American Bronze Patina Gentleman Bust

French Victorian terra-cotta bust of gentleman with large sideburns and mustache wearing a suite and bow tie supported on a square pedestal base (sig...

Italian Neo-classic style cast bronze Poseidon bust with black metal stand (19th Cent).  

Italian neoclassic style cast bronze Poseidon bust with black metal stand (19th century).

Neo-classic style bronze bust of bald man in toga on square shaped base (sgnd: Buenos Aires 1911)

This stately patinated bronze bust is a late 19th century figure of a gentleman presented with a classical drape.

Fine 19th century white carved marble bust of a gentleman with mustache wearing a Toga. Signed: Randolph Rogers, Rome. Randolph John Rogers (July 6, 1825, Waterloo, New York – January 15, 1892, Rome, Italy) was an American Neoclassical sculptor. An expatriate who lived most of his life in Italy, his works ranged from popular subjects to major commissions, including the Columbus Doors at the U.S. Capitol and American Civil War monuments. Born in Waterloo, New York, he spent most of his childhood in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He developed an interest in wood cuts and wood engraving, and moved to New York City about 1847, but was unsuccessful in finding employment as an engraver. While working as a clerk in a dry-goods store, his employers discovered his native talent as a sculptor and provided funds for him to travel to Italy. He began study in Florence in 1848, where he studied briefly under Lorenzo Bartolini. He then opened a studio in Rome in 1851. He resided in that city until his death in 1892. He began his career carving statues of children and portrait busts of tourists. He was not happy working with marble consequently all his marble statues were copied in his studio by Italian artisans under his supervision, from an original produced by him in another material. This also enabled him to profit from his popular works. His first large-scale work was Ruth Gleaning...

Hanging bronze female bust sculpture in green patina. Illegible signature on bottom left corner.

This detailed solid lead sculpture by Charles Watson, 1974, is an impressive bust of a gentleman situated on a walnut plinth. The figure is strikingly imposing as an impressive figure.