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Busts For Sale
Period: Late 19th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
French Bronze Bust of a Classical Maiden on Reeded Marble Base
Located in London, GB
A very attractive antique bronze of a young woman, mounted on a marble base. The young girl with her hair up, one shoulder bare and with a rose in her bodice. She stands upon a reeded black marble column set...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Pair of 1750s Baroque Lacquered Wood Sculptures of Angel Heads with Wings
Located in Catania, Sicilia
An Important pair of 18th century lacquered wood sculptures of angel heads, from Spain. The angel heads with wings are carved from a single piece of wood and decorated in polychrome ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Busts
Materials
Wood
Beautiful 19th Century Italian Carrara Marble Bust of a Woman by F. Musaglino
Located in Long Island City, NY
Beautiful late 19th century Italian white Carrara marble bust of a woman by F. Musaglino.
The woman glancing afar with a hat covering her curly hair and a masquerade mask around h...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Belle Époque Antique Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Roman Bust With Helmet
Located in Southall, GB
Exquisitely detailed carving of a Roman Bust with Helmet. The Males features are intricately carved with attention given to the shape of the nose and furrowed brow as he prepares to ...
Category
Late 19th Century European Classical Roman Antique Busts
Materials
Marble
Greek Bust in Bronze, XIX Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Greek Bust In Bronze XIX century
VERY DECORATIVE BRONZE BUST REPRESENTING A YOUNG GREEK FROM THE END OF THE XIX CENTURY. THE BASE IS IN BLACK MARBLE AND THE EYES IN SILVER. REAL Size.
Category
1890s Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Meissen Group of Calvary General Mikhail Kutuzov with Aide de Camp
Located in New York, NY
A Very Large 19th century Meissen porcelain Group of Russian Calvary General, believed to be Mikhail Kutuzov, the hero of Borodino, with aide de camp, marked with the Meissen underglaze blue crossed swords, and incised and impressed with numbers. While Russia endured great hardships during Napoleon's invasion, it was the skill of her general's and a terrible Russian winter...
Category
1880s German Empire Antique Busts
Materials
Porcelain
Complete Granite Figure of Shiva
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Complete granite figure of Shiva showing his attributes in a standing hieratic pose, fully dressed and jeweled in royal regalia with tiara on a high pedestal with a flaming halo. Lat...
Category
18th Century Indian Antique Busts
Materials
Granite
Antique Art Nouveau Plaster Bust by Hochock
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique bust from the Art Nouveau period. We think this is French and dates from around the 1890-1900 period.
It depicts a young girl in a shawl, it is signed and numbe...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Busts
Materials
Plaster
A 19th Century French Terracotta Bust Of A Young Boy
Located in London, GB
A French Terracotta bust of a young boy stood on an Italian bardiglio marble square soccle. The full head of curly hair cascading over face and shoulders. Original untouched conditio...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Busts
Materials
Terracotta
17th Century 'Baroque' Pair of Italian Carved and Polychromed Sculptures
Located in North Miami, FL
17th Century (Baroque) pair of Italian carved and polychromed figures. Each statue is holding a torchere and are mounted on their original turned wooden faux marble column.
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Busts
Materials
Wood, Paint
‘La Porteuse’ and ‘Le Guerrier Arabe’, Two Patinated Bronze Figures by Salmson
Located in London, GB
These wonderful patinated bronze sculptures were created in France in the 19th Century when Orientalist art was in fashion. They are the work of the prestigious sculptor, Jean Jules ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Busts
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
C19th Bronze Bust of Beethoven
Located in London, GB
Antique Bronze Composer Ludwig van Beethoven on a Marble Base
Sumptuous Detail
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Baroque Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Ecorche Marble Bust of a Man
Located in Stamford, CT
A Marble Ecorche (from the French word meaning to peal). An anatomical representation of mans muscle and bone structure. 19th century Italian marble bust.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Busts
Materials
Marble
Pair of 16th Century Carved Oak Corbels
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A decorative pair of 16th century carved oak corbels.
Each intricately hand carved to showcase the head of a man with fine details of flowing locks and thick beards.
Backed onto oa...
Category
16th Century English Tudor Antique Busts
Materials
Wood, Oak
Pair of Antique Patinated Bronze Busts of Othello and Desdemona by Garella
By Antonio Garella
Located in London, GB
Of mid brown patina with gilt highlights, the figures each signed 'A. Garella' and dated '1887', and with the foundry inscription 'Flli Galli / Firenze', Desdemona also inscribed 'Pr...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Ancient Bust of Heniokhos 'Auriga', 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ancient bust of Heniokhos (Auriga) of which the full-length bronze sculpture is preserved in the Archaeological Museum of Delphi made of stucco with a mag...
Category
Late 19th Century Greek Antique Busts
Materials
Stucco
18th Century Angel's Head Sculpture Handcarved in Wood
Located in Marbella, ES
18th century Angel's head sculpture handcarved in wood.
Category
Mid-18th Century Spanish Antique Busts
Materials
Wood
Multipatinated Bronze Orientalist Female Bust by Henri Honoré Plé, Dated 1883
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important multi patinated bronze orientalist female bust by Henri Honoré Plé.
French, dated 1883.
Engraved to the back 'Henri Plé / 1883'.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 17th Century Spanish Tall Ebonized Hand-Carved Wood Sculptures
Located in North Miami, FL
Behold an extraordinary pair of 17th Century Spanish ebonized wood sculptures that stand as a mesmerizing fusion of cultures and artistic mastery. These striking sculptures depict Eu...
Category
17th Century Spanish Antique Busts
Materials
Wood
After Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) Bronze bust of Louise Brongniart
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
After Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828)
Bronze bust of Louise Brongniart (1772-1845
Bronze bust showing Louise Brongniart (1772-1845) daughter of the architect Alexandre Théodore Brong...
Category
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Busts
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Bronze Molière Sculpture, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very fine bronze sculpture / model of Molière seated by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887). France, circa 1870.
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse was a French sculptor. Carri...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Renaissance Girl Bronze Bust
Located in Marseille, FR
Bronze bust of a young girl from the Renaissance, late 19th century, illegible signature, altered patina, 30 cm high, 25 cm wide and 12 cm deep.
Additional information:
Material:...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Decorarive XIX Century Italian Marble Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
XIX Century Italian Marble Sculpture
ELEGANT 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN MARBLE SCULPTURE REPRESENTING A YOUNG MAN WITH A PITCHER. TO HIGHLIGHT THE Y...
Category
1890s Antique Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Stunning Pair of Rare Original Victorian Solid Miniature Bronze Bust Statues
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of very rare original Victorian bronze busts of a man and women in period dress, circa 1870.
A sublime pair in exquisite condition for the age, they are solid bronze busts...
Category
1870s French Victorian Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Ceramic Bust entitled "Meditation" by Ernst Wahliss
Located in London, GB
A beautiful late 19th Century ceramic Art Nouveau bust in muted vellum tones with gilded highlights modelled as an attractive Art Nouveau maiden wearing a floral headdress with excel...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Carved Stone Sculpture, Divinity, Khmer Art, 11th / 12th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Carved stone sculpture, Divinity, Khmer Art, 11th / 12th century.
Sculpture of the head of a male deity in grey sandstone. Khmer art, Angkorian period.
11th or 12th century. Apprais...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Asian Chinese Export Antique Busts
Materials
Stone
Antique French Sèvres Bisque "The Kiss"
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Sèvres Bisque "The Kiss".
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Busts
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Lipscombe & Co. Glazed Buff Terracotta Mask Head
By Lipscombe & Co.
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A late 19th century glazed buff terracotta mask head of a putto or cherub by Lipscombe & Co, modelled after Francois Duquesnoy (1597-1643).
The expressive face of this antique sculp...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Busts
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
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
19th Century French Ormolu Sculpture of a Baccante, by Jean-Léon Gérôme
By Jean-Léon Gérôme
Located in New York, NY
A gorgeous 19th century French ormolu sculpture of a Baccante, by Jean-Léon Gérôme. This incredible sculpture is by Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904), one of the most famous and i...
Category
1890s French Classical Greek Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Portrait Bust of a Black Man 'Marbruk' by Arthur Kaan
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Artur Kaan (Austrian, 1867-1940)
'Marbruk'
Signed and dated A. Kaan '95 and Verwielfältigung vorbehalten (reproduction reserved)
Bronze on marble base, H 28.5 cm?
Note:
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Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Nouveau Carved Wood Portrait of a Russian Maiden with Kokoshnik Headdress
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Art Nouveau Carved Wood Portrait of a Russian Maiden with Kokoshnik Headdress, Attributed to Russian School, Circa Late 19th to Early 20th Century
Presenting an exquisite carved woo...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Art Nouveau Antique Busts
Materials
Walnut
Stunning Pair of Early Louis XVI French Bronze Chenets after Bouhon Fres, Paris
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this pair of original early Louis XVI handmade solid bronze Chenets after Bouhon Fres Paris
A rare, beautiful and deco...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Cute Pair of 19th Century Bronze Children Depicting the Arts and Literature
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Cute Pair of Late 19th Century Bronze Children Depicting the Arts and Literature
Each depicting a child sitting on a Beloc griotte marble step and a gilt bronze base. One child reading...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
18th century Venus de’ Medici Bronze Bust
Located in Stockholm, SE
An 18th century Venus de’ Medici bronze bust, mounted on a later 19th century marble base. It has a beautiful rich slightly worn dark brown patina. Venus...
Category
18th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
16th Century Polychrome Reliquary of a Monk
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
The monk is depicted with an oval face, marked with high and strong cheekbones, sunken cheeks, strong jawbones and a cleft chin. His almond shaped eyes are opened under very strong a...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Busts
Materials
Wood
Terracotta portrait bust of a girl by Henri Weigele
By Henri Weigele
Located in London, GB
Terracotta portrait bust of a girl by Henri Weigele
French, late 19th Century
Height 57cm, width 40cm, depth 23cm
This charming portrait bust of a young girl is crafted from terraco...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of English Carved Walnut Wood Figures of Court Jesters, 18th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
A very fine pair of 18th century carved figures, of Court Jesters These bearded gentlemen have been superbly carved in the finest detail, they original came from a piece of early 18th Century Furniture...
Category
18th Century English Baroque Antique Busts
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Carrare Bust Nubian Polychrome Late 19th Century Signed Marchetti
Located in palm beach, FL
Bust sculpted in Carrara marble. Nubian polychrome is extremely well-executed giving a realistic effect. A white veil is attached by a golden fibula. Red ma...
Category
1870s Italian Antique Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Bust of Charles I Attributed to John Cheere
Located in London, GB
A rare bronze bust of Charles I attributed to John Cheere (1709-1787).
Original patination and socle.
Category
18th Century Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Indian Terracotta Sculpted Head Gupta Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fragment of Terracotta statue displayed on wood block stand from ancient Indian continent dated to the Gupta period (4th-6th century). The head of the...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Archaistic Antique Busts
Materials
Terracotta, Wood
Maharaja Granite Torso
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Maharaja granite torso with dagger and offerings, bell chain and dhotti.
Category
18th Century Indian Antique Busts
Materials
Granite
19th C.Ormolu & Marble Portrait Plaque of Napoleon, by Pierre Jean David D'Anger
By Pierre Jean David D'angers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Ormolu and marble portrait plaque of Napoleon, by Pierre Jean David D'Anger
Pierre Jean David D'Anger (1788 - 1856), French Sculptor
The sculpted essence of French history and artist...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Revival Antique Busts
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Bronze Bust of Menelaus King of Sparta Grand Tour, circa 19th Century
Located in London, GB
19th Century bronze bust Menelaus mythological king of Sparta. A fine casting with rich patina. In Greek mythology, Menelaus (Greek: Menelaos, from "vigor, rage, power" and "people," "wrath of the people") was a king of Mycenaean (pre-Dorian) Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, and the son of Atreus and Aerope. According to the Iliad...
Category
1880s French Grand Tour Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Small Lao Lan Xang Bronze Buddha Head, 17th Century, Laos
Located in Austin, TX
A small and sweet cast bronze fragmentary head of the Buddha, Lan Xang Kingdom, 17th century, Laos.
The small Buddha head finely cast with well defined features. The face with a ...
Category
17th Century Laotian Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Bronze Bust entitled "Ida" by Emmanuel Villanis
Located in London, GB
Wonderful cabinet size Art Nouveau bronze bust of the beautiful operatic princess, the bronze with fine variegated colour and good hand chased surface detail. Signed Villanis, titled...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Pair of Victorian Parian or Bisque Porcelain Busts of Schiller & Goethe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of Cabinet sized busts.
In parian or bisque porcelain.
Depicting Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang Goethe, two of the most revered figures in German literature.
The Schiller bust is modeled after the Johann Heinrich Dannecker's famous Neoclassical bust.
The Goethe bust...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Busts
Materials
Porcelain
An Exquisite Antique Buddha Head Statue Southeast Asian
Located in Atlanta, GA
An gilt and lacquered wood Buddha head with displayed on a metal and Lucite stand. stunning presence with its refined features and amazing details. The carving is of exquisite qualit...
Category
18th Century Laotian Archaistic Antique Busts
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century White Marble Italian Lawyer Portrait Relief
Located in Milano, MI
An oval Italian Carrara marble relief plaque, a 19th century hand-carved marble manly portrait, depicting the lawyer Francesco Rossignoli presiden...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
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...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Patinated 19th Century Fisherwomen after Eugene Laurent
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Small patinated bronze statue of a fisherwoman: La Pecheuse after the model by Eugene Laurent (1832-1998 late 19th century. Quality detailing throughout.
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, L'Espiegle, Verdigris Bronze Bust Anna Foucart
Located in Germantown, MD
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French 1827-1975) L'Espiegle "The Mischief Maker" Patinated Verdigris Bronze Bust of Anna Foucart smiling.
Measures 10" wide , 10" deep and 19.5" tall.
Bor...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Antique Portrait Bust, French, Decorative, Female Figure, Victorian, Art Nouveau
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique portrait bust. A French, plaster decorative female figure, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
A fin de siècle Parisian young woman in the Art Nouv...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Busts
Materials
Plaster
Small Gilded French Bronze Bust By René de Saint-Marceaux
Located in Norwood, NJ
René Saint-Marceaux (1845 - 1915 France), antique gilded French bronze bust. Inscribed "E.Polo" and dated 1897. This small gilded bronze is a bust of a child signed D. St. Rene. Mark...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
Fine French Terracotta Bust of a Woman with Wreath and Veil, 19th/20th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
This terracotta bust of a woman has some exquisite details. Sculpted in France in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s, our subject has long, straight hair emerging from underneath a hood...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Alabaster Bust Figure Wearing Bonnet Classical Scene French Italian 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality highly detailed carved Alabaster portrait figure sculpture bust of an elegant lady wearing a bonnet. Last quarter of the Nineteenth century, possibly of...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Busts
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Pair of Continental Patinated Bronze Busts Of Youths, Circa 1880s
Located in Germantown, MD
A Pair Continental patinated Bronze Busts Of Youths in good antique condition. Approximately 10" tall
Category
Late 19th Century American Other Antique Busts
Materials
Bronze
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
Shop Mid-Century Modern Busts, Neoclassical Busts and More
The presence of vintage and antique bust sculptures can add a necessary decorative layer to any interior. And just because a statue looks classical doesn't mean it has to be conventional.
A touch of whimsy, a dose of drama — a single bust can alter a room. And when placed in just the right spot, these statues can almost feel alive.
“They give humanity in a way that a more abstract sculpture can’t give,” says Los Angeles designer Timothy Corrigan, who loves pieces that beg to be touched. For a welcoming entry hall project in California, Corrigan selected an antique Persian rug and a bust that invites you to touch it. A collection of sculptures in wood, marble and brass complement the star of the show.
For Consort cofounder and creative director Mat Sanders, a bust doesn’t have to be pretty. “I most enjoy busts that are a little busted,” Sanders jokes — but choose something with a soul you can live with, as “sculpture representative of the human form carries with it an energy you will add to the space.”
The antique and vintage bust sculptures for sale on 1stDibs include Art Deco busts, mid-century modern busts and more.