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Style: Neoclassical
Period: 19th Century
French large Bronze of a Lion after Claude Michel Clodion, 19th century
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Very fine and large bronze of a reclining lion. Many details, such as the treatment of the lion’s mane demonstrate the sculptor’s mastery skill, as well as an understanding of the an...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Carousel Horse 19th Century Multicoloured Polychrome
Located in Buxton, GB
This amazing piece of Collectable Fairground Memorabilia is highly decorative and I am sure was a well loved choice for the children riding the carousel in the Victorian times.
Thi...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Rare Pair of bronze statues of French Lions, 1800s
Located in Milano, IT
In the soft glow of a dimly lit room, there stands a pair of French statuettes from the enchanting 1800s, a testament to a bygone era of elegance and opulence. These remarkable works of art, fashioned from lustrous bronze, exude an air of timeless grandeur that beckons you to step closer and marvel at their exquisite craftsmanship.
Each statuette is a masterpiece in its own right, a testament to the skill and dedication of the master sculptor who brought them into existence. The attention to detail is nothing short of astonishing, with every sinew of the majestic lions' bodies meticulously chiseled and lovingly rendered. The craftsmanship is so fine that one cannot help but be captivated by the lifelike expressions and powerful stances of these regal creatures.
These two lions, poised in a position of imposing authority, emanate an aura of strength and royalty that transcends time and space. Their heads held high, their fierce eyes gazing into the distance, they embody the very essence of majesty and dominance. Their finely chiseled manes cascade down their muscular necks, a testament to their untamed, wild nature.
But it is not just their form that captivates the beholder; it is the material itself that adds to their allure. Cast entirely in bronze, these lions bear traces of antiquity beneath their paws, a subtle reminder of the centuries that have passed since their creation. The patina of age only enhances their mystique, as if they have borne witness to a thousand stories, silently guarding the secrets of the past.
In symbolism, lions are revered as symbols of strength and royalty, and these statuettes do justice to that legacy. They are more than mere sculptures...
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French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Serpentine Carving of 'The Dying Lion' After Bertel Thorvaldsen
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautifully carved Italian Grand Tour serpentine copy of Bertel Thorvaldsen's monumental sculpture 'The Lion of Lucerne' also known as 'The Dying...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Serpentine
Wedgwood Black Basalt Hedgehog Bulb Planter
By Wedgwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A black basalt bulb pot molded as a hedgehog, made by Wedgwood in the middle of the 19th century.
Finely molded as a lively little hedgehog, this unique object would have been use...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
19th Century Gilt Bronze Eagle Fragment on White Marble Stand, Italy
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian gilt bronze sculpture of an eagle on a rectangular white Carrera piece of marble. The high quality of the gilt work and the early age makes the eagl...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
19th Century Patinated Terra Cotta of Bacchanalian Putti Playing with Goat
Located in Dallas, TX
A lovely depiction of the neoclassical taste, three putti can be seen playing with a goat. The terra cotta sculpture from the 1800s has a variegated patination, with hues of dark och...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Bronze Group of Ariadne and the Leopard
Located in Folkestone, GB
Bronze group of “Ariadne on the Panther’ after the original masterpiece by Johann Heinrich von Danneker. representing the taming of the wilderness by beauty. Ariadne lies naked upon ...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Polychrome Sculpture of a Roman Woman
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian original painted plaster sculpture of a young Roman woman in nice gilt dress and flower wreath. This well sculptured smiling lady cou...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Monumental Large Neo Classical Gilt Bronze Sculptured Oil Lamp Chandelier
Located in Lisse, NL
Large and amazing work museum quality of lighting Art.
The first owner of this incredible piece of lighting art must have been one of the wealthiest people in town, because this qua...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Brass
19th Century Boston Terrier Black Painted Door Stop, Hubley
Located in Berlin, DE
19th century Boston Terrier door stop, cast iron with original black paint.
Beautiful patina.
Category
North American American Classical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
19th Century French Bronze Animal Sculptures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of finely chaste bronze and dore bronze of dog and cat. Very life like.
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Carved Wood Lion’s Head from a Manhattan Bar, ca. 1880s-1890s
Located in New York, NY
Dimension:
Height: 14 inches
Width: 13 inches
Depth: 12 inches.
About the object:
This elaborately carved wood lion's head was an integral decorative piece of a bar counter or shelf unit in a Manhattan bar...
Category
American American Classical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
French Neoclassical Bronze Of Androcles and the Lion
Located in Rochester, NY
Large French Neoclassical sculpture of Androcles and the Lion. Exceptional quality casting and patina. Mid 19th century.
The runaway slave Androcles became friends with a wounded lion...
Category
Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
French 19th Century Bronze Stallion Sculpture on Marble Base, Signed P.J. Mêne
By P.J. Mêne
Located in New York, NY
This stunning stylized bronze stallion sculpture was realized in France by the renowned sculptor Pierre-Jules Mêne (1810-1879) in the mid 19th Century....
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Running Horse Weathervane on Display Stand
By L. W. Cushing & Sons
Located in Atlanta, GA
A weathervane in the form of a running horse, that was likely modeled after "Dexter" circa late 19th century on a custom display stand. The full body molded horse has a gilt surface ...
Category
American American Classical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Pair of 19th Century Italian Giltwood Bat Wall Brackets
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of rare 19th century Italian carved and gilt wood bat form wall brackets. Original gilding. As found. Rare and wonderful.
Neoclassical and Gothic, in ...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Horse Weathervane with Gilt Surface on Display Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
A trotting horse weathervane likely modeled after "Ethan Allen" with its original mount and displayed on a custom stand in a slightly upslop...
Category
American American Classical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Pair of Early 19th Century Italian Giltwood Eagle Wall Brackets
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of early carved and giltwood Italian eagle wall brackets. Realistically carved wooden eagles with original bracket shelves. Mostly original gi...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Cast Bronze Lions, Italy, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of cast bronze lions, France, late 19th century.
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian 19th Century Life Size Marble Group "Hebe and Eagle" by Aristide Fontana
By Aristide Fontana 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine Italian 19th century Carrara marble life-size marble sculpture of "Hebe and The Eagle"; depicting a young maiden seated on a rocky outcrop holding an urn over her shoulder and serving water from a bowl to a thirsty eagle, raised on a circular base by Aristide Fontana (Italian 19th Century - Active 1870-1890), Carrara, Inscribed to the reverse; "Aristide Fontana Sc./Carrara", circa 1870-1880. Hebe, the Greek goddess of youth, was the daughter of Zeus and Hera and was the hand-maiden and cup bearer of the gods and the symbol of youthful beauty and chastity. She is often depicted as a temptress tantalizing the eagle of Jupiter with a cup of ambrosia and her body. In her role as cup-bearer she offered nectar and ambrosia and here she holds the cup before the eagle, Zeus' messenger. This sculpture subject matter resembles Bertel Thorwaldsen's, marble sculpture of Ganymede and the Eagle, circa 1817 and currently at the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. The most notable difference between both sculptures is that, unlike in Thorwaldsen's work, this sculpture depicts a figure of a young semi-nude maiden bearing a pearl necklace centered with a charm engraved with the letter "S". This sculpture subject matter can also be attributed to Psyche, perched on a Stygian rock and threatened by dragons, is rescued from her task by Jupiter's eagle, who brings her a lekythos filled with the river's water. Although Apuleius' story of Cupid and Psyche had been a common theme in European art since the Renaissance, the particular incident of Psyche rescued by Jupiter's eagle was seldom illustrated.
Comparable to themes in mythology, Old Testament figures and heroines in particular were popular subjects of artworks in the mid-19th century. Several scenes from the Biblical (Gen. 24) story of Rebecca's meeting with Eliezer, and subsequent marriage to Isaac, were depicted in the 19th century. The most frequent representation shows Rebecca at the well with a pitcher. Other examples of the subject include those by the Italians Cesare Lapini, Giovanni Battista Lombardi and Domenico Menconi and American sculptors Brown, Mozier, and Chauncey Bradley Ives...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Bronze Sculpture with Marble Base, Signed Comolera, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Bronze sculpture with marble base. Signed Comolera. France, late 19th century.
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Carrara Marble Sculpture "Ariadne on the Panther" Signed A. Frilli, Firenze
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Carrara marble sculpture "Ariadne on the Panther" signed A. Frilli, Firenze, Italy, circa 1890.
Dimensions green marble pedestal: 114 cm.
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
French Terracotta Lion's Head on Custom Iron Stand
Located in Pembroke, MA
This French terracotta lion's mask was originally an element of a 19th century fountain with water jetting from its mouth. This garden piece is now mounted on a custom iron, making i...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Golden Pheasant Polychrome Bronze Vienna, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Golden pheasant polychrome bronze Vienna, 19th century
Polychrome bronze figure showing a golden male pheasant perched. A bird native to Asia, it was ...
Category
Austrian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Russian Ormolu and Baccarat Cut Crystal Swan Centerpieces
By Baccarat
Located in Essex, MA
Magnificent pair of Russian Ormolu and Baccarat crystal centerpieces. The removable Baccarat Tazzas with engraved in deeply cut laurel wreath motif sit atop an ormolu sculpture of th...
Category
Russian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Pair of Italian Griffon Majolica Terracotta Pedestals on Plinths. Circa 1850
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of Italian Neoclassical Griffon Majolica terracotta pedestals with flanking circular floral tops and resting on molded step back plinths. Mid 19th century.
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Large 19th Century Parker American Carousel Horse
By Parker
Located in Dallas, TX
Carousel Horse (American, 19th C) Wood carved with traces of paint with stand.
An amazing decorative statement; this charming wood carved carousel horse shows character with traces of its original paint and jointed construction. The glass eye balls and facial features is a focal point from tail to hoof. Probably coming originally from a Long Island New York fair carousel ride, this bold yet soft piece draws eyes and complimentary statements as soon as guests see it. Comes with decorative wood stand!
Attributed to Parker carousel horses...
Category
American American Classical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Silver Patinated Bronze Borzoi
Located in Miami, FL
A 19th century French silver patinated bronze borzoi on a cream marble base. A beautiful depiction of this sleek handsome dog. In very good condition wit...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Silvered Bronze Models of the Marly Horses After Guillaume Coustou
Located in London, GB
This pair of silvered bronze models show semi-clad classical male attendants restraining their rearing horses. They are modeled after the 1739 sculptures in marble by Guillaume Coust...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Outdoor Italian Neo-Classic Iron Wall Plaques
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Outdoor Italian Neo-classic style iron wall mounted plaques possibly fountains in the form of a dolphin (PRICED AS Pair).
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Pair of Antique Bronze Figures of Cherubs and Animals
Located in London, GB
Full of humour and narrative detail, this joyous set of two figural sculptures are charmingly cast in bronze to depict young boys playing with animals. One of the figures shows a boy in draped...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of C19th Carved Medici Lions
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
C19th pair medici lions in carved wood, at opposing stances with heads turned to sinister and dexter, with one paw on a ball. Circa 1830.
30 3/4" wide x 9.5" deep x 21.05" high
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pine
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