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Period: 19th Century
Place of Origin: Italian
19th Century Italian Alabaster Carved Head Of A Bishop Saint
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Italian carved alabaster head of a saint wearing a bishop's mitre in the Gothic style. Though a fragment, the intense gaze of this small carving gives it a lot of presence. Rendered by a master carver, this piece has a lot of personality. Likely an architectural fragment, the weathered surface and distressed condition only add to the appeal of this unique sculpture. Mounted on an ebonized walnut base.
10 inches high 3.5 square
5 7/8 inches high by 4 wide by 3.75 deep (head only)
Category
Early 19th Century Gothic Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Alabaster
Set of Terracotta Italian Neoclassical Busts, Circa 1870
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Italianate Terracotta God and Goddess Bust, Circa 1870
Sourced from Italy by Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Hand craved, and fitted with adjoining terracotta mount
Category
19th Century Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Terracotta
19th century Grand Tour period Alabaster and Marble bust of Athena
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful and small scale Italian 19th century Grand Tour period Alabaster and Verde Ranocchia Marble bust of Athena Of Velletri. This most charming bust is raised on square Ranocc...
Category
19th Century Grand Tour Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Marble Bust
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century Italian neoclassical marble bust of female, possibly Aphrodite symbolizing the timeless ideals of beauty, love, and desire. Beautifully carved with delicate facial featu...
Category
19th Century Neoclassical Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
Italian Grand Tour Carved Marble Bust Of Woman
Located in Bradenton, FL
Classical 19th century hand-carved Italian Neoclassic Grand Tour marble female bust. Bust features intricately carved young woman's head and neck, wearing delicate drapery across déc...
Category
19th Century Grand Tour Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
Grand Tour plaquette of Caesar
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Plaquette of Ceasar as a Grand Tour souvenir. The head is in Sienna marble on a base of slate stone. Inscription all around.
Category
1850s Classical Roman Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Siena Marble, Slate
Marble Statue After Luigi Pampaloni, Praying Kneeling Little Samuel
Located in GB
We are delighted to this stunning and really quite rare marble statue on Alabaster plinth on a kneeling praying child after the original by the great Luigi Pampaloni (1791-1847) name...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Pietro Bazzanti 19th Century Italian Carrara Marble Bust of Roman Woman
By Pietro Bazzanti
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Pietro Bazzanti 19th Century Italian Carrara Marble Bust of Roman Woman
Dimensions : 31" Tall X 24" Wide X 10" Deep
This gorgeous marble bust was made by Pietro Bazzanti (1842-1881...
Category
Late 19th Century Classical Roman Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Antique Bronzed Terracotta Bust of Dante
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique bronzed terracotta bust of Dante. In Renaissance style and a desirable scale, this bust would make a striking decorative piece for any period property, particularly for th...
Category
Late 19th Century Renaissance Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Italian Neoclassic Marble Bust of Woman signed Lawrence Macdonald Rome 1852
Located in Savannah, GA
This lovely sculpture is mounted on a pedestal and carved out of white Italian marble in the likeness of an idealized woman who is coiffed in an 1830-40s hair...
Category
1850s Neoclassical Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Vintage Classical Style Marble Bust of Apollo
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage marble bust of Apollo designed and manufactured in Italy circa the 19th century. The stunning marble frame showcases the intricate details of Apollo's chiseled features, capt...
Category
Late 19th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
Spinario, Plaster Based On The Antique, Circa 1900
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Spinario, plaster after the antique, around 1900, very pretty patina
Category
Early 19th Century Greco Roman Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Plaster
Circa. 1890 Italian Grey & White Elegant Marble Female Bust By Guglielmo Pugi
By Guglielmo Pugi
Located in London, GB
Circa. 1890 Italian marble bust of an elegant lady by Guglielmo Pugi. A beautifully carved marble bust, depicting a woman wearing an intricately carved turban or headdress, gazing t...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
19th Century Petite Italian Grand Tour Souvenir Bronze Bust of Dante Alighieri
Located in Pearland, TX
A fine antique 19th Century petite Grand Tour souvenir bronze bust of Italian poet Dante Alighieri. This handsome bust is well cast with exquisite details and lovely original patina....
Category
19th Century Grand Tour Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Bronze
Italian 19th Century Hand Carved Alabaster Bust Sculpture of a Young Girl Holdin
By Adolfo Cipriani
Located in Firenze, IT
A stunning Italian late 19th early 20th century hand carved alabaster bust sculpture depicting a young baby girl cradling a dove.
The girl wearing a lace bonnet her hair tied back a...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Alabaster
Antique Italian Wooden Bust of Apollo Belvedere, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
After the famous Apollo Belvedere marble statue (dating to Rome, mid-2nd century), this wooden bust of the Roman/Greek god was hand-carved in Italy during the 1800s. The marble is it...
Category
19th Century Neoclassical Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Wood
Grand Tour Bronze Bust of Homer, Italy, Circa:1890
Located in Alexandria, VA
This solid (except for the pedestal) hand-cast bronze is of the 8th Century BCE Greek poet, author of the Iliad & the Odyssey. Although there are no images from life of Homer, busts ...
Category
Late 19th Century Grand Tour Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Pair Ceramic Busts
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century Pair Ceramic Busts depicting the Greek figures Aphrodite and Homer, both giving the illusion of aged stone.
The bust of Homer is based on a much-restored Roman copy of ...
Category
19th Century Neoclassical Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Marble Head on Wooden Base, circa 1800
Located in Dallas, TX
This is an antique Italian carved marble head of a young man in a Greco/Roman helmet on a wooden base. The sculptor has adeptly portrayed his countenance ...
Category
19th Century Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Marble, Iron
Spring marble bust, first half of the 19th century
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Female bust of maiden with bouquet of roses ( Spring). The maiden is portrayed with a slight smile and a deep, attentive gaze, combed with a low chignon and hair lightly held back by...
Category
Mid-19th Century Other Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
Roman Style Marble Torso On A Black Marble Base
Located in Southall, GB
A handsomely carved male marble torso on a black marble base. The carving is detailed and realistic, clearly depicting the contours and muscles. The marble...
Category
Late 19th Century Classical Roman Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Italian White Marble Sculpture Bust Of A Girl As Ceres
Located in Free Union, VA
A marble sculpture of a girl inspired by antique classical sculptures of Ceres, the Roman goddess of wheat and fertility, her hair garlanded with wheat and with stems of ripe wheat i...
Category
1890s Neoclassical Revival Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
Antique Carrara Marble hand-carved bust in White Statuario quality Marble
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Antique carrara marble hand-carved bust in white statuario quality marble.
h 47 x w 32 x d 29 cm
Category
19th Century Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Antique Italian Marble Bust Woman with Bonnet Signed
Located in Stamford, CT
A fabulous hand carved antique Italian Carrara marble bust of a beautiful woman with a bonnet. This bust is of very good quality and craftsmanship, her face and hair are beautifully...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
EARLY 19th CENTURY BRONZE DIANA'S BUST SCULPTURE
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful bust made of lost wax cast bronze, depicting the goddess of hunting Diana. The work recalls the style of classical art, showing the goddess in profile, with her hair gather...
Category
Early 19th Century Empire Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century Antique Marble Bust Atala Signed A. Piazza Carrara
By Antonio Piazza
Located in Stamford, CT
A beautiful marble bust of a young woman Atala, handed carved of white Carrara marble in the 1890s signed A. Piazza, Carrara. Carrara is a city in Italy famous around the would for i...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Late 19th Century Italian Marble Bust of an Emperor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Graceful bust sculpture made of rich carrara white marble, finely depicting a Roman emperor. Made in Italy in the late 19th Century.
Dimensions:
31"H x 23"W x 14"D
Category
Late 19th Century Other Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Italian Head of the Farnese Hercules in Terracotta End 19th Century
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
Head of the Farnese Hercules in Terracotta end 19th century
Italy
Base in serena stone
Measures: Height 48 cm
Length 31 cm
Depth 34 cm
Weight 28 kg
Square base - side x side 33 x 33 ...
Category
Late 19th Century Baroque Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Early to Mid 20th Century Italian Cast Bronze Bust of Roman Emperor
Located in Middleburg, VA
Early to Mid 20th Century Italian Cast Bronze Bust of Roman Emperor. Hollow antiquity, possibly of Julius Caesar, no marks. Italy, circa 1...
Category
19th Century Classical Roman Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Bronze
Large 19th Century Bronze Bust
By Sabatino De Angelis
Located in London, GB
A superb 'Grand Tour' bronze bust, traditionally described as Dionysus (Dionysos), after the original excavated at the Villa of the Papyri in 1754; by the Sabatino and Sons foundry, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Grand Tour Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Bronze
Busto in pietra raffigurante il ritratto di Francesco Petrarca
Located in Salò, IT
Busto in pietra raffigurante il ritratto del celebre poeta rinascimentale Francesco Petrarca, epoca XIX secolo, altezza 56 cm, dimensioni massime 48x24 cm.
Il busto è probabilmente s...
Category
19th Century Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Stone
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Augustus Caesar Bust By Antonio Frilli
By Antonio Frilli
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Marble Bust of Augustus Caesar by Antonio Frilli. White marble bust is on a black plinth. Antonio Frilli was a Florentine sculptor who specialized in ...
Category
19th Century Classical Roman Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
Rare 19th Century Italian Memento Mori Bust / Sculpture Carrara Marble Vanitas
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas / Memento Mori bust in solid marble from late 19th century.
White Carrara marble skull combined with masterfully...
Category
Late 19th Century Renaissance Revival Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Gabriele Parente Bronze Bust
By Gabriel Parente
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful Italian Bronze bust of a lady in a hat. Signed by sculptor Gabriele Parente (see photo) (1875-1899). This is a classic, but whimsical twist on bronze busts that would be pe...
Category
Late 19th Century Rococo Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Bronze
Italian Antique Stone Cast Bust of Marcus Aurelius Caracalla
Located in Encinitas, CA
This late 19th century carved stone bust made of "Grisaglia' in Italian, a mix of stone powder and lime stones, depicts Marcus Aurelius Caracalla, the roman emperor from 198 to 217 A...
Category
Late 19th Century Classical Roman Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Concrete
19th Century Parian Ware Bust of Julius Caesar
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century Parian ware portrait bust of Roman Emperor Julius Caesar in draped toga.
Parian ware is a type of biscuit porcelain which imitates the style of carved marble.
Gaius Julius Caesar...
Category
19th Century Neoclassical Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Composition
19th Century Italian Marble Bust of Socrates
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century Italian Marble bust of the Classical Greek philosopher Socrates. His draped robe is hand-carved in red Scagliola with the face modelled in contrasting white Carrara marb...
Category
19th Century Neoclassical Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Plaster Bust of Marianne
Located in Atlanta, GA
Marianne is the embodiment of the French Republic. Marianne represents the permanent values that found her citizens' attachment to the Republic: "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity".
Category
Late 19th Century Classical Roman Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Plaster
Flying Mercury in green marble copied from the famous work of Giambologna
Located in Prato, IT
Green serpentine marble sculpture
Late 19th century
Height approx. 88 cm.
The flying mercury and the bronzes
While he was still busy working on the fountain in piazza Maggiore, the papal delegate Cesi asked Giambologna for a statue to be placed in the courtyard of the Archiginnasio, seat of the ancient and prestigious Bolognese university; he should have painted a bronze depicting the god Mercury with his index finger stretched towards the sky, a symbol of the divine origin of knowledge, which would have served as a warning to all students.
The project was never completed, but Giambologna elaborated a model preserved at the Civic Museum of Bologna, which is only the first of the numerous bronzes with the same subject made by the artist, defined precisely as flying Mercury. In later versions, the sculptor transformed Mercury into a much more dynamic figure reaching upwards, as if ready to take flight, giving it an unprecedented freedom of movement and lightness. When he returned to Florence, the sculptor certainly proposed it to the Medici, who enthusiastically immediately ordered one to be sent to Emperor Maximilian II of Habsburg, as a diplomatic gift for the ongoing negotiations of the wedding between Francesco and Giovanna, sister of the sovereign.
Giambologna replied with the two bronzes preserved in Vienna and Dresden and in 1580 cast the large Mercury now exhibited in the Bargello, originally intended for the loggia of the villa of Cardinal Ferdinando dei Medici to crown a fountain placed in the center of a magnificent decorative complex; the only variant with respect to the previous examples is constituted by the head of Zephyr placed under the foot of the god and from which a breath of wind blows it upwards, accentuating the sense of immateriality. In addition to the successful invention of the flying Mercury, Giambologna acquired immense fame by making numerous other bronzes for the Florentine collectors of the time; his first patron, Bernardo Vecchietti must certainly have owned many, given to him in part by the sculptor in exchange for his protection, but around the 1880s it can be said that there was no collector who did not aspire to own a work by Giambologna, especially those of small format.
The development of this trend in Florence is largely due to the artistic passions of the Grand Duke Francesco I, who with the creation of environments such as the Studiolo in Palazzo Vecchio and the Tribuna degli Uffizi, provided new criteria for the exhibition of the works, pushing all collectors to imitate his extraordinary collection. In the Studiolo, in addition to the painted tables that decorated the doors of the cupboards filled with all kinds of things, there were 8 niches containing bronze figures of divinities; Giambologna painted the one depicting Apollo (1573-75), with the characteristic serpentine pose and beautifully finished.
The placement of the statuette in the niche was no longer an impediment to the plurality of views as Giambologna endowed it with a sort of mechanism that allowed it to rotate. For the Tribune he instead created the six Labors of Hercules (1576-1589), small silver sculptures...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
Stucco bust of a young roman emperor in relief.
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Buste in relief from a young Roman emperor.
On the head the emperor wears a laurer wreath.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Plaster
Terracotta Bas Relief Greek Horses and Knights, End 19th Century
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
Terracotta bas relief Greek horses and knights end 19th century
Italy
Classic scene with four horses, a character on horseback and a character on the ...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Italian Antique Cast Stone of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla Bust
Located in Encinitas, CA
Late 19th century carved stone bust of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Lucius Septimius Bassianus, 4 April 188 – 8 April 217), better known by his nickname Caracalla was Roman emperor from 198 to 217 AD. He was a member of the Severan dynasty, the elder son of Emperor Septimius Severus and Empress Julia Domna...
Category
Late 19th Century Classical Roman Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Concrete
NIKE of Samotracia in Terracotta, Late 19th Century
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
Nike of Samotracia in Terracotta late 19th Century
Measures: Height 83 cm
Width 63 cm
Depth 54 cm
Weight 20 kg
Rectangular base side x side 29 x 23 cm
Manufacture Tuscany
Good condi...
Category
Late 19th Century Baroque Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Marble Bust of La Zingara, circa 1800
Located in Greding, DE
Bust of the Zingara or Fortune Teller, finely carved out of marble. The Zingara is depicted with a cloth tied around her chin, which wraps around her elaborately braided hair and end...
Category
Early 1800s Neoclassical Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
Antique Female French Classical Bronze Diana Robing Praxiteles Audin a Marseille
By Praxiteles 1
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Fine Example of Classical Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Diana Robing after Praxiteles, an Elegant Classical Patinated French Bronze Female Standing Figure...
Category
19th Century Grand Tour Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Small Trio of Antique Italian Nutwood Poet Busts
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A set of antique statuettes Italian Poets left to right Ludovico Ariosto, Torquato Tasso, Dante Alighieri, in good condition. The three busts of thes...
Category
19th Century Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Alabaster
CARRARA MARBLE ROMAN TORSO 19th Century
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
Carrara MARBLE ROMAN TORSO 19th century
HEIGHT 54cm
MAXIMUM HEIGHT 70cm
WIDTH 30cm
DEPTH 20cm
OVERALL WEIGHT 56 Kg
BASE HEIGHT INCLUDED 70 cm
Material White carrara marble
Base in N...
Category
Late 19th Century Baroque Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Terracotta Head of the Dying Warrior of the Frontons of Egina Late 19th Century
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
Terracotta head of the dying warrior of the frontons of Egina late 19th century
Italy
Measures: Height 23 cm
Width 25 cm
Length 33 cm
Weight 5 kg
Historical period between 500 and 48...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Greek Torso, White Carrara Marble, 19th Century
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
Greek Torso - white Carrara marble 19th century
Copy of a Greek torso, made of white Cararra marble.
The stone base is included, the iron is fixed to the base and the statue instead...
Category
19th Century Baroque Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Lifesize Marble Bust of Apollo
Located in San Francisco, CA
An impressive and larger than life size hand-carved Carrara marble bust of Apollo, signed C. Scheggi (1833-1876). Showing natural inclusions in t...
Category
19th Century Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
Important Italian Bust "Antonino Pio" End 19th Century Carrara Marble
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
Important Italian bust "Antonino Pio" fine 19th Century Marmo di Carrara
Measure: H: 76cm
perfect conditions
Titus Aurelius Fulvo Boyonius Antoninus (Latin: T. Aurelius Fulvus Boion...
Category
Late 19th Century Baroque Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Original Italian Bust of Nerone in Terracotta, 19th Century
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
Original italian bust of nerone in terracotta 19th century.
Condition: Original.
Nero (Anzio 37 - Rome 68 AD) Roman emperor (54-68 AD).
Last belonging to the gens Giulio-Claudia.
M...
Category
Late 19th Century Baroque Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Italian old black bronze bust for 'Roman Emperor' with marble base circa 1800.
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible natural size italian old black bronze bust of "Roman Emperor" circa 1800 with rare marble base.
Category
19th Century Empire Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Bronze
Important Italian Sculpture "Diana Gabi" Carrara Marble 19th-20th Century
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
Important Italian sculpture "Diana Gabi"
Carrara marble
19th-20th century
Very good condition.
Category
Late 19th Century Baroque Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
An Italian Antique Statuary White Marble Female Bust BY G Focardi Florence
Located in London, GB
A very well execute female bust in the late 19th century taste, by Florentine sculptor Giovanni Focardi ( signed and dated). Born in Florence and studied under Enrico Pazzi. He moved to London in 1875 ( explaining bust marked Florence not Firenze) and was a portrait sculptor. Focardi was commisioned by Pears...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Statuary Marble
Antique Italian Marble Bust on Stand of Venus De Milo
Located in London, GB
A High quality 19th Century Bust of the Venus de Milo.
This is carved in solid marble.
A superb Portrait of a Venus in marble placed on a rouge marble column on a Brown octagonal Mar...
Category
1880s Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Marble
Carrara Marble Bust of an Elder
Located in Chicago, IL
Carrara marble bust of an elder. Great condition. Great quality.
Category
1820s Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Sculpted Terra Cotta Bust of Elder/Important Dude
Located in Chicago, IL
Sculpted terra cotta bust of an elder/important dude. Great condition.
Category
1840s Antique Italian Busts
Materials
Terracotta
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