19th Century French Antique Bronze Bust Sculpture of General Ajax or Menelaus

FRENCH SCHOOL 4th qtr, 19th century Bust of Greek Warrior Patinated bronze unsigned cast circa late 19th century Item # 304KEX30P A fine ca...

EUGENE AIZELIN French, 1821-1902 Bust of a Young Woman (1864) Patinated bronze raised on an original turned rouge marble base over brass rim signed on shoulder "Eug. Aizelin 1864"...

Bust of Menelaus or Ajax (Pasquino Group). Bronze. Twentieth century. Bust made of bronze that shows a man with a beard, dressed in a cloak gathered in a circular brooch and with a strap on the other shoulder, and wearing a helmet decorated with reliefs. The work is inspired by a highly appreciated sculpture known as the Pasquino Group (or Menelaus carrying the body of Patroclus or Ajax carrying the body of Achilles), made in marble copying a Hellenistic bronze and dated around 200-150 BC. C. About fifteen Roman marble copies are known of it, many “intervened” (or restored) during the 16th and 17th centuries. The earliest of these copies were first documented in Rome in the 1500s. Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, purchased an ancient marble fragment of an armored male bust supporting a dying companion, moved it to Florence (inventoryed in 1574) and Ferdinando II...

A striking French 19th century Louis XVI style patinated bronze and ormolu bust of Menelaus. The bust is raised by a square ormolu base below a fine mottled socle pedestal. The richl...