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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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...
Category
1980s German Vintage Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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
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
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
Category
17th Century French Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Oak
$266 Sale Price
52% Off
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
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
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
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
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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Lucite, Giltwood
Equestrian Bronze Horse after 1838s Marochetti of E. Philibert, Duke of Savoy
By J.B. Deposee, Baron Carlo Marochetti
Located in Andernach, DE
Impressive patinated bronze designed by baron Carlo Marochetti in 1838, representing
Emmanuel-Philibert de Savoie, 10th duke of Savoy.
This impressive sculpture comes in a neutral, ...
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1920s German Vintage 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.
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$2,062 Sale Price / item
25% Off
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
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
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 ...
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$2,062 Sale Price / item
25% Off
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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Fiberglass
$3,660 Sale Price / set
25% Off
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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$12,450 Sale Price
32% Off
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
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...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
1730s German Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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
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
$29,850 Sale Price / set
37% Off
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
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
$1,850
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-...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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
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
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
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
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 ...
Category
18th Century Danish Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
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
$2,062 Sale Price / item
25% Off
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
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...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
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, Bronze, Ormolu
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
$10,903 / set
After Pietro Tacca Il Porcellino Bronze Sculpture
By Pietro Tacca
Located in Astoria, NY
After Pietro Tacca (Italian, 1577-1640) "Il Porcellino" [The Little Pig] Patinated Bronze Sculpture, 20th century, mounted on wood base. Overall: 8.25" H x 8.25" W x 4.25" D. Provena...
Category
20th Century Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Murano Art Glass Birds On A Nest Sculpture
By Ars Murano
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Murano Art Birds on a Nest Sculpture. It depicts a clear glass round bowl nest with three colorful birds resting on its border. The orange color bird is singing and the oth...
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
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
$2,370 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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
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
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
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
$25,000 / set
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.
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