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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 Metal 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 Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
After Giambologna - Scultura, Grande Gruppo Scultoreo "IL Ratto Delle Sabine" -
Located in Rome, IT
After Giambologna - Scultura, grande gruppo scultoreo "Il ratto delle Sabine" - 120 cm - Bronzo (dorato), Bronzo (patinato) - XX secolo.
Category
1910s Vintage Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
Bust of Diana the Huntress French Louis XVI Bronze 19th Century - Artist Houdon
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Bust of Diana the Huntress French Louis XVI Bronze 19th Century - Artist Houdon
Bronze sculpture representing Diana the huntress after Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828). In Roman myth...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
Fortunata Bronze Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
This splendid artwork was handmade by the sculptor Raffaello Romanelli in 2018. It depicts the bust of a woman with blindfolded eyes, the traditional iconography of the Roman Godess,...
Category
2010s Italian Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
Italian 19th Century Patinated Bronze and Marble Bust
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive Italian 19th century patinated bronze and marble bust of a Roman Centurion signed P. Mormile. The bust is raised by a square Vert. de Patricia ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Metal Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bronze Glazed Stoneware Bust 'Mathilda' Probably Sweden, circa 1940s
Located in Melbourne, AU
An exquisite and mysterious portrait bust has come into our possession. Her name is Mathilda.
The bust has been sculpted from earthenware clay and fired with a Bronze glaze. Given...
Category
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Busts
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Spelter Figural Lady on Onyx Base, 1930's
Located in Devon, England
A very elegant and original 1930's Art Deco figurine of a lady in cold painted Spelter. She stands on an onyx base which is in good order and free from any damage. She's in great con...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Metal Busts
Materials
Onyx, Spelter
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Belle Époque Period Ormolu and Bronze Bust
By V. Bruyneel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu and patinated bronze bust of a beautiful young maiden, signed V. Bruyneel. The bust is ra...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
After the Antique Polychromed Bronze Bust of the Prima Porta Augustus Caesar
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
After the antique polychromed bronze bust of the Prima Porta Augustus Caesar.
Italy,mid-20th century
A extraordinary, large scale, very heavy mid 20th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Metal Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antinoo Golden Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
Crafted using a mold the Romanelli family counts among its historical collection, this sculpture depicts the bust of Antinous - a possible lover of the Roman emperor Hadrian - who di...
Category
2010s Italian Metal Busts
Materials
Gold
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 Metal Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Bronze Bust of Classical Lady
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th century bronze bust of a classical lady wearing a hat.
Label to reverse; Eug. Bagues.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
Venere V26, Woman's Moorish Head, Vase Without Crown, Handmade in Sicily, Size S
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Collection
This collection offers ideas for contemporary décor through sophisticated revelations of art bound to the tradition of ceramics of Caltagirone, objets d’art that co...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Metal Busts
Materials
Enamel
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 Metal Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
African Bronze Tribal Style Bust from Cameroon, 20th Century, Great Patina
Located in Miami, FL
African Bronze Tribal Style Bust from Cameroon, 20th Century, Great Patina
Offered for sale is large life-size cast bronze African bust from Cameroon. The bust has great details a...
Category
20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
"Saphir" Sculpture by Kelli Bedrossian, 2016
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze with black patina. Limited edition of 8, signed stamped and numbered 1/8, seal of the founder.
Category
2010s French Art Deco Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
ISIDE I12, Man's Moorish Head, Handmade in Sicily, 2021 Centerpiece Size M Vase
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
THE COLLECTION
This collection offers ideas for contemporary décor through sophisticated revelations of art bound to the tradition of ceramics of Caltagirone, objets d’art that combine history and design.
The extreme attention to details, supported by twenty years of experience of master craftsmen, is the company’s strength.
The production technique hides secrets and art mixtures that make the product unique and exclusive. Mosche Bianche chooses to combine art and design to recall history through ceramic artworks in doing so, history revives, as in a fairy tale, an incredible civilization that is the sicilian culture.
The moorish heads in ceramics, tribute to the beauty of ancient Sicily...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Metal Busts
Materials
Enamel
French 19th-20th Century Art-Nouveau Bronze Patinated Bust of Marie Antoinette
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Art-Nouveau patinated bronze bust of "Marie Antoinette" (Queen of France 1755-1793), after the model by Agathon Léonard or Léonard Agathon van Weydeve...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Metal Busts
Materials
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 Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
French bronze bust of a woman after Jean-Antoine Houdon
Located in London, GB
French bronze bust of a woman after Jean-Antoine Houdon
French, late 19th Century
Height 60cm, width 26cm, depth 22cm
This superb patinated bro...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Metal 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 Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Bronze Bust of David, Désiré Weygers
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An antique brown patinated bronze bust depicting the mythical David after Michelangelo's masterpiece displayed in the Museum of Florence. The ...
Category
Early 1900s Belgian Classical Roman Antique Metal Busts
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
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 Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
Tall Abstract Origami Art Metal Sculpture Figure in a Hand Blackened Finish
By Redsoul
Located in Seattle, WA
The tall and sleek origami Metal Sculpture is an abstraction of human proportions. The metal folding sculptural figure builds on the contradiction between its strong metal material a...
Category
2010s American Modern Metal Busts
Materials
Steel
'Janotte' Emmanuel Villanis Art Nouveau Bronze Bust, French, 1890
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
Janotte, an Art Nouveau, patinated bronze bust of a young lady with head scarf. Dark brown patination. Set on an integral plinth. Signed Villanis under shoulder.
Signed Villanis u...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
Antique Grand Tour French Bronze Sculpture Male Female Figure Clodion Barbediene
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptional example of a fine pair of chisel cast French Patinated Bronze Figures after Claude Michel Clodion (1738-1814) in very dark brown patination. Mid-19th Century. Firmly a...
Category
19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Petite Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Bust of a Young Lady
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A lovely gilt bronze bust depicting an elegant young lady, with fashionable frilled bonnet, finely draped clothing and a serene expression. Mounted on a deep blue porcelain and bronz...
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
Pair Cherub Decorative Bronze Metal Head Bust Statues Sculptures, Belgium, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A pair of classic decorative Bust statues. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of a kind of metal, we think its gilded bronze. Very decorative and nice to display...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Metal Busts
Materials
Metal
Antique Bronze Doré Miniature Bust, Smile of Reims Angel, Signed, Gilded, 1870s
Located in Greven, DE
Antique miniature bust of "The Smile of Reims", in original: "L´Ange au Sourire" or "Sourire de Reims".
This bronze represents the smiling angel of Reim...
Category
1870s French Victorian Antique Metal Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Gold Plate
Italian Neo-Classic Style Marble Bust of Roman Emperor
Located in Queens, NY
Italian neo-classic style (19th Cent) light brown marble bust of a Roman emperor mounted on a round plinth.
Category
19th Century Neoclassical Antique Metal Busts
Materials
Stone, Metal
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 Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Bust of Chopin
Located in Folkestone, GB
A good quality patinated bronze bust of Chopin rained on a square, stepped black wooden base. Well executed with good detail and rich brown patination.
Measures: (Base is 7cms by 7c...
Category
Early 20th Century British Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
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 Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
1920 Art Deco Bamboo Italian Tailor's Bust
Located in Catania, Sicilia
A bamboo tailor's bust designed and manufactured in Italy in the Twenties, it's in original conditions with signs of use and age visible on the photos. It embodies the sleek, geometric lines characteristic of the Art Deco movement, making it an ideal style for a tailor's bust, an item intended to showcase craftsmanship and style.
The bamboo material adds a unique texture and natural element to the bust, Italian craftsmanship of the time was renowned for its attention to detail and quality, so the tailor's bust have been meticulously crafted.This Art Deco Bamboo...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Metal Busts
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Porcelain Girl Bust signed Georges Rogron Antique, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Art Nouveau white bisque porcelain girl bust with bronze fittings base. Bust of a girl with averted gaze and her hair tied up. Signed "Georges...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
'Ondine' An Art Nouveau Bust by Henri Jacobs (1864-1935)
By Henri Jacobs
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
'Ondine' a bronze bust of a young lady by Henri Jacobs (1864-1935). Excellent features and original condition. Signed 'H Jacobs to back' with 'Ondine' title to...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
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 Metal Busts
Materials
Gold Leaf
Brutalist Style Bronze Sculpture of a Female Torso
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Beautiful large brutalist style bronze sculpture of a female torso, circa 1960s, unsigned.
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful Brass Bust of an African Woman in the Manner Hagenauer, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A mid-century modernist brass sculpture depicting the head of an African woman, elegantly mounted on a square base. Crafted in Austria during the 1950s, it remains in very good condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Metal Busts
Materials
Brass
Bust of a Lady in Lost Wax Bronze Sculpture by Giuseppe Motti, 1950s
Located in Milano, MI
Bronze female bust made with the lost wax technique, created by Giuseppe Motti (1908 - 1988) in the 1950s
Ø 24 cmØ 12 cm h 31 cm
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful Venetian Lady and Gentleman in Ruby-Red and Black, with Gold Finishes
Located in Villaverla, IT
Beautiful Venetian lady and gentleman in ruby-red and black, with gold finishes.
This amazing Venetian set is composed of a lady and a gentleman in ruby-...
Category
1980s Italian Baroque Vintage Metal Busts
Materials
Gold
Bronze Bust of a Man's Head
Located in Queens, 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 Metal Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Bronze Brooch Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A cast bronze brooch by French Parisian Art Jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1950s. The small lovely bronze pieces features a medallion insignia design with olive branch wreath...
Category
1950s French Modern Vintage Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Antique Portrait Bust, French, Decor, Female Bronze Statue, Victorian, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique portrait bust. A French, decorative bronze female statue, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Striking portrait bust with superb tonality and charact...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Couture Bust by Ideal Wood Wrought Iron Brass and Leather, French c 1950
Located in Labrit, Landes
Vintage couture bust from the 50s, by Ideal. Black wooden foot and wrought iron bust.
Adjustable in height.
Max height: 170 cm.
Category
1950s Vintage Metal Busts
Materials
Metal, Brass
17th Century Set Of Venetian Bronze Door Handles On Wooden Stands
Located in Bradenton, FL
Set of four 17th century Venetian bronze door handles, set on ebonized wooden stands. Each handle is a original of a bronze bust of an ancient Italian man affixed to a square wooden ...
Category
17th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
Allegorical French Art Nouveau Gilt & Patinated Bronze Lamp w/ Bust of Maiden
Located in Petaluma, CA
This lovely little lamp depicting a gilt bronze bust of a maiden looking into a stone room with bars certainly is an allegorical tale. Her distinct rich free flowing hair commands your attention. The room does light...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
Perez, Welded Bronze Bust, 1970s
Located in Dorchester, MA
Signed "Perez" and dating to the 1970s, this brutalist bust comprises multiple strands of bronze that have been welded together to form the strong features. The bust rests on a bronz...
Category
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Bedouin Head Bust Terracotta, Glazed Ceramic & Wood Table Lamp, 1950
Located in Miami, FL
One of a kind bedouin head bust table lamp.
Bust is handmade out of Terracotta and Ceramic and mounted on a black lacquered base.
Marked at the reverse.
Wired for Europe, can be m...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Metal Busts
Materials
Brass
Antique Tibetan Cast Iron Buddha Head With Polychrome Decoration
Located in Atlanta, GA
Tibet, 19th century or earlier.
A heavy and large scale buddha head made of cast iron. The head features antique gold leaf surface and some old polychrome paint (some paint appears ...
Category
19th Century Tibetan Antique Metal Busts
Materials
Iron, Gold Leaf
Bronze Sculpture of a Young Woman
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant Italian bronze sculpture of a young woman, professionally mounted on a steel base . free spirit gazes upward with mysterious facial expression letting as wonder, what is she thinking...
Category
20th Century Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze, Iron
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 Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
Sir Jacob Epstein Modern British Art Bronze w Brown Patina Life Size Bust
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A regal bronze with brown patina life size bust on a pedestal by famed American-British sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein. An exquisite example of modern & post-war British art. Circa early...
Category
Early 20th Century Metal Busts
Materials
Bronze
Attrib. Benedetto Boschetti Fine Bronzed Male Bust Ajax Greek Mythological Hero
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A very impressive & superbly cast patinated bronzed metal bust of Ajax Turning to Dexter, of generous proportions, after the Antique, attributed to Benedetto Boschetti (1820-1860). M...
Category
19th Century French Early Victorian Antique Metal Busts
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Charny, Bust Of An Oriental Woman In Marble, Late 19th-early 20th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large bust of an oriental woman, in marble and bronze, on a green marble base.
Sculpture signed on the back by the sculptor Charny.
Some wear and small chips, old restoration...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Metal Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Carlos Gardel Tango Bronze & Marble Plaque Desk Portrait / Sculpture 1950´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Carlos Gardel Tango Polished Bronze & Marble Plaque Desk Portrait / Sculpture.
Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardès; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 19...
Category
Mid-20th Century Argentine Mid-Century Modern Metal Busts
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze