Antique Pair of White Marble Busts of Children on Variegated Marble Bases

Grand tour bronzes of fighting men set on Sienna marble bases of very good colour. The two warriors in full armour and looking like medieval or renaissance soldiers are in a fighting stance both carrying shields and one carrying a mace and the other a battle axe...

A fine pair of Italian Grand Tour patinated bronze gladiators. One with his dagger drawn, the other about to draw his. Both in plumed helmets. Superb ...

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...

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...

Pair of 19th century antique silver on bronze busts on marble bases.

Pair Antique French Terracotta Busts Signed "Houdon" on Marble Bases, Circa 1860. Male Bust: 17 3/4" H x 9 1/2" W x 8 1/2" D Female Bust: 19 1/4" H x 10" W x 6 1/2" D

An extremely well carved pair of Statuary Carrara marble busts on marble pedestals, by important sculptor Odoardo Fantacchiotti.  Odoardo Fantacchiotti (11 May 1811–4 June 1877) was an Italian sculptor of the late-Neoclassic period. He was born in Rome, but his family moved to Florence. In 1820, he enrolled in the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. At the Academy, he studied under S. Ricci, and first started exhibiting in 1828. Gaining the patronage of the Grand Duke, he continued his studies, following the ideas of Aristodemo Costoli of depicting the "bello naturale". In 1839 at the Academy, he exhibited the work of the Massacre of the Innocents. In 1840 he was named professor at the Academy. Among his public works are the statue of Boccaacio and dell'Accorso for the ground floor niches of the courtyard of the Uffizi, medallions commemorating Francesco Redi and the bust of Ferdinando II de Medici for the Museo della Specola, a statue of Sallustio Bandini (now at the Accademia dei Georgeofili, but initially planned for the loggia of the Uffizi. A marble Virgin...

Decorate an office shelf with this elegant pair of antique busts. Crafted in France circa 1950, both subject stand on a circular marble base and depict a Royalty couple in traditiona...