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Patinated Bronze Allegorical Busts of Autumn and Summer By Pierre-Louis Détrier
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Pair of Patinated Bronze Allegorical Busts of Autumn and Summer By Pierre-Louis Détrier.
Finely modelled and cast, the busts depict young maidens allegorical of Summer and Au...
Category
19th Century French Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Granite, Bronze, Ormolu
Maurice Bouval "Woman with Iris" Gilt Bronze & Marble Bust
Located in New York, NY
Maurice Bouval’s "Woman with Iris" is a nude gilt bronze bust of a woman. The woman’s hair clings to her face and body as if wet. The delicate sloping...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Bronze Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A bronze portrait of Sir Winston Churchill by Rufus Martin, 2023
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A bronze portrait of Sir Winston Churchill by Rufus Martin, 2023 This head and shoulders bronze bust is instantly recognizable as Sir Winston Churchill. He is wearing a British Warm greatcoat with epaulettes and has a half-smoked cigar in the left hand resting on his hip. His right hand is raised in his trade mark V-for-Victory salute. Signed ‘Rufus Martin 1/12’.
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 –1965) was a British politician, army officer and writer. He was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, when he led Britain to victory in the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill represented five constituencies during his career as a Member of Parliament. Ideologically an economic liberal and imperialist, for most of his career he was a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955, but from 1904 to 1924 was a member of the Liberal Party. This portrait of Churchill by Rufus Martin is striking for its juxtaposition of this famous historical subject and the free and contemporary choice of presentation. Churchill’s tenure during the Second World War infused the nation with calm and confidence, providing the British people with strong leadership during its darkest hours. Martin succeeds in portraying Churchill’s unshakeable belief in a successful outcome for the Allies through his defiant stance, unwavering gaze and Victory V gesture. Together with the recognizable “Bulldog” facial features and broad shoulders, this bust captures the subject in terms of character as well as being an accurate physical portrait .
Rufus Martin trained at Wimbledon College of the Arts, London, though his aptitude for 3D design and sculpture was apparent from a very young age. His mother, a portrait painter, showed him the portrait sculptures of Augusta Savage, Jacob Epstein and Augustine Rodin, which inspired him to create a bust of his late mentor, Michael Howells. He sculpts ‘intriguing individuals, always hoping to capture some element of their past or current struggles and to create something for the good of the community they inhabit and wherever possible for posterity’ – an ambition he has most successfully fulfilled with this powerful portrait.
After leaving college in 2017, with first class honours, Martin has won many prestigious prizes including the Tiranti Prize at the FACE, the Signature Art Award, the Chelsea Arts Club show for ‘Amy’, the True Blue Show, the Salmagundi Open Show, New York, Green & Stone Summer Show, the Chelsea Arts Society Summer Show, RBA Rising Stars, the Royal Cambrian Academy Open, the
Binny Mathews & Sons joint show, The Next Big Thing and has been published in the Kings House...
Category
2010s English Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
French Bronze Sculpture Antique Bust of Greek Warrior, late 19th century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FRENCH SCHOOL
4th qtr, 19th century
Bust of Greek Warrior
Patinated bronze unsigned cast circa late 19th century
Item # 304KEX30P
A fine ca...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
French Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture “Bust of Thais” by Emmanuel Villanis
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EMMANUEL VILLANIS
French, fl. 1880-1920
"Bust of Thais"
Cast signature to shoulder "E. Villanis" cold-stamped "3264" & "CB" with foundry cachet of "Societe des Bronzes de Paris" o...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
The Duke of Wellington after the Lawrence Gahagan commission for Stratfield Saye
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This impressive bronze table bust of the Duke of Wellington is in the form of a classical tribute. He is portrayed wearing Roman leather armour, the breastplate with a central lion’s mask radiating lightning bolts. This is set on a turned socle and square plinth which in turn is raised on a curved simulated marble pedestal, with two recumbent lions above superb quality borders of classical motifs and flowerhead arabesques. The reverse states ‘Wellington L. Gahagan Fecit & Pub’d June 12. 1811’.
Height: 22in (56 cm) Width: 25in (63 cm) Depth: 11in (28cm)
Provenance: Major Hon Denis Gomer Berry and Lady Pamela Wellesley Berry
Richard Gomer Berry, 3rd Viscount Kemsley
Lawrence Gahagan (1735-1820) was born in Dublin to a family of talented stone masons and sculptors. He was based in London from around 1757 and exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy between 1798 and 1817. He was involved in a major project to help update the interiors of Castle Howard from 1801 to 1811 but he is most famous for his portrait busts. In addition to the Wellington busts...
Category
1810s European Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Bust of Augustus
Located in Greenwich, CT
Italian 19th century bronze bust of Augustus Ceasar, finely detailed and well patinated, standing on turned ebonized wood and marble socle plinth base.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Bronze Busts on Marble Stands of Babies, by Victor Heinrich Seifert
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Bronze Busts on Marble Stands of Babies, by Victor Heinrich Seifert (1870-1953)
Category
1910s Vintage Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
French Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture “Bust of Thais” by Emmanuel Villanis
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EMMANUEL VILLANIS
French, fl. 1880-1920
"Bust of Thais"
Signed in cast along shoulder "E. Villanis" and cold stamped "1146" with foundry cachet of "Societe des Bronzes et Paris" ve...
Category
20th Century French Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Grand Tour Bronze Busts, “Homer” & “Pseudo-Seneca”, circa 1880
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GRAND TOUR
Italian School
Pair of Busts, "Homer" & "Pseudo-Seneca", after Antiquity
Patinated bronze mounted on solid marble plinths cast by Chiurazzi, Naples circa 1880 each sealed with foundry cachet on shoulder
Item # 304KUV24Y
A rare and exciting pair of Grand Tour busts after Antiquity, each is executed in bronze and finished in a Herculaneum black patina with hints of verde in the underlying surface by the foundry of J. Chiurazzi of Naples. Foundry seals are located on their shoulders verso.
The first is a fine cast of Homer after the marble bust of Antiquity formerly in the Farnese collection and currently in the permanent collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. It depicts the aged Greek poet and author of the Illiad and the Odyssey as a bearded man dressed in a tunic with a ribbon holding back his hair while concerned wrinkles line his forehead. His eyes are empty and devoid of anything, the absence alluding to his blindness while the sheer intensity of his spirit overwhelms the viewer. His simple garment are a reminder of his poverty.
The second bust known as "Pseudo Seneca" is cast after the original bust of antiquity found in 1754 at Herculaneum in the Villa of the Papyri, the home of Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, father-in-law of Julius Caesar. The estate was buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The bust had been thought to be an image of Lucius Annaeus Seneca - Seneca the Younger - the famous Stoic philosopher and fabulously wealthy advisor to Nero. However, after a titled bust of Seneca...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of German Bronze Busts of Schiller and Goethe, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Pair of German Bronze Busts of Schiller and Goethe, circa 1880.
Category
1880s German Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
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 Bronze Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Patinated Bronze Bust of a Young Man by Aimé Jules Dalou
Located in London, GB
The bust resting on a red marble waisted socle, inscibed to the reverse 'DALOU 1888'.
Aimé Jules Dalou (French, 1838-1902) trained at the Petite E...
Category
19th Century French Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Griotte Marble, 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 Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture “Cendrillon” or Cinderella by Emmanuel Villanis
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EMMANUEL VILLANIS [after]
French, fl. 1880-1920
"Cendrillon" (Cinderella)
Lost-wax patinated bronze signed in cast on left of socle "E. Villanis", titled to integral socle in raised relief "Cendrillon" cast circa 1930-50
Item # 212PVG15A
A charming bust of a young maiden entitled Cendrillon (Cinderella), it is executed in the lost-wax method in a single piece with an integral socle that is titled in raised relief. The young woman is serious in her composure with a quiet strength, her eyes slightly downcast in the clothing of a common girl, her diaphonous garment sliding off one shoulder while the overall sculpture remains chaste and elusive. The surface is finished in a two-toned patina, the reddish-oxide surface being utilized for the flesh tones and a darker brown for the base and garments. Casting from the second quarter of the 20th century.
ARTIST
Born in Lille, France, little is known about the life of Emmanuel Villanis, despite the fact that he has a simply incredible level of output during the years of 1880-1920. First exhibiting at Salon in 1886, he went on to exhibit nearly five-hundred models, almost exclusively featuring the female form with strong influence of the Art Nouveau movement evident in every aspect of his work. He received honorable mention at the 1889 Exposition Universelle, Paris.
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Bronze Sculptures Busts “Comedy & Tragedy” by Eugene Laurent
By Emmanuel Marcel Laurent
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EUGENE LAURENT
French, 1832-1898
"Comedy & Tragedy"
Patinated bronze on original black marble bases Unsigned, cast circa 1885
Item # 211PPA29S
A rare and exceptional pair of br...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian Grand Tour Antique Bronze Sculpture, Bust of Julius Caesar
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GRAND TOUR
Italian, 19th century
Bust of Julius Caesar
Patinated and pigmented sand-cast bronze over Violet Breche marble socle unsigned
Item # 212WHZ09P
A finely cast and beau...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture “Bust of Diana” by Emmanuel Villanis
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EMMANUEL VILLANIS
French, fl. 1880-1920
"Bust of Diana the Huntress"
Signed in cast along shoulder "E. Villanis" and cold stamped "3 S" verso
Item # 212KRG15A
An exquisite and expertly cast example of Emmanuel Villanis' Diana the Huntress, it features a delightful light...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Bronze and White Marble Busts of a North African Man and Woman
By Henry Dasson
Located in London, GB
Pair of bronze and marble busts of a North African man and woman
by C. Caccia, Italian, 1883, the base by H. Dasson, 1885
Measures: Height 44cm, width 35cm, depth 21cm
Provenance: from the collection of the late Sir Arthur Gilbert
This fantastic pair of busts...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Tibetan Patinated Bronze and Brass Buddha Bust
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Tibetan bronze figural bust of the Buddha with a natural green patina, resting on an oval polished brass plinth.
Category
20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Bronze Busts
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze
Rare Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Cicero After Massimiliano Soldani Benzi
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare grand Tour Patinated bronze bust of Cicero After Massimiliano Soldani Benzi. The original is in the collection of Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna. P...
Category
1850s Italian Grand Tour Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Empire Bronze Napoleon Plaque
Located in New York, NY
French Empire style (19/20th Cent) bronze miniature plaque of a bust of Napoleon in relief set inside a matching design frame resting on an easel stand.
Category
19th Century Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Bust of Homer
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century bronze bust of Homer attributed to the attributed to the Chiurazzi Foundry, Naples, Italy. Homer was author of the epic poems the Iliad and the ...
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Louis XVI Style Bronze Houdon Bust
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI style (19th Century) bronze bust of two lovers on bronze square shaped base (signed HOUDON).
Category
19th Century Louis XV Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Bronze Busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
Located in New York, NY
PAIR of French (19th Cent) small bronze busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette on square black marble base.
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Sergio Canestrari, Bust's Boy
Located in London, GB
This bust is very interested for the dimension.
BRONZE SCULPTUR DEPICTING A BUST OF A BOY (1964).
WORK OF CARLO CANESTRARI (SASSOFERRATO 1922 - ROME 1988).
It is published on: "PU...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
French Bronze Sculpture Bust of a Man by Aimé-Jules Dalou
Located in London, GB
French bronze sculpture bust of a man by Aimé-Jules Dalou
French, 1888
Measures: height 49cm, width 20cm, depth 21cm
This fine patinated bronze bust b...
Category
1880s French Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Belgian Patinated Bronze Bust by Lambeaux
By Jef Lambeaux
Located in London, GB
Belgian patinated bronze bust by Lambeaux
Belgian, late 19th Century
Measures: Height 63cm, width 35cm, depth 15cm
This charming patinated b...
Category
Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Bust of a Man's Head
Located in New York, NY
Mid-century bronze bust of a man's head mounted on a black marble cube base. (Signed "H. Haas '71).
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bronze Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bronze Bust on Marble Plinth by Georges Van der Straeten
Located in London, GB
Bronze bust on marble plinth by Georges van der Straeten
Belgian, c. 1900
Measures: Height 69cm, width 34cm, depth 21cm
This beautiful portrait bust is by the Belgian sculptor Georges van der Straeten. The bust depicts in patinated bronze a young woman, who twists her head to her right and glances her eyes slightly askance. She is wearing a head covering and a light dress...
Category
Early 1900s Belgian Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Moorish Bronze Man Bust
Located in New York, NY
Middle Eastern Moorish style bronze bust of a man with a turban on round shaped base (19/20th Cent.).
Category
19th Century Moorish Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Column Depicting ‘La Colonne de la Republique’ Dated 1889, after Paul L
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A bronze column depicting ‘La Colonne de la Republique’ dated 1889, after Paul LeCreux, the classical fluted column is surmounted by a bust of Marianne, one...
Category
1880s Guianese Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Italian Neoclassic Style Bronze Poseidon Bust
Located in New York, NY
Italian Neo-classic style cast bronze Poseidon bust with black metal stand (19th Cent).
Category
19th Century Neoclassical Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Cast Bronze Brutalist Warrior Bust
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A wonderful stylized bust of a warrior. It appears that a dragon like creature sits on his helmet, rather is his helmet. You can't help but draw similarities to Game of Thrones. This...
Category
1960s Italian Brutalist Vintage Bronze Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Victorian Bust form Bronze and Marble Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian small bronze bust form (paperweight) depicting a lady in high dress on a circular green marble pedestal base.
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Marble, Metal, Bronze
French Art Nouveau Style Bronze Bohemian Woman Bust
Located in New York, NY
French Art Nouveau-style bronze bust of woman with long wavy hair and hair bow in a dress with central flower and the word 'Bohemienne' engraved i...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Small Bust of a Woman Head Made of Silvered Bronze
Located in Stockholm, SE
A small bust of a woman head made of silvered bronze. Signed on the back but we do not know by who. A truly nice piece of art.
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture Portraying General Harald Petri
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Sculpture in patinated bronze by unknown artist. Portrait of General Harald Petri, General Inspector of Sweden at the World Exhibitions in Antwerp in 1930 and Brussels in 1935.
Uncl...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Scandinavian Modern Bronze Busts
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
French Patinated Bronze Bust of a Bearded Monarch, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
On a gilt bronze base. The monarch wearing a diadem with strongly sculpted features.
Category
1870s French Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Orientalist Sculpted Busts by Guillemin
Located in London, GB
Pair of Orientalist sculpted busts by Guillemin
French, circa 1880-1890
Male figure: Height 89.5cm, width 65cm, depth 40cm
Female figure: Height 79.5...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Bronze Figure by Christian Daniel Rauch
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Christian Daniel Rauch (1777-1857), very fine bronze showing the standing figure of Goethe in his typical thinking pose, wearing his 'Hausrock' ...
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1830s German Romantic Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Patinated Bronze Busts
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of patinated bronze busts.
French, circa 1870.
Category
1870s French Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Porcelain Busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in Style of Sèvres
Located in London, GB
This pair of busts depicts the former King and Queen of France, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. The busts are crafted from unglazed white porcelain, known as bisque, or biscuit. Each...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Gilt Bronze Bust of Homer on a Regency Ormolu Mounted Blue John Pedestal
Located in New York, NY
Gilt bronze bust of homer on a Regency ormolu mounted blue John pedestal, early 19th century.
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Nathan the Wise, 19th Century Austrian Bronze Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Judaic patinated bronze bust depicting Nathan the Wise, Austria, 19th century.
Inscribed Dimanche on the back. Original marble base.
Similar example depicting Nathan the Wise in his classic pose executed by famous Russian sculptor...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bronze Busts of Richard Wagner and Wolfgang A. Mozart, by Carl Kauba 1865-1922
Located in New York, NY
Inscribed 'Geschutzt', 'C. Kauba', 'Vienna' and '4689'.
Category
1890s Austrian Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Fine Bronze Bust of ‘Dougie’ by Vivian Mallock
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine bronze bust of ‘Dougie’ by Vivian Mallock depicting the head and smiling face of a Vincentian calypso singer with a dark patination becoming lighter at the end of his dreadloc...
Category
Early 2000s English Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI Parium Marie Antoinette Bust
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI style (19th Cent) parium bust of Marie Antoinette wearing a robe and mounted on a festooned pedestal and resting on a bronze base (signed with Sevre mark)
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Italian Neoclassic Style Bronze Poseidon Bust
Located in New York, NY
Italian neoclassic style cast bronze Poseidon bust with black metal stand (19th century).
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Bust of Prince Albert
Located in New York, NY
In centuries past, lucky artists were ennobled after mastering their craft and achieving renown, but Baron Marochetti had been born into the noblility before he proved his mettle as ...
Category
1850s Italian Victorian Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Bronze and White Marble Bust of a Woman by Gory
Located in London, GB
This charming sculpture of a young woman is the work of the accomplished Italian-born sculptor, Affortunato Gory (1895-1925). Gory is best-known for his sculptures of women and child...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
French Gilt Bronze and Marble Bust Sculpture by Gory
Located in London, GB
This elegant bust of a young woman was created by the acclaimed sculptor, Affortunato Gory (Italian, fl. 1895-1925). Affortunato Gory (also known as Fortunato Gory) studied under the...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Bronze Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Two Orientalist Patinated Bronze Sculptures by Debut and Pinedo
Located in London, GB
These exceptional patinated bronze statues depict ‘Arabe en Marche’ (Arab on the move) and Porteau d’Eau Tunisien (Tunisian water carrier). The former wa...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Bust Sculpture on Marble Plinth
Located in London, GB
This strikingly naturalistic bronze sculpture was created in Florence in 1895. The bust depicts an elderly man, most likely a farm worker, carrying a heavy sack of grain over his shoulder. He wears an old slightly ragged shirt which is open at his chest, revealing his thin body underneath. The man looks out into the distance on the left, his eyebrows slightly furrowed. His mouth is open as though he is breathing heavily with the strain of the work or calling out to someone unknown to the viewer.
The sculptor has accurately rendered every detail, with great truth to reality. The faint stubble on the man's chin and the wrinkles on his face and hands are faithfully portrayed. In its naturalistic style and its everyday, unidealised subject-matter, this bronze may be described as a work of Realism. The Realist movement flourished in the arts in Europe in this period, the 19th Century.
The bust is signed ‘G Rossi...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Bronze Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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 Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
‘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 Bronze Busts
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
Two Orientalist Gilt and Patinated Bronze Sculptures after Bergman
Located in London, GB
These beautiful sculptures were crafted in Austria in the early 20th century. They are signed, ‘Nam Greb’, after the famous ‘Bergman’ Viennese bronze foundry.
Cast in the Bergman style, the Orientalist sculptures depict two women in Egyptian dress...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Egyptian Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
Modernist Bronze Female Bust, circa 1920
Located in Culver City, CA
Modernist bronze female bust, circa 1920
Expressionistic and quaint bust, which sits atop an original wood base.
This piece ships from Providence, Rhode Island.
Category
1920s American Vintage Bronze Busts
Materials
Bronze
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