Baroque Animal Sculptures
BAROQUE STYLE
The decadence of the Baroque style, in which ornate furnishings were layered against paneled walls, painted ceilings, stately chandeliers and, above all, gilding, expressed the power of the church and monarchy through design that celebrated excess. And its influence was omnipresent — antique Baroque furniture was created in the first design style that truly had a global impact.
Theatrical and lavish, Baroque was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. While Baroque originated in Italy and achieved some of its most fantastic forms in the late-period Roman Baroque, it was adapted to meet the tastes and materials in each region. French Baroque furniture informed Louis XIV style and added drama to Versailles. In Spain, the Baroque movement influenced the elaborate Churrigueresque style in which architecture was dripping with ornamental details. In South German Baroque, furniture was made with bold geometric patterns.
Compared to Renaissance furniture, which was more subdued in its proportions, Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from its shape to its materials.
Allegorical and mythical figures were often sculpted in the wood, along with motifs like scrolling floral forms and acanthus leaves that gave the impression of tangles of dense foliage. Novel techniques and materials such as marquetry, gesso and lacquer — which were used with exotic woods and were employed by cabinetmakers such as André-Charles Boulle, Gerrit Jensen and James Moore — reflected the growth of international trade. Baroque furniture characteristics include a range of decorative elements — a single furnishing could feature everything from carved gilded wood to gilt bronze, lending chairs, mirrors, console tables and other pieces a sense of motion.
Find a collection of authentic antique Baroque tables, lighting, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Baroque
Hand Painted Meissen Porcelain Rooster Sculpture 1980s
Located in Milano, MI
Painted Meissen porcelain rooster sculpture. love, made in the 1980s
Ø cm 15 Ø cm 8 h cm 18
Meissen porcelain is considered one of the earliest and finest examples of European porc...
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1980s German Vintage Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Italian Ceramic Animal Figurine Macaw Parrot Porcelain Bird Figure
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Art Deco tall Italian animal Figurine Ceramic Parrot Macaw on a tree trunk
Material: porcelain, ceramic, tin glazed
Design: Cacciapuoti style...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain
Vintage Italian Ceramic Animal Figurine Turkey Porcelain Bird Figure Tureen
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Mid century tall Italian animal figurine Ceramic decorative Turkey Tureen with ladle Vitrine object
Material: porcelain, ceramic, tin glazed earthenware...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain
Pair of Baroque Style Giltwood Dolphin Carvings on Lucite Bases, 19th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
This striking pair of carved giltwood dolphin figures mounted on clear lucite bases likely began their life as decorative architectural elements—perhaps once adorning a piece of furn...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Lucite, Giltwood
Fine French 19th Century Bronze Figure of "Milo of Croton & Lion" After Falconet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Patinated bronze Figure of "Milo of Croton and the Lion" after the marble sculpture of Milon de Crotone by renown French...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Porcelain Dragon, Handmade in Italy, Handcrafted Design 2021
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Our artisan's pieces are a dream come true, as in Dragon Trainers.
This ceramic piece is completely hand-crafted and painted with love and care.
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2010s Italian Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Ebony Elephant, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
1950s EBONY ELEPHANT
DECORATIVE ELEPHANT FROM THE 50'S IN EBONY AND BONE . MEASURES: 28 CM HIGH
good condition.
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bone
Small 17th-18th Century French Carved Oak Lion Fragment
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful and unique small hand carved oak lion fragment. Beautiful weathered.
France circa 1650-1750
Weathered. measurements include the wooden pedestal.
H:11cm W:6cm D:5,5cm
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17th Century French Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Oak
After Antoine-Louis Barye Walking Lion Le lion qui marche White Marble Effect
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Antiquarian Marble -Effect, Walking White Lion
The white lion, roaring and striding forwards.
On a plinth decorated with greek key ornament.
White marble effect resin.
After the ant...
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1960s English Vintage Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Large Antique Pair of 19th Century Sculptured Marley Horses, After Coustou
Located in Markington, GB
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.
...
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1890s French Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian early 18th century Baroque Period Giltwood Conch Shell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most attractive Italian early 18th century Baroque Period patinated Wood and Giltwood Conch Shell architectural element. This most decorative carved Giltwood Conch ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Pacing Horse - Italian School, 18th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Italian School, 18th century
Pacing Horse
Bronze with brown patina, on a rectangular marble base
H 8 x L 8,5 x P 3 cm
H totale 11 cm
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Meissen Grouping of Apollo's Sun Chariot with Sun Putti for Catherine the Great
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and quite large, Baroque style, Museum quality, antique Meissen Porcelain grouping of Apollo, the Sun God's, Sun Chariot with his Putti Servant, originally designed by Johann Joachim Kändler in 1772-1773 for Czarina Katharina, Better known as Catherine the great...
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1870s German Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Bear, Johann Gottlieb Kirchner, Johan Joachim Kaendler, 1735
Located in Milano, IT
Hard porcelain bear modeled and painted in gray-brown and black
Manufacture of Meissen, by Johann Gottlieb Kirchner and Johan Joachim Kaendler, 1735
It...
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1730s German Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
White Rabbit in Wonderlandt, Handmade in Italy, Handcrafted Design, 2021
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Our artisan's pieces are a dream come true, as in Disney's Alice in Wonderland.
Ceramic tea service are completely hand-crafted and painted with ...
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2010s Italian Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Very Large Copper Wall Plate Depiction Saint Martin on Horse in Relief
Located in Antwerp, BE
A very large hamered copper wall plate depiction Saint Martin on horse in relief.
Signed A Louis.
Early 20th century.
Measures: Diameter 75 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Antique Pair of Hand-Made French Reclining Lion Statues
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Truly one of a kind pair of old handmade reclining lions. These are unsigned and used a mixture of clay and fiberglass fibers.
They show very heavy signs of loss over the years b...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Fiberglass
Italian Porcelain 19th Century "Rape off a Sabine"
Located in Madrid, ES
A group of porcelain
19th century
Rape of a sabine
77 cm high.
Italian porcelain.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
IMPORTANT ITALIAN IMPERIAL EAGLE 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
IMPERIAL EAGLE
Italian,
17th Century
sculpture in carved and gilded wood, based on a base decorated with plant motifs and masks with two claw and ball-...
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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Limited Edition Porcelain Swan Tureens in Meissen Style
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of Limited Edition porcelain swan form tureens. Two of 500 edition made by Chelsea House to Commemorate the 18th century Meissen swan tureen at Winter...
Category
1980s German Vintage Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Lion of Forge, Spain, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Lion of Forge, Spain, 16th century
In forging, measurements: 10 x 17 x 5 cm
Good condition
Spanish private collection.
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Iron
A Pair of Seated Italian Rosso Verona Marble Lions, Late 19th Early 20th C
Located in valatie, NY
A Pair of Italian Rosso Verona Marble Lions, Late 19th Early 20th C. Pictured from Wikipedia is a Column-bearing lion in Red Verona marble from Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo. Also pi...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Bronze Dolphin Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Bronze dolphin sculpture. Bronze dolphin in a baroque Venetian sea serpent style mounted on black marble base; a very sculptural bookend.
Un...
Category
Early 20th Century American Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique 18th century Ceramic/Porcelain Pair of Cockfighting Roosters Paris 1780
Located in Doha, QA
One of the national symbols and emblems of France is the Coq Gaulois (the Gallic Rooster) and it was decorated French flags during the Revolution (1789-1799) .
It is the symbol of French people because of the play on words of the Latin Gallus meaning Gaul and Gallus meaning coq- Rooster.
This late 18th century ceramic...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Birds on Gilt Bronze Mounts / Johann Joachim Kändler
Located in Dallas, TX
two (2) Meissen porcelain birds (bitterns), from 1743 model by German sculptor Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706-1774), each on a base of re...
Category
19th Century German Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nymphenburg Blanc de Chine Porcelain 'Lion Baroque' Figurine with Bavarian Crest
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine German porcelain figurine.
By Nymphenburg Porcelain.
Entitled 'Lion Baroque', designed by Josef Wackerle.
In the form of a rampant lion with the Bavarian lesser coat of arm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Baroque Handcarved Lion Sculpture, Italian or Austrian
By Antonio Raggi
Located in Vienna, AT
Early fine carved sculpture of a lying lion. Attributed to the circle of Alessandro Vittoria, located in northern Italy/ Venice. Original late Renaissance or early Baroque figure.
T...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
The Frog Prince Porcelain Piece, Handmade in Italy, Handcrafted Design 2021
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Our artisan's pieces are a dream come true, as in The Frog Prince.
This ceramic piece is completely hand-crafted and painted with love and care.
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Gilt Bronze Lion on Marble Base
Located in New York, NY
Gilt bronze lion on marble base. Antique chased gilt bronze recumbent lion on rare green speckled marble base. Italy, late 17th century.
Dimensions: Ov...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
Pair of Carved Wood Baroque Style Wall Decors with Deer and Ibex Figures
Located in Barntrup, DE
A pair of beautiful Baroque style polychrome carved wood wall decors depicting deer and ibex figures. Painted in brown, green, red, and golden c...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Baroque Limestone Lion from Solgården, circa 1700s
Located in Kastrup, DK
French carved seated lion with a ring in his mouth, carved French limestone, circa 1700s.
Provenance: The Danish author Karen Branson 1875-1936, One of ...
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18th Century Danish Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Pair of Stone Lions, dated 1701
Located in Greding, DE
A pair of lions of the same design made of stone with escutcheons. Together they bear the date 1701 and the monogram B. W.
Category
Early 1700s German Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Palatial Pair of English Baroque Style 19th Century Carved Marble Sitting Lions
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial pair of English Baroque style 19th century carved marble sitting lions, the very realistic carved pair with fine attention to detail, each resting its front ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair of Dog-shaped bookends made of onyx and bronze
Located in Milano, IT
Wonderful pair of Italian Baroque paperweights from the 1800s. The pair is made with a truly binding Onyx base. The onyx stone has been carved to make the paperweights semi-equal. Ab...
Category
1870s European Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Pair of Early Giltwood Book Stands Carved as Doves
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of early giltwood book stands carved as doves mounted upon orbs, from the late 17th or early 18th century. Nice large scale. Books are laid open across the backs of the doves' w...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Oak, Giltwood
Little Alabaster Dog of the 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
LITTLE ALABASTER DOG OF THE XIX CENTURY.
DOG IN MINIATURE OF THE XIX CENTURY. MEASURES: 11X11X5CM.
Good condition.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Terracotta Fountain Masqueron, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
TERRACOTTA FOUNTAIN MASQUERON
DECORATIVE TERRACOTTA OR SIMILAR MASCARON FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY. MEASURES: 40X37 CM
good condition.
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Late 17th Century French Fine Carved Wood and Polychromed Pocket Watch Holder
Located in North Miami, FL
Late 17th century French extremely fine carved wood polychromed and gold gilded pocket watch holder. It has a carved cup behind the front opening to hold th...
Category
17th Century French Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Lucite, Wood
Two Rare Italian, Terracotta Sculptures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very rare Italian terracotta sculptures of a knight, and horse, both in repousse armor decorated with dramatic plumes. Each mounted on cu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Lucite
Baroque animal sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Baroque animal sculptures for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage animal sculptures created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, building and garden elements and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque animal sculptures made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original animal sculptures, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, Mosche Bianche, Meissen Porcelain, and Chelsea House. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for animal sculptures differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $390 and tops out at $168,500 while the average work can sell for $3,800.