An excellent late 19th Century French animalier bronze study of a standing bull with fine hand chased surface that accentuates the muscle definition of the subject, signed Rosa B. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Measures: Width: 32 cm Height: 18 cm Depth: 11cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition Circa: 1870 Materials: Bronze Book reference: Animals in Bronze by Christopher Payne Page no. 174 DESCRIPTION Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) The most popular artist of nineteenth-century France, Rosa Bonheur was also one of the first renowned painters of animals and the first woman awarded the Grand Cross by the French Legion of Honor. A professional artist with a successful career, Bonheur lived in two consecutive committed relationships with women. Born on March 16, 1822 in Bordeaux, Marie Rosalie Bonheur was the oldest of the four children of Raimond Oscar Bonheur (1796-1849) and Sophie Marquis. Bonheur's father was an art teacher who came from a poor family, while her mother, a musician, had descended from a middle-class family and had been her husband's art student. Bonheur's father, who taught drawing and landscape painting, was an ardent member of the utopian Saint Simeon society. The group held idealistic beliefs about the reform of work, property, marriage, and the role of women in society. Most importantly, for the artist's future, the Saint Simeons questioned traditional gender norms and firmly believed in the equality of women. While teaching artistic techniques to his oldest daughter, Raimond Bonheur also encouraged her independence and taught her to consider art as a career. In 1828 Raimond Bonheur joined the Saint Simeons at their retreat outside Paris. Sophie and the children joined him in Paris the following year. Four years later, however, Raimond abandoned his family to live in isolation with his fellow Saint Simeons. Sophie Bonheur died in 1833 at the age of thirty-six. Rosa was only eleven years old when her mother died, but she was aware of the heavy price her mother paid for married life with a man who was more dedicated to his own ideals than to meeting his family's needs. Rosa also saw that her mother's marriage led to poverty and her death from exhaustion. After her mother's death, Bonheur was taken in by the Micas family who resided nearby. Mme Micas and Bonheur's mother had been friends. When Mme Bonheur died, the Micas family paid Raimond Bonheur's debts and cared for Rosa. Their daughther, Nathalie, who would later become an amateur inventor and unschooled veterinarian, and Rosa became enamored with each other. When Rosa Bonheur began her career as a professional artist, she had already been trained by her father who had allowed her to study in all male classes. Rosa also learned by sketching masterworks at the Louvre from the age of fourteen, and later, by studying with Léon Cogniet. From the very beginning, Bonheur's favorite subject was animals. She learned their anatomy completely by dissecting them in local slaughterhouses. She also visited the horse market two times a week. Study of animals by direct observation led to the formation of the realist style in which Bonheur worked. It was for such work that Bonheur obtained written permission from the French government to wear men's slacks. Her working attire also consisted of a loose smock and heavy boots that protected her feet from the dangerous environment in which she painted. The style of dress that the artist adopted for work and home may well have been influenced by her father's attire, which was based on St. Simeonian clothing experiments. Bonheur also cropped her hair, perhaps to facilitate her work. She did, however, always wear dresses for social occasions because she knew that appropriate dress would further her career. Bonheur earned a successful living as a painter of animals. She exhibited at the annual Paris Salon regularly from the age of nineteen in 1841 through 1853, when she was thirty-one. She won the salon's gold medal at the age of twenty-six in 1848 and was commissioned by the French government to paint Plowing on the Nivernais in 1849. In the same year Bonheur and her sister Juliette became directors of l'École gratuite de dessin pour les jeunes filles, a post their father had once held. Bonheur completed her most renowned work, The Horse Fair, in 1855. The successful representation of percherons (a breed native to Normandy) was purchased by Ernest Gambart, a London art dealer whose gallery specialized in work by French artists. He exhibited The Horse Fair in London where Bonheur visited with Nathalie. Queen Victoria requested a private viewing of the painting at Windsor Castle. It would later be purchased in 1887 by Cornelius Vanderbilt and donated to the new Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Bonheur's trip to England allowed her to meet Charles Eastlake, then President of the Royal Academy, John Ruskin, the English writer and critic, and Edwin Landseer, the British animalier. She also toured the English and Scottish countrysides and executed some paintings based on her observations of new breeds of animals found there. Gambart made engravings of Bonheur's work, including The Horse Fair, and sold them in England, Europe, and the United States. Bonheur became one of the most renowned painters of the time. Little girls, such as Anna Klumpke in the United States, even had dolls in her likeness, much as American girls played with Shirley Temple dolls...

"Deux Chiens en Arret" by A L Barye A dramatic mid 19th Century French bronze animalier group of a pointer and setter as they iflushing pheasants in a naturalistic undergrowth. The bronze with excellent autumnal (green, brown, and orange) patina and intricate hand chased surface detail, signed Barye. A rare bronze subject from the artist’s own atelier (workshop). Additional information Measures: Height: 12 cm Width: 25 cm Depth: 8 cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition Circa: 1860 Materials: Bronze Book Ref BARYE Catalogue Raisonne des Sculptures by Michel Poletti – Alain Richarme Page no. 150 Description Antoine Louis Barye “The Michelangelo of the Menagerie” These are the words of Théophile Gautier in praise of Barye’s genius. Throughout his life Barye endeavoured to capture the fundamental nature of the animal kingdom in all its diversity, wild or tame, exotic or familiar, cruel or gentle, bringing to life the roaring, trembling, living beasts. The son of a goldsmith, apprenticed to a steel engraver at a young age, Barye found himself making moulds for ornaments, acquiring knowledge that he would later build on to produce his exquisitely chased bronzes. When he was called up at seventeen, he joined the army’s topographic brigade where he used clay to model raised relief maps...

Pair of Large Asian Bronze Foo Dogs or Kylin Dragon, probably Chinese, circa 1950s or earlier. They retain their warm original patina. These were purch...

Wonderful 19th Century animalier bronze group of a standing ewe with her feeding lamb beneath her, the bronze with excellent rich brown patina and very fine hand chased surface detai...

A wonderful example of a hollow-cast bronze octopus. This piece features wonderful detail and resemblance to a real specimen. An exotic piece certain to...

Exquisite butterfly paper weight made of solid brass. Handcast and hand finished, each piece is quite unique. The brass is finished with an elegant bronze patina and polished highli...

Guillaume Coustou is best known for his two pieces of marble sculpture, each called Horse restrained by a Groom (1739-45, Louvre Museum, Paris), known jointly as the Marly Horses. ...

Very fine mid-19th century French Animalier bronze study of a standing Setter with excellent hand chased surface detail and rich brown patination. Raised on a stepped naturalistic base, signed J Moigniez. Additional information: Height: 19 cm Width: 34 cm Condition: excellent original condition Circa: 1870 Materials: bronze Book reference: Les Animaliers by Jane Horswell Page no. 237 About Jules Moigniez (French, 1835 ~ 1894) Moigniez was a French animalier sculptor of the 19th century. He worked primarily in bronze and frequently exhibited his sculptures at the Paris salon. He was best known for his bronzes depicting birds, although his skill and versatility enabled him to produce quality horse sculptures (primarily racehorses), dog sculptures and hunting scenes. His bird sculptures were among the finest ever created in his time. Moigniez was born at Senlis, Oise, France in 1835, the son of a metal gilder. Moigniez’s father bought a foundry to cast his sculptures, which was of great benefit to Moigniez as he didn’t have the added foundry costs that most of his contemporaries had to pay. Moigniez studied sculpture under the tutelage of Paul Comoléra (a student of François Rude) in Paris. It is quite likely that Moigniez’s attraction to bird sculpture was a direct result of his education under Comoléra, who was himself a bird specialist. Over the course of his 40-year sculpting career Moigniez exhibited thirty works at the Salon between 1855–92. His first submission in a major art exhibition was his plaster, Pointer Stopping at a Pheasant, at the Exposition Universelle of 1855.[1][2] Moigniez was known for the fine detail and chiseling of his sculptures. His bronzes—usually cast using the lost wax method—were always immaculately chased and patinated, and were especially popular in England and Scotland.[2] More than half of his output during his lifetime was sold in the United Kingdom. By the end of the 19th century, his sculpture had become popular in the United States as well. In contrast with other animaliers of the period such are P.J. Mêne and Antoine-Louis Barye, Moigniez’s bird sculptures often incorporated highly detailed bases complete with bushes, extensive foliage and undergrowth. His castings were generally of excellent quality with a variety of patinas, the gilded and silvered patinas being the most desirable and sought after by collectors. His bronzes could be reproached for an excess of detail, a result of overly-finicky, over-worked chiseling. Moigniez received redemption, however, by portraying in his sculpture a certain “elegance of attitudes”. His Chien braque...

Fabulous late 19th Century French Animalier bronze study of a standing horse with wonderful rich dark brown lightly rubbed to mid/golden brown patina and excellent crisp surface detail, raised on a stepped integral base, signed I Bonheur ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Height: 13 cm Length: 19 cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition Circa: 1870 Materials: Bronze Book Ref Animals in Bronze by Christopher Payne Kjellberg Page no. 177 SKU: 8526 DESCRIPTION Isidore Bonheur Bonheur Cheval– Isidore Bonheur (1827 ~ 1901) was born on May 15th 1827 in Bordeaux, France, and died in Paris in 1901. He was an important Animalier sculptor, the brother of Rosa Bonheur, and brother-in-law to Hippolyte Peyrol the founder. The Bonheurs were a well known family of painters, sculptors and artists. Isidore studied painting under the tutelage of his father at a very early age. He moved on to sculpture in 1848 with his first Salon entry of a plaster study of An African Horseman attacked by a lion. Isidore Bonheur continued exhibiting his sculpture throughout the years, both at the Salon in Paris as well as the Royal Academy in London. He won medals at the Salon in 1865 and 1869, and won the Gold Medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889. Bonheur was awarded the Legion of Honneur in 1895. Isidore Bonheur’s bronzes range from domestic cattle and sheep, which he excelled at, to wild bears and lions as well as equestrian and hunting groups, all done in a very natural and realistic manner. His Le Grand Jockey...

Each of these exquisite solid bronze snails is handmade individually with incredible detail. Cast using very traditional techniques, the noble material is aged unveiling a beautiful ...

A vintage lost wax cast bronze snail sculpture from the mid 20th century with dark patina. We have several available. Created with the tradition...

A statement piece in any room, this gorgeous Italian Brass and Glass Coffee Table features stately Bronze Panther head supports. Panther heads with brass bangle collars rest atop Corinthian like columns with matching brass feet. Shimmering brass arms compliment the glass top's square shape and beveled edging. Easy to imagine in a stately Roman Villa, a Hollywood Regency style home, or in an upscale living room full of really chic pieces - this table commands attention. Shown with a pair of Slipper Chairs freshly upholstered in purrrfect Leopard velvet, an Hollywood Regency Obelisk Étagere Cabinet in Red Lacquer and Gold Leaf styled with lots of lovely items from our shop including Mid-Century Modern Greek Key and Moroccan Themed Glassware, Curtis Jere Male vs. Female Bookends, Curtis Jere Onyx...

Antique miniature bronze rhino designed and crafted to the highest standard and in lovely original condition. A very desirable life like example. Me...

Burmese bronze elephant. Age: Burma, Contemporary Size: Height 25 C.M. / Width 15.5 C.M. / Length 33 C.M. Condition: Nice condition overall.

Classic early 1910s Vienna bronze figurines with glass flower vases. Thiscold painted bronze on a wooden stand is probably something you need if you’re a Vienna bronze collector. Fou...

A vintage lost wax cast bronze statuette of a deer on marble base. Created with the traditional technique of the lost-wax (à la cire perdue) which allows for great precision and fine...

Seal sculpture in bronze, circa 20th century Origin France illegible signature signed in the bronze back perfect condition with natural wear.

Stunning marble clock with gilt wine leafs, grape bunch and more. To us, this French antique clock epitomizes everything the Art Deco period st...

A very unusual novelty Austrian bronze sculpture of a monkey trying to feed their young with a large spoon dating from around 1900. The figure is well modeled and portrays a large se...

Napoleon III whimsical bronze of a playful dog & cat, Nice detail, fine casting of a dog and cat engaged in play on incised brick floor, unsigned.

A nice small bronze dolphins sculpture on a green marble base, circa 1990s. The piece has a wonderful patina and measures 4"W x 3"D x 5.75"H;...

Austrian bronze dog (ashtray and phosphor) Artist: F. Gornik sealed at its base circa 1900 perfect condition.

Grand Tour bronze model of a Recumbent horse, realistically cast and modeled, raised on a faux marbleized base.  

A vintage lost wax cast bronze triple horse table base from the mid 20th century, with bronze patina. Created with the traditional technique of the lost-wax (à la cire Perdue) that a...