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Busts For Sale
French Belle Epoque Bust of a Beauty, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
French Belle Epoque bronzed spelter bust of a beauty in a "tricorne" hat in the Art Nouveau taste, in the manner of Emile Pinedo (French, 1840-1916). 11" H x 6.5" W x 4.5" D (approx....
Category
Early 20th Century Belle Époque Busts
Materials
Bronze
Traditional Religious Jesus Christ Sculpture
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mid-20th century turned Jesus Christ figure of made of plater.
Made in Olot, Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and u...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Bust entitled "Silvia" by Emmanuel Villanis
Located in London, GB
A very fine late 19th century French bronze bust of an attractive classical maiden modelled in the Art Nouveau style, with fabulous multi hued patination of brown and a subtle green, accentuating the excellent hand finished detail. Signed E Villanis, with Societe des Bronzes foundry seal, numbered and with raised title to the fore.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 28 cm
Width: 16 cm
Depth: 10 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
circa: 1890
Materials: Bronze
Book Ref: Emmanuel Villanis by Josje Hortulanus-de Mik
Page No: 79
SKU: 8775
ABOUT
Sylvia Ballet - Silvia
Sylvia, (the spelling is different in french) is a classical ballet. It features a nondescript mythical setting and a late nineteenth-century score, in which it's themes correlate to giving it a more classical feel, however, it was quite revolutionary for its time. The score was and still is recognized for its greatness. Delibes' work is certainly the best appreciated aspect of the ballet for its innovation, creativity, and maturity. Frederick Ashton's choreography complements the music very well in this respect, staying true to the spirit of the original production while incorporating modern techniques and adding his own unique touch.
The ballet itself follows Sylvia who is a loyal follower of Diana (the goddess of the hunting and chassitity). The story starts with Sylvia being stalked by the diety Eros. When she discovers this they fire their bows at each other respectively. However only Eros's shot is true and wounds Sylvia. This is where she is kidnapped by an unknown assailant later revealed to be Orion.
Sylvia escapes the caves of Orion by getting her captor intoxicated and pleading to Eros to rescue her. When he begrudgingly rescues her he takes her to the temple of Diana where her love awaits. This leads her to repeal her oath of Chassity taken as a follower of Diana.
Emmanuel Villanis
Emmanuel Villanis was an industrious man. He is believed to have created some 200 to 250 pieces. His oeuvre pre-eminently consisted of busts and full body statues. Most of these were manufactured in bronze, but there are also models in white metal and terra cotta. Different patinas were used. The bronzes were mainly cast by the Societé de Bronzes de Paris and can be recognised by the round stamp...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Terracotta Bust of Girl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully detailed. Hand sculpted terracotta on original marble plinth.
Category
Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Busts
Materials
Marble
19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Bust Entitled "Bohémienne" by Emmanuel Villanis
Located in London, GB
Captivating late 19th century French bronze bust of a beautiful woman, enhanced by the variegated rich brown patination and excellent tactile surface detail, raised on an integral bronze base with raised title to the fore. Signed ?E Villanis and further raised on a breche griotte stepped and shaped marble plinth
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 33 cm
Width: 16 cm
Depth: 11 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
circa: 1890
Materials: Bronze
Book Ref: Emmanuel Villanis by Josje Hortulanus-de Mik
Page No: 17
SKU: 8616
ABOUT
Puccini's Opera - La Bohème
SYNOPSIS - A group of friends are living a Bohemian life in Paris and trying to make their livings creating art. Rodolfo, the writer, falls in love with the seamstress, Mimi, while Marcello, the painter, and Musetta, the singer, are the on-and-off-again couple by their sides. When the four are happy, they spend their time celebrating life and love. However, Mimi is revealed to be very ill, and Rodolfo struggles to come to terms with the fact that she will inevitably die. Rodolfo and Mimi break up, and months later, Musetta discovers Mimi extremely sick and close to death. She brings Mimi to Rodolfo and Marcello's apartment. Rodolfo immediately takes her in and tries to nurse her back to health, but he is too late. Almost as soon as the two are reunited and have professed their love for one another, Mimi succumbs to her illness and dies.
Emmanuel Villanis
Emmanuel Villanis was an industrious man. He is believed to have created some 200 to 250 pieces. His oeuvre pre-eminently consisted of busts and full body statues. Most of these were manufactured in bronze, but there are also models in white metal and terra cotta. Different patinas were used. The bronzes were mainly cast by the Societé de Bronzes de Paris and can be recognised by the round stamp...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique "Fer De Berlin" Bust, Berlin Iron, 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Antique bust "fer de Berlin", iron casting, 19th century.
Depicting a man in antique robe.
High quality workmanship, cleaned condition of the bronze.
Category
1860s German Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Female Bust by Gustave Van Vaerenbergh, Belgium, ca 1900
Located in Delft, NL
Female bust by Gustave Van Vaerenbergh, ca 1900
A female bust, made of marble and with gray tones and with decorative carving on the upper body of the dress. A beautiful face look...
Category
Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Busts
Materials
Marble
19th Century Pietro Giorgi Sculpture of Girl Peeling an Orange
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th Century carved alabaster bust sculpture of a young girl with a frilled bonnet peeling an orange. After a work by Italian sculptor Pietro Giorgi. There is an old repaired crack...
Category
19th Century Italian Beaux Arts Antique Busts
Materials
Alabaster
19th Century French Antique Pair of Terra Cotta Orientalist Busts
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 19th Century set of orientalist busts vividly hand crafted in terra cotta clay, in good condition. These detailed antique French busts are execut...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Monumental French 19th Century Cast-Iron Bust of 'Head of Antinous as Dionysus'
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Monumental French 19th Century Patinated and Parcel Gilt Cast-Iron Bust of 'Head from a Statue of Antinous as Dionysus' Wearing a Wreath of Ivy ...
Category
19th Century French Greco Roman Antique Busts
Materials
Iron
Black Hermes Bust, 'Side Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Hermes is the messenger god in Greek mythology. He is the quickest and most clever of the gods. The original is displayed in the Side Museum.
Measure: height: 11.8'' / Weight: 2 k...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Busts
Materials
Statuary Marble
Pair of Baroque Putti Cherubs, Polychrome & Gilt Wood, French Pyrenees ca 1700
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Pair of original Baroque wooden putti / winged cherubs.
We were told that they originate from a church in the French Pyrenees.
We suppose they are from circa 1650 to 1750.
The p...
Category
17th Century French Baroque Antique Busts
Materials
Wood
Bust of the Architect Morris Lapidus
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This iconic bust of the famed architect Morris Lapidus will be the perfect piece for a mid-century modernest collection.
Note: The piece is fabricated ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Ceramic, Walnut
French Art Deco Modernist Bronze Sculpture, Bust of Young Man, Alfredo Pina
By Alfredo Pina
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ALFREDO PINA
French, 1883-1966
Bust of a Young Man
Lost-wax cast medium-brown patinated bronze over solid verde marble plinth signed in cast "A. Pina" and sealed with cachet "cire...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Baby Jesus Figure in the Cradle
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mid-20th century hand painted baby Jesus figure made of ceramic in the cradle.
Made in Barcelona, Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent ...
Category
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Busts
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Vintage French Christian Dior Advertising Statue, 1960s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Beautiful and intriguing advertising statue for Christian Dior.
This would have been used on a shop counter or to draw attention in a shop windo...
Category
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Busts
Materials
Plaster
Superb Ceramic "Veiled Lady from Marrakech" by Céline Lepage, Art Deco, France
By Céline Lepage
Located in Paris, FR
Superb 72cm high glazed ceramic by Céline Lepage (1882-1928) representing a veiled lady from Marrakech (Morocco) in the 1920s, French Art Deco period. It...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Busts
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Large Sculpture Bust Classic Bronze
Located in Senonches, Centre-Val de Loire
Sculpture statue bust man bronze patina.
Superb effect in both classic and contemporary interiors, this piece will not leave anyone indifferent.
Its classic style inspired by the Greek Gods takes us back to a page of history that recalls the cult of the perfect body...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Classical Greek Busts
Materials
Composition
Vintage Inca Female Warrior Bust by Saravia
Located in East Hampton, NY
This beautifully and intricately carved vintage bust of an Incan warrior female by SARAVIA. This wonderful dark wood sits atop a custom created black glass pedestal base (not attached). The features of the face and hair are masterfully executed. There is also the matching male warrior bust...
Category
1960s South American Pre-Columbian Vintage Busts
Materials
Glass, Wood
Vintage Inca Male Warrior Bust by Saravia
Located in East Hampton, NY
This beautifully and intricately carved vintage bust of an Incan warrior male by SARAVIA. This wonderful dark wood sits atop a custom created black glass pedestal base (not attached). The features of the face, hair and woven cap are masterfully executed. There is also the matching female warrior bust...
Category
1960s South American Pre-Columbian Vintage Busts
Materials
Glass, Wood
Wedgwood Black Basalt Library Bust of Mercury
By John Flaxman
Located in New Orleans, LA
This model is attributed to John Flaxman, Jr., a celebrated English sculptor, illustrator and designer, considered a leading artist in the Neoclassical style in England. In this expertly rendered black basalt bust...
Category
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Elegant Rondanini Medusa in Black Marble with Gilt Decorations, 20th Century
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Rondanini medusa in black marble with gilt decorations, 20th century.
Category
1970s Vintage Busts
Materials
Marble
Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Homer
Located in Essex, MA
From the J. Chiurazzi foundry in Naples. Homer with nice rich patina on a Siena marble socle. Foundry medallion on back of base.
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Busts
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
Lacquered Plaster Sculpture, Bust of a Young Girl
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Lacquered plaster sculpture, bust of a Young Girl".
Delicate lacquered plaster sculpture representing the bust of a young girl, early 20th century, Art Nouveau.
Measures: H: 3...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Busts
Materials
Plaster
Bronze Bust of Napoleon III, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze bust of Napoleon III, 19th century.
Sculpture representing a 19th century Bust of Napoleon III, Napoleon III Period.
Dimensions: H: 22cm, W: 11cm, D: 9cm.
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Charming Bust of a Child’s Head by Edwin Whitney-Smith, Dated, 1910
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A charming bust of a child’s head by Edwin Whitney-Smith, dated 1910, the girl has her head slightly tilted forwards as she looks out from under a lock of hair, set on a square block signed on the reverse ‘E Whitney-Smith 1910’.
This bronze is a reduction of Whitney-Smith’s original marble piece, a photograph of which survives in the V&A (object number AAD/1990/12/63). Another version can be seen in a 1920s photograph of the artist in his studio owned by the National Portrait Gallery (NPG x194201). Neither the identity of the sitter nor title of the work is known.
Edwin Whitney-Smith (1880-1952) was one of the pre-eminent sculptors of his day. Born in Bristol in 1880, he became a student of William Harbutt, the headmaster of Bath School of Art, best remembered today for inventing plasticine. Whitney-Smith showed great promise from an early age, opening a studio in St John’s Wood, London, in 1910. He exhibited over 40 pieces at the Royal Academy and despite not achieving Academician status, even with list of illustrious proposers, he became a dear friend of Sir Alfred Munnings, the famous horse painter, and sculpted his portrait. He was, however, elected to the Royal Society of British Sculptors and his works were generally well-received by critics and the general public alike.
Aside from the RA, he exhibited in Bristol, at the Paris Salon and the Scottish Academy and his work attracted the attention of such important patrons as the Courtauld family. One of his most famous works, The Waking Child, is in the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull and another, The Irishman, is in the Tate. One version of his bust of Ernest Bevin, the trade unionist, stands in Tooley Street in Bermondsey to this day. An article in The Sphere, published on the 3rd of May 1924, referred to the sculptor as “a well-known sculptor of smiling children” and mentioned his “famous babies’ heads”.
Category
1910s English Vintage Busts
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Couture Bust by Ideal Wood Wrought Iron Brass and Leather, French c 1950
Located in Labrit, Landes
Vintage couture bust from the 50s, by Ideal. Black wooden foot and wrought iron bust.
Adjustable in height.
Max height: 170 cm.
Category
1950s Vintage Busts
Materials
Metal, Brass
Art Deco Ceramic Bust Figurine, C1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this petite and very skillfully painted Art Deco ceramic head marked underneath foreign . Measuring just 8 cm in height...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Apotheosis of Napoleon Bonaparte After Bertel Thorvaldsen, Probably 19th C
Located in Greding, DE
Small bust of Napoleon Bonaparte after Bertel Thorvaldsen made of bisque porcelain.
Category
19th Century Antique Busts
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Hand Carved Gold Gilt Cherub/Putti Fragment
Located in London, GB
19th century hand carved gold gilt cherub/putti fragment
A high-quality hand carved 19th century gold gilt paint over sectioned pine example. This wonderful piece details realistic human features, which suggests it was carved for a special interior section of sorts. Likely to have been part of a larger collective at some point. It would look delightful and highly decorative positioned over a doorway entrance.
Size in inches: H 10” x W 15” x D 5”
Origin: France
Material: Pine
Date: 1850 - 1880
Completely solid in structure and form without any breaks. Detail loss across the painted surface as shown. We sell antique...
Category
1850s French Early Victorian Antique Busts
Materials
Pine
Bronze Male Bust, Signed A.Nicolle, 20th Century
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Very nice bronze bust of a man representing Mr. Michel Jouvet (neurobiologist) made by Madame Anne. NICOLLE.
Period: XXth
Circa: 1994
Measures: H: 13.5cm (without the base) H: 1...
Category
20th Century Busts
Materials
Bronze
Hera, Greek Divinity
Located in Rome, IT
Sculpture of Hera, greek divinity in marble, 20th century, measures 60x36x26cm.
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Busts
Materials
Marble
Alexsander Danel Austin Productions
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful contemporary bust sculpture of a woman designed by Alexsander Danel (Russia/Estonia, 1940 - 2001)
Marked "Austin Prod Inc. 1990" and sig...
Category
1990s Art Deco Busts
Materials
Earthenware
Roman Marble Head of Sophocles
Located in London, GB
Roman Marble Head of Sophocles
Circa 1st-2nd Century
Marble
This fine Roman marble head preserves the proper left side of the face of a middle-aged man, with broad nose, soft lips, and bearded chin. The short beard and sideburns have been finely carved with a flat chisel, to render the soft, wavy strands of hair. The cheekbone, undereye, and nasolabial folds have been delicately modelled in the marble by a skilled hand. In a letter from 1975, the former director of Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, suggested that the head could depict the Ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles.
Few figures in the Classical world stand aside Sophocles (c. 496-406 BC), inarguably the best known of the Athenian tragedians, in terms of the impact his works have had on the history of art and literature. The psychological depth he achieves in the seven of the 123 of his plays that have survived to the present day - most notably the three Theban plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus - not only inspired the Athenians, among whom Sophocles was honoured as a hero long after his death, but in our own time, have provoked landmark works on phychoanalysis and literary criticism, by thinkers like René Girard and, most famously, Sigmund Freud. In its masterful treatment of the marble this fragment sensitively captures the features of one of the most important playwrights of all time.
Height on stand: 7.9 inches (20 cm).
Provenance:
Collection of Danish sculptor Jens Adolf Jerichau...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Classical Roman Antique Busts
Materials
Marble
Mid-20th Century Wood Montserrat Virgin Statue
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mid-20th century Spanish montserrat virgin statue made of wood.
Made in Barcelona, Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Wood
Dante Alighieri Small Bronze Bust, Grand Tour 19th Century
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A skillfully cast miniature buste of the Italian Poet Dante Alighieri. It is a Grand Tour item meaning it was purchased by travelers through Europe: R...
Category
19th Century European Victorian Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Marble and Alabaster Bust of Beatrice
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a marble and alabaster bust of Beatrice. It depicts a small, but heavy bust of an Italian lady dressed with a Renaissance style cost...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Busts
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Neale Creamware Figure of Minerva, circa 1810
Located in New York, NY
Marked Minerva on the verso.
Category
1810s English Antique Busts
Materials
Creamware
Wonderfully Designed Shepherdess Made by Royal Dux Bohemia
Located in Tilburg, NL
Wonderfully designed shepherdess made by Royal Dux Bohemia.
Marked with the pink triangular stamp of Eduard Eichler.
Factory no. 352. In excellent condition.
The factory Royal Du...
Category
Late 19th Century Czech Art Nouveau Antique Busts
Materials
Porcelain
Exquisite French Multi-Patinated Orientalist Bronze Bust of Saida, by Rimbez
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite French multi-patinated orientalist bronze bust of Saida, by Zacharie Rimbez, late 19th century.
Signed 'Z. Rimbez' (on the left shoulder)
Measures: 22" high x 13" ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Italian Terra Cotta Bust of Dante Alighieri on Wooden Stand, Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Made for the export market, likely late Grand Tour, of painted terra cotta, depicting Dante Alighieri, raised on a fitted exotic wood plinth, retaining its leaded export tag from the...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Resin Bust Head of a Renaissance Character with Antique Finish with Base
Located in Marbella, ES
Resin Bust Head of a Renaissance character with Antique finish with base.
Category
2010s French Busts
Materials
Resin
1994 Modernist Complete Series of Three Nefertiti Bronze Vases by Lino Sabattini
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An extremely rare complete series of Nefertiti gilded and green painted bronze vases by Lino Sabattini, a numbered edition of only 50 specimens, co...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Busts
Materials
Bronze
French Terracotta Sculpture Nude Woman "Premiere Faute" - by LAMI - Art Nouveau
By Stanislas Lami
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Female nude in terracotta.
Signed "St. Lami" on the base. Stanislas Lami is a French sculptor.
Stamp mark "Terracotta - R. D'ARLY Paris".
This work inspires purity and delicacy.
The sculpture represents a kneeling naked woman, the features are fine and pleasant. The work is neat and delicate. The position of the woman calls for calm and tranquility.
Our terracotta proof is a reduction of Stanislas Lami's marble entitled "Première Faute" which earned him the second medal at the Salon of 1891. The work represents a young woman kneeling, her arms modestly covering her face with closed eyes. At the dawn of the 20th century, this elegant statuette was part of the symbolist movement and announced the Art Nouveau movement.
This beautiful work was included in the second edition of the artist's catalog raisonné.
Related literature:
Grégoire de Thoury, Stanislas Lami (1858-1944), catalog raisonné of sculptures, Paris, 2014, model listed under number FA12.
More widely known for his masterful literary work, Stanilas Lami is an artist as much as a scholarly amateur.
Son of the sculptor Alphonse Lami, grandson of the neoclassical painter Bidauld, son-in-law of the art dealer Charles Sedelmeyer, he benefited all his life from an environment favorable to the promotion and commissioning of his written or sculpted works.
While he wrote his famous dictionaries of sculptors of the French School throughout his career, over around forty years, he also exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes français between 1882 and 1942.
Wonderful decorative piece.
Beautiful dimensions.
France - Art Nouveau - 1891
Stanislas Lami, born in 1858 in Paris and died in 1944, was a French sculptor and art historian. He is the grandson of landscape painter François-Xavier Bidault and the son of sculptor Alphonse Lami.
Some of his works are kept in museums, especially in Spain. In Paris, at the Musée d'Orsay, there is a marble sculpture of the Danish Dog...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Early 19th Century Biscuit Bust of Louise Brongniart After Houdon Made by Sèvres
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Lovely biscuit porcelain bust of a young girl, named Louise Brongniart. The bust is marked on the back with 'Houdon' and the Sevres mark. Biscuit por...
Category
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Busts
Materials
Porcelain
Tenerani Statuary Marble Bust of a Young Augustus Caesar
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A finely carved statuary white marble bust of a young Augustus Caesar attributed to the workshops of 19th century Italian sculptor Pietro Tenerani (1789-1869). Also known as Young Octavian, this bust of a young Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar is after a sculpture found in the Pio Clementino Museums of the Vatican.
Carved with exceptional detail, the bust is elevated on a turned socle and bears the name ‘TENERANI’ to the front. Other busts like this one after the Vatican original of the former Emperor Augustus were sculpted in the Mid-18th Century.
Pietro Tenerani (1789-1869) was a notable Italian sculptor of the early 19th century. In his early career, he trained under Italian sculptor Lorenzo Bartolini, before moving to Rome where he won a scholarship as a pupil of Danish sculptor, Bertel Thorvalsden. Having honed his skills, Tenerani worked from a studio of his own in later years. William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, Queen Victoria and Pope Pius IX...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Busts
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
Bikuben Money Coin Bank Soholm Ceramics Denmark Anders Anderssen
Located in Den Haag, NL
Soholm Ceramics, Denmark.
Bikuben piggy bank annual "Sparemand" from 1980.
Anders Andersen. Danish finance minister.
Design by Arne Finne. Stoneware. Lim...
Category
1980s Danish Post-Modern Vintage Busts
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Boho Plaster Bust of Man
Located in west palm beach, FL
A brilliant vintage Boho sculpture. An amazing plaster composition with beautiful attention to detail. Rests on a wood plinth. Signed on the bottom. ...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Busts
Materials
Plaster, Wood
German Bronze Bust of William Shakespeare by Aktien-Gesellschaft Gladenbeck 1890
Located in New York, NY
A realistic German bronze bust of William Shakespeare by Aktien-Gesellschaft Gladenbeck and Sohn foundry, circa 1890
Very fine quality bust, nice patination. Would look great in a library or a gentlemans office.
Signed on the back.
Measures: 14" high x 10" wide x 5" deep
Good condition. Ready to place. Minor wear consist with age and use.
Aktien-Gesellschaft Gladenbeck was a foundry located in Berlin, Germany, that operated from 1851 until 1926. During the 75-year period when the foundry was in operation it was one of the most important foundries in Germany and was known for producing high quality bronze castings.
The Aktien-Gesellschaft Gladenbeck foundry opened for business in 1851[2] in Berlin, Germany, under the leadership of its founder, Carl Gustav Hermann Gladenbeck. It was one of the most important foundries in Germany, known for high quality bronze castings.
The foundry cast many of the best known bronze sculptures created by German artists in the mid-late 19th century and early 20th century. In addition to serving the usually modest casting requirements of German sculptors, the foundry was also capable of casting large-scale bronze statues. In 1913 the Gladenbeck foundry cast the monumental Confederate Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery.
In 1910, Gladenbeck cast theT hree Dancing Maidens Untermyer fountain by sculptor Walter Schott. The fountain is located in Conservatory Garden, Central Park, New York. The sculpture – situated on a limestone plinth...
Category
19th Century German Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
1970s Spanish Signed Terracotta Head
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s Spanish signed terracotta head.
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Man in Nature Head Ceramic Centerpiece Handmade in Italy Without Mold. 2023
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The piece is a unique representation of a woman in a modern way. The woman is gently painted with acrylic color.
Our designer creates these pieces complet...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Busts
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Bust entitled “Brigitte” by Van Der Straeten
Located in London, GB
A delightful Art Nouveau Bronze bust of an Art Nouveau beauty with rich red/brown patina and fine hand finished detail, signed Van der Straeten and stamped with foundry pastille.
...
Category
20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Busts
Materials
Bronze
White Glazed Ceramic Sculpture by the Famous Belgian Sculptor Albert Poels
By Albert Poels
Located in Tilburg, NL
White glazed ceramic sculpture by the famous Belgian sculptor from Antwerp,
Albert Poels 1903-1984.
Titled in dutch 'Heropbeuring’, which refers to...
Category
1930s Belgian Modern Vintage Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Exquisite French Multi-Patinated Orientalist Bronze Bust of Beauty, by Rimbez
Located in New York, NY
An Exquisite French multi-patinated orientalist bronze bust of a Turkish Beauty, by Zacharie Rimbez, late 19th century.
Signed 'Z. Rimbez' (on the left shoulder)
Measures : 22"...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Ancient Roman Theathre Mask Myra No:1 Sculpture
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
It was found in the ancient city of Myra in Antalya, Turkey. It was used as a mask in theaters during the Roman period.
The city of Myra, one of the six most important cities that w...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Busts
Materials
Statuary Marble
Late 19th Century Terracotta Wrestlers
Located in Madrid, ES
Late 19th century Terracotta Wrestlers.
Wrestlers (from Villa Medici in Rome), Roman copy of the second half of the third century. B.C.
Sculptural group from a parchment bronze original, preserved in the Tribuna of the Uffizi Gallery...
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Late 18th Century a Pair of Marble Busts of Terpsichore and Melpomene
By (After) Carlo Albacini
Located in SAINT-JEAN-CAP-FERRAT, FR
Item: a pair of marble busts of terpsichore and melpomene circle.
Author: carlo albacini.
Origin: rome, italy.
Period: late 18th century
Dimensions:
19 3/8 and 19 ¼ in. (49.3 and 48.7 cm.) high, overall
Both busts have a votive index plaque inscribed 'TERSICORE' and 'MELPOMENE' and they are fixed on a circular marble socle.
Essay
Melpomene and Terpsichore were two of the nine Muses...
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Marble
Banded Alexander The Great Bust Statue Made with Compressed Marble Powder
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Measures: Height: 33 cm / Weight: 10 kg.
Alexander, the real name of Macedonian III. Alexandros, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Ma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Busts
Materials
Statuary Marble
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