Antique Bronze of a Boy On a Vase Staring at a Snail by Ernest Barrias

Antique bronze sculpture Genius and brute force by Cyprien Godebski, 1835-1909. Impressive sculpture. France 1888. Weight 50 KG. This sculpture is illustrated in Les bronzes de XIXe siècle, Pierre Kjellberg...

The young archer, Art Deco bronze sculpture of a boy learning to use a bow. By Amadeo Gennarelli, Born in Napels, worked in France. The bronze has a lively green patina, France ca. 1...

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. More information: “Bronzes de Vienne...

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Art Deco bronze sculpture of a bird on a wheat stalk signed by the French artist Chatill. France 1930. Marked bronze. The sculpture has a green patina an...

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French dore bronze depicting a seated figure of a boy with tablet by Louis Ernest Barrias, French(1841-1905) Circa 1912 Modeled as a partially nude youth seated with a tablet and pen, incised E. Barrias and Susse Frères and Susse Frères pastille mark Signed “E. Barrias” w/ Susse Freres Foundry Mark and reduction stamp.. Condition: Mint with superb chocolate brown patina. Measure: 12.25" high x 8.25" wide x 7.2” depth AVANTIQUES is dedicated to providing an exclusive curated collection of Fine Arts, Paintings, Bronzes, Asian treasures, Art Glass and Antiques. Our inventory represents time-tested investment quality items with everlasting decorative beauty. We look forward to your business and appreciate any reasonable offers. Louis-Ernest Barrias (13 April 1841 – 4 February 1905) was a French sculptor of the Beaux-Arts school. In 1865 Barrias won the Prix de Rome for study at the French Academy in Rome. Barrias was involved in the decoration of the Paris Opéra and the Hôtel de la Païva in the Champs-Élysées. His work was mostly in marble, in a Romantic realist style indebted to Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. He was born in Paris into a family of artists. His father was a porcelain-painter, and his older brother Félix-Joseph Barrias a well-known painter. Louis-Ernest also started out as a painter, studying under Léon Cogniet, but later took up sculpture with Pierre-Jules Cavelier as teacher. In 1858 he was admitted to the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where his teacher was François Jouffroy. In 1865 Barrias won the Prix de Rome for study at the French Academy in Rome. Barrias was involved in the decoration of the Paris Opéra and the Hôtel de la Païva in the Champs-Élysées. His work was mostly in marble, in a Romantic realist style indebted to Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. In 1878 he was made a knight of the Legion of Honour, an officer in 1881, and a commander in 1900. Barrias replaced Dumont at the Institut de France in 1884 then succeeded Cavelier as professor at the École des Beaux-Arts. In 1900-03 he served on the Council for the National Museums. Among his students were Josep Clarà, Charles Despiau, Henri Bouchard...

A unique Cire Perdue gilt bronze sculpture of roses by Louis Ernest Barrias. The singular lost wax cast of a still life of roses is mounted on a rosewoo...

A Large Patinated Bronze Figure of ‘Jeanne d'Arc Prisonnière’ (‘Prisoner Joan of Arc’), By Louis-Ernest Barrias (French, 1841–1905). Joan of Arc modelled standing, in handcuffs and armour and wearing a Bascinet helmet. Signed ‘E. Barrias’ and with foundry mark ‘Susse Fres Edit Paris', Stamped 'PS'. Titled on the base: ‘Vous avez pu m'enchainer/vous n'enchainerez jamais la Fortune de la France/Jeanne d'Arc’ ('You were able to chain me but you will never chain the will of France. Joan of Arc’). Cast as part of a limited edition by the Susse Frères foundry, Paris, from the model by Louis-Ernest Barrias (French, 1841 – 1905). The model conceived Circa 1891 and Cast Circa 1910. In 1891 Barrias completed his touching life-size portrait of 'Jeanne d'Arc devant ses judges' ('Joan of Arc before the judges') in marble for her monument at the Church...

Louis Ernest Barrias (French 1841-1905) Nature Revealing Herself La Nature se dévoilant devant la Science Gilt, and silver patinated bronze with blue glass scarab Signed on base “E. Barrias” and with Susse Fres foundry mark. Height: 22.5 inches (57 cm) With original rouge marble base 24 inches (61 cm) Condition: Excellent with no damage or repairs. wear commensurate of age and use. Minor tarnishing, scuffs with chips to marble base. Nature Unveiling Herself Before Science (La Nature se dévoilant à la Science) is an allegorical sculpture created in 1899 in the Art Nouveau style by Louis-Ernest Barrias. The sculpture depicts a woman—personifying Nature—removing a veil to reveal her face and bare breasts. The sculpture, which is in the Musée d'Orsay, was commissioned for the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. Underneath the veil, Nature wears a gown held up by a scarab. The figure is made of marble, with the gown made of Algerian onyx, and the scarab of malachite. The sculpture has also been reproduced in other media. According to historians of science Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison, the sculpture "blends the ancient trope of the veil of Isis, interpreted as nature's desire to hide her secrets, with the modern fantasy of (female) nature willingly revealing herself to the (male) scientist, without violence or artifice." According to historian of science Carolyn Merchant, the sculpture is emblematic of transformation of conceptions of nature that came with the Scientific Revolution: "From an active teacher and parent, she [Nature] has become a mindless, submissive body." In a similar vein, biologist and essayist Gerald Weissmann has noted the similarity between Nature's pose in Barrias' sculpture and that of the central figure in the 1876 painting Dr. Pinel Unchaining the Mad by Tony Robert-Fleury, a released inmate from an insane asylum...

Louis-Ernest Barrias (Paris, 1841 - there, 1905) Venus Marble, h. 59 cm, 5 Signed "E Barrias" The renewal of classical beauty was exploited during the course of the nineteen...

This antique bronze sculpture was done by Ernest Beck of Austria in approximately 1920 in a classical Revival style. The sculpture is a study of 'Nathan' a...