Austrian 19th Century Bronze Bust of Lord Byron Signed Hans Fromm

A very fine cast and chased bronze showing a beautiful standing nude nymph, parting and emerging from between tall bull rushes at the edge of a stream. At her feet is a water jug. Th...

A beautifully cast Art Nouveau dark brown patinated bronze bust of a young African mother tenderly holding and breastfeeding her baby. The bronze is signed Gardon an unlisted scul...

A beautifully cast pair of French 19th century neoclassical patinated figural bronze nine arm candelabra after a model by Jaen Jacques Pradier They are signed J. Pradier and were converted into lamps in the 20th century. Each candelabra is cast as classically draped maiden with one representing Phyrne and the other unknown, standing on a circular stepped dark green marble socle base. There are no visible foundry marks on the bronzes. Born in Geneva in 1792 in Switzerland, Pradier was the son of a Protestant family from Toulouse. He left for Paris in 1807 to work with his elder brother, Charles-Simon Pradier, an engraver, and also attended the École des Beaux-Arts beginning in 1808. He won a Prix de Rome that enabled him to study in Rome from 1814-1818 at the Villa Médici. Pradier made his debut at the Salon in 1819 and quickly acquired a reputation as a competent artist. He studied under Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres in Paris. In 1827 he became a member of the Académie des beaux-arts and a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts. At the Salon of 1834, Pradier's Satyr and Bacchante...

A stylized classical bronzed resin bust of Venus after The Venus de Medici a Hellenistic marble sculpture depicting the Greek Goddess of love Ap...

Patinated bronze bust representing a bust of a young woman whose dress and hair are studded with flowers The bust rests on a bronze and red marble pedestal base Signature of the ar...

19th Century bronze bust of Homer attributed to the Chiurazzi Foundry, Naples, Italy. Homer was author of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey.

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.

A very good quality French 19th century bronze bust of a pretty young girl wearing a bonnet, with a gilded flower and mounted on a Rouge marble plint...