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Place of Origin: French
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 Grand Tour Antique French Busts
Materials
Bronze
Jean-Jacques Caffieri Nobleman Bust
Located in Queens, NY
French life size plaster bust of 18th Century nobleman on square base (model by Jean Jacques Caffieri 1725 - 1792/late 19th cent)
Category
19th Century Louis XV Antique French Busts
Materials
Plaster
Late 19th Century French Bronze Bust entitled "Ida" by Emmanuel Villanis
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 Art Nouveau Antique French Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
20th Century Terracotta French Nobleman Sculpture, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Beautiful French sculpture from the mid-20th century. Finely chiseled terracotta object depicting the bust of a nobleman with a wig, in eighteenth-century clothes, of excellent quali...
Category
1950s Vintage French Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Terracotta Bust of "Chih Fan Han Yang" by Jean Mich
By Jean Mich
Located in Montreal, QC
Terracotta bust of a Chinese man, "Chih Fan Han Yang" by artist, Jean Mich. The high quality bust depicts an image of a smiling Chinese man. It was created by Hungarian born artist, ...
Category
Early 1900s Antique French Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Bust entitled "Silvia" by Emmanuel Villanis
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 Art Nouveau Antique French Busts
Materials
Bronze
20th Century French Vintage Belle Epoque Style Terra Cotta Bust of a Lady
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A late 20th Century, vintage French bust made of hand crafted Tuscan terra cotta of a young lady, in good condition. The slightly tilted head position is elegantly emphasized by the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Belle Époque French Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, L'Espiegle, Verdigris Bronze Bust Anna Foucart
By Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
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 Neoclassical Antique French Busts
Materials
Bronze
Wood Sculpture in Oak by French Designer 1950 Brown Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This sculpture is in solid wood. Hand carved by a french artist in the 1950's
Brown Color. Made in Oak
Category
1950s Art Deco Vintage French Busts
Materials
Wood
Antique Grand Tour French Bronze Sculpture Male Female Figure Clodion Barbediene
By Claude Michel Clodion
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 Grand Tour Antique French Busts
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
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 Art Nouveau French Busts
Materials
Bronze
Small Gilded French Bronze Bust By René de Saint-Marceaux
By René de Saint-Marceaux, Louchet Foundry
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 Art Nouveau Antique French Busts
Materials
Bronze
Antique Portrait Bust, French, Decorative, Female Figure, Victorian, Art Nouveau
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique portrait bust. A French, plaster decorative female figure, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
A fin de siècle Parisian young woman in the Art Nouv...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique French Busts
Materials
Plaster
Fine French Terracotta Bust of a Woman with Wreath and Veil, 19th/20th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
This terracotta bust of a woman has some exquisite details. Sculpted in France in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s, our subject has long, straight hair emerging from underneath a hood...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique French Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Alabaster Bust Figure Wearing Bonnet Classical Scene French Italian 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality highly detailed carved Alabaster portrait figure sculpture bust of an elegant lady wearing a bonnet. Last quarter of the Nineteenth century, possibly of...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique French Busts
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
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 Art Deco French Busts
Materials
Onyx, Spelter
French Plaster Corneilla Van Cleve Bust
Located in Queens, NY
French large painted plaster bust replica of Corneilla Van Cleve (Signed by a French 18th Century artist) on round shaped base.
Category
20th Century Louis XV French Busts
Materials
Plaster
Rare 19th Century Hand Painted Over Papier Mache Gentleman’s Bust
Located in London, GB
Rare 19th Century Hand Painted Over Papier Mache Gentleman’s Bust
A rare and very unusual example dated from mid to late 19th Century, hand crafted papier Mache. In the form of a Fr...
Category
1840s Early Victorian Antique French Busts
Materials
Paper
French Art Nouveau Woman Bust “Fraises au Champagne” by Alfred Jean Foretay
By Alfred Jean Foretay
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Polychromed cast aluminium “Art Nouveau” bust of a young woman dressed in a ruffled bustier.
Entitled “Strawberries with Champagne”, it is signed on the left side with the sculptor...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Antique French Busts
Materials
Aluminum
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 Modern Vintage French Busts
Materials
Bronze
A Patinated Bronze Bust Depicting Moliere by the Barbedienne Foundry
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in 263-0031, JP
Houdin’s expressive yet classically poised bust of the 17th-century French playwright, originally in marble, has been finely cast and worked by the the Parisian bronze foundry Barbed...
Category
19th Century Antique French Busts
Materials
Bronze
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 Victorian Antique French Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Gold Plate
Paul Gasq Terra-Cotta Gentleman Bust
Located in Queens, NY
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique French Busts
Materials
Earthenware, Terracotta
Very Fine Terracotta Bust of Alexandre Brongniart, After Jean-Antoine Houdon
By Jean-Antoine Houdon
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very fine early 20th century terracotta bust of Alexandre Brongniart, after the original work by Jean-Antoine Houdon.
Demonstrating exacting proportions & finely sculpted features...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian French Busts
Materials
Marble
French Plaster Bust of a Classical Roman Male
Located in Houston, TX
French plaster bust of a classical roman male.
Handsome Italian stone bust of a Classical Roman, circa 1920. This beautiful classical male bust sculpture i...
Category
1920s Classical Roman Vintage French Busts
Materials
Plaster
18th c. French Signed Terracotta Bust of an Artist
Located in Wichita, KS
This 18th century French terracotta bust of an artist displays remarkable attention to detail. This sculpture portrays the artist with a mustache, disheveled hair, and dreamy eyes we...
Category
18th Century Antique French Busts
Materials
Terracotta
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 Late Victorian Antique French Busts
Materials
Bronze
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 Louis XVI French Busts
Materials
Bronze
Houdin Busts of Happy Baby and Crying Baby, a Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cute pair of mini busts of babies with crying and laughing faces by Houdin. These are small in scale and made with plaster. Very rare to have the pair.
Category
Early 20th Century French Provincial French Busts
Materials
Plaster
Vadim Androusov Head of a Boy Signed and dated 1947
By Vadim Androusov
Located in CA, CA
Vadim Androusov (1895-1975) Plaster head of a boy on a stained black wood plinth, signed and dated 3.9.47
From an apartment in Toulouse decorated by Andre Arbus in the 1940s
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage French Busts
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Claude Munier, Busto di gentiluomo, 1780
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Il busto in terracotta, posto sopra un peduccio in marmo colorato, rappresenta un personaggio maschile con i capelli trattenuti a coda da un nastro ed è abbigliato con una marsina se...
Category
1780s Other Antique French Busts
Materials
Terracotta
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 Early Victorian Antique French Busts
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Terra Cotta Bust of Marie Antoinette, Terra Cotta Bust of Marie Antoinette
By Jean-Baptiste Nini 1
Located in Vista, CA
After Jean-Baptiste Nini
(French, 1717-1786) inscribed "J. B. Nini, 1780" on shoulder of bust.
Mounted in a neoclassical gilt-brass surround.
In a technique of his own inventi...
Category
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Antique French Busts
Materials
Terracotta
French Louis XVI Porcelain Bust
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XVI style life sized Sevres biscuit porcelain bust of Marie-Therese Louise Di Savoia-Carignano on a gilt decorated blue glazed so...
Category
19th Century Louis XVI Antique French Busts
Materials
Gold Leaf
'Janotte' Emmanuel Villanis Art Nouveau Bronze Bust, French, 1890
By Emmanuel Villanis
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 Art Nouveau Antique French Busts
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful Art Deco, French Bust of a Young Woman
Located in Devon, England
A really lovely French, Art Deco bust of very high quality. She's lifesize and shows the profile of a young Parisian woman with a victory roll hairstyle she excludes glamour. She's m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco French Busts
Materials
Plaster
Bust of Diana the Huntress French Louis XVI Bronze 19th Century - Artist Houdon
By Jean-Antoine 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 Neoclassical Antique French Busts
Materials
Bronze
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 Napoleon III Antique French Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Pair of French Grand Tour Bronze Marble Cherubs Figures Putti Bookends
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stylish example of a pair of heavy well cast Grand Tour bronze seated figures of two amorino (infant cupid or cherub) probably of French origin, early nineteenth century.
Each fig...
Category
19th Century Grand Tour Antique French Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Bronze Bust. French work. Circa 1940
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice and unusual bust is made of bronze. This is a French work. Circa 1940
Category
1940s Neoclassical Vintage French 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 Art Deco French Busts
Materials
Brass
Large Stoneware Blue and Brown Figurativ Bust Sculpture circa 1960 Unique Piece
By La Borne Potters
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
La Borne - french unique piece.
Large figurative ceramic bust by french artist
Realised circa 1970
Sonteware ceramic piece with blue and white ceramic glazes colors
Origi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern French Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Bronze sculpture “Diane Chasseresse”, after Houdon – Late 19th century
By Jean-Antoine Houdon
Located in HÉRIC, FR
Beautiful bronze sculpture with a brown patina after Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) depicting Diana, the goddess of the moon and the hunt, dressed in a tunic and crowned with a cres...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique French Busts
Materials
Bronze
Bust Of A Young Woman In Polychromed Alabaster
Located in BARSAC, FR
Bust of a Young Woman in Polychromed Alabaster
French or Italian work circa 1900
Good condition (patina and wear from use)
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Antique French Busts
Materials
Alabaster
Large Bust Of Hermes In White Emailled Ceramic
Located in BARSAC, FR
Magnificent large bust of Hermes In White Emailled Ceramic
Work of Quality from the 1950s/1960s.
Very decorative.
Perfect condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Classical Greek French Busts
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Pair of Terra Cotta Orientalist Busts
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 19th Century set of orientalist busts vividly hand crafted in terra cotta clay, in good condition. These detailed antique French busts are execut...
Category
19th Century Belle Époque Antique French Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Gilt And Patinated Bronze Bust By Henri Godet “Femme Tulipe”
By Henri Godet
Located in Norwood, NJ
A fine unusual Art Nouveau two tone gilt and patinated bronze bust of a young lady rising from the center of a tulip flower with fine detail, raised on a breche griotte circular marb...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique French Busts
Materials
Griotte Marble
Antique Grand Tour French Bronze Sculpture Male Figure Cherub Clodion Barbediene
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptional example of a chisel cast French Patinated Bronze Figural Group of a Satyr and a male Figure holding a Baby Bacchus after Claude Michel Clodion (1738-1814) in dark pati...
Category
19th Century Grand Tour Antique French Busts
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Allegorical French Art Nouveau Gilt & Patinated Bronze Lamp w/ Bust of Maiden
By Georges Flamand
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 Art Nouveau French Busts
Materials
Bronze
French Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture “Bust of Thais” by Emmanuel Villanis
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 Busts
Materials
Bronze
Terra Cotta Sculpture by Carrier-Belleuse, 19th Century, Napoleon III.
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Terra cotta sculpture by Carrier-Belleuse, 19th century, Napoleon III.
Sculpture by Albert Carrier Belleuse representing a young female bust in terracotta on a blackened wooden base...
Category
19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Busts
Materials
Terracotta
French Terracotta Sculpture, 20th Century by Louis Auguste Joseph Bertrand
By Louis Auguste Joseph Bertrand
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Louis Auguste Joseph Bertrand, French terracotta sculpture of a baby holding a question mark symbol, Titled "Le Point d'interrogation" signed "Louis Bertrand" and dated "3. 1931" T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Beaux Arts French Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Art Deco Bust On Stand, c1930 By Bohumil Rezl
Located in Devon, England
Superbly stylish is this 1930's Art Deco bust of a female, standing 32 cm high and made from terracotta this bust makes the perfect statement piece. Free from any damage and showing ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco French Busts
Materials
Terracotta, Wood
Lacquered Plaster Sculpture, Bust of a Young Girl
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Lacquered plaster sculpture, bust of a Young Girl".
Delicate lacquered plaster sculpture representing the bust of a young girl, early 20th century, Art Nouveau.
Measures: H: 3...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau French Busts
Materials
Plaster
French, Art Deco Terracotta Athlete Sculpture by Bargas
By Alexandre Kéléty, Charles Lemanceau, Henri Bargas, Demetre Chiparus, Ferdinand Preiss
Located in Houston, TX
This fabulous French Art Deco patinated terracotta sculpture of a nude male athlete is signed Henri Bargas. This well executed scul...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage French Busts
Materials
Terracotta
French Women Bust Sculpture "Marianne" Godess of Liberty in Solid Wood, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage French bust sculpture of a woman Marianne has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, and a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Busts
Materials
Wood
Hand Carved Wood Figure Sculpture Angel Statue Antiques Los Angeles California
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand Carved Wood Figure Sculpture Angel Statue Antiques Los Angeles California , Exquisite 19th century hand carved wood figure statue of an Angel holding a torch ( removable Candle ...
Category
19th Century Antique French Busts
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Eugène Blot "An Evening at The Opera" Sculpture of a Lady
By Eugène Blot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Eugène Blot (French, 1830-1899) "An Evening at The Opera House" a fine and rare French 19th century polychrome and parcel-gilt spelter figure of a lady seated backwards on her knees ...
Category
Late 19th Century Rococo Revival Antique French Busts
Materials
Spelter
