Renaissance Busts
RENAISSANCE STYLE
Spanning an era of cultural rebirth in Europe that harkened back to antiquity, the Renaissance was a time of change in design. From the late 1400s to the early 1600s, Rome, Venice and Florence emerged as artistic centers through the expansion of global trade and a humanist belief in the arts being central to society. Antique Renaissance furniture was ornately carved from sturdy woods like walnut, its details standing out against the tapestries and stained glass adorning the walls.
Renaissance chests, which were frequently commissioned for marriages, were often decorated with gilding or painted elements. Those that were known as cassoni were crafted in shapes based on classical sarcophagi. As opposed to the medieval era, when furniture was pared down to the necessities, a wide range of Renaissance chairs, tables and cabinets were created for the home, and the designs regularly referenced ancient Rome.
Large torchères of the Renaissance era that were used as floor lamps were inspired by classical candelabras, while marble surfaces evoked frescoes. The inlaid boxes being imported from the Middle East informed the intarsia technique, which involved varying hues of wood in mosaic-like patterns, such as those by architect Giuliano da Maiano in the Florence Cathedral.
Tapestry-woven cushion covers accented the variety of Renaissance seating — from conversation to study chairs — while bookcases for secular use reflected the migration of culture and knowledge from the church into the home. The aesthetics of the Italian Renaissance later spread to France through the publishing of work by renowned designers, including Hugues Sambin and Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Centuries later, the 19th-century Renaissance Revival would see a return to this influential style.
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Style: Renaissance
16th Century Stone Classical Roman Style Torso
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A wonderful 16th century draped female torso in classical style. Made in France under Italian Renaissance influence this female torso is finely sculpted with great detail to the stol...
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16th Century French Antique Renaissance Busts
Materials
Sandstone
Antique Emmanuel Villanis "Saida" Pewter Clad Female Bust Sculpture Statue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Emmanuel Villanis "Saida" Pewter Clad Small Female Bust Sculpture Statue on Marble Base. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 11" H x 7" W x 5" D.
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Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Busts
Materials
Pewter
Renaissance Style Cast Bronze Bust of a Child after Desiderio
By Desiderio da Settignano
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine copy of the Renaissance sculpture entitled 'A Little Boy'.
After Italian Renaissance sculptor Desiderio da Settignano, or Desiderio de Bartolomeo di Francesco detto Ferro.
In cast bronze.
Simply a wonderful bust!
Date:
20th Century
Overall Condition:
It is in overall good, as-pictured, used estate condition.
Condition Details:
There is rubbing to the patina on the crown of the head...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Busts
Materials
Bronze
Rebecca at the Well Marble Bust Sculpture Statue After Antonio Piazza 27"
Located in Dayton, OH
An impressive marble bust of "Rebecca at the Well" after Antonio Piazza (Italian 1875-1925).
The sculpture is executed in a beautiful beige marble showcasing Rebekah with her arms ...
Category
Late 20th Century Renaissance Busts
Materials
Marble
$1,855 Sale Price
30% Off
16th Century Polychrome Reliquary of a Monk
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
The monk is depicted with an oval face, marked with high and strong cheekbones, sunken cheeks, strong jawbones and a cleft chin. His almond shaped eyes are opened under very strong a...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Busts
Materials
Wood
Calzetta Da Ravenna Severo Candlestick Depicting a Kneeling Satyr
By Severo Calzetta da Ravenna
Located in Milano, IT
Calzetta Da Ravenna (Attivo Tra IL 1496 E IL 1543 circa) Severo. Circle of. Candlestick depicting a kneeling satyr.
The model of the present bronze is the ""kneeling satyr"" attributed to Severo Calzetta da Ravenna, one of the main Paduan bronze sculptors of the first half of the 16th century, whose figure was rediscovered by Planiscig in 1935 (L. Planiscig, ""Severo da Ravenna...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Busts
Materials
Bronze
$14,508 Sale Price
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Pair of 16th Century Carved Wooden Terms or Beam Supports from Northern Europe
Located in Dallas, TX
A fascinating bit of history, this pair of carved wooden terms dates to the High Renaissance during the 1500s. A term is a beam support in the form of a human head where the bust con...
Category
16th Century European Antique Renaissance Busts
Materials
Metal, Iron
Antique Carved Wood Head Of A Male Mounted On Panel
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A well carved hardwood bust reminiscent of sacred and religious sculpture of the Gothic and Renaissance eras. Antique carved wood head of a mal...
Category
19th Century Antique Renaissance Busts
Materials
Hardwood
Isabella d'Este and Francesco II Gonzaga Majolica Busts by Angelo
Located in New Orleans, LA
These two busts, monumental in both their size and artistry, come from the renowned Italian majolica workshop of the famed Angelo Minghetti. Depicted are the Renaissance political an...
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19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Busts
Materials
Enamel
Hand-molded light-colored ceramic Christopher Columbus bust, made in Italy
Located in Tarquinia, IT
Christopher Columbus bust, ceramic Columbus bust, Christopher Columbus sculpture,
Hand-molded bust of Christopher Columbus on light-colored ceramic
visible signature Stefano Todini.
...
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2010s Italian Renaissance Busts
Materials
Ceramic
French Bisque Porcelain Portrait Bust in the Renaissance Manner
By Paul Duboy
Located in London, GB
French bisque porcelain portrait bust in the Renaissance manner.
French, 19th Century
Measures: height 65 cm, width 40 cm, depth 22 cm.
Th...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Busts
Materials
Porcelain
Plaster Bust of Infant Bacchus After Claude Michel Clodion (1738-1814)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A PLASTER BUST OF INFANT BACCHUS
AFTER CLAUDE MICHEL CLODION (1738-1814)
First half of 20th century
Depicted with ringletted hair adorned with vine leaves and grapes on a circular f...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Renaissance Busts
Materials
Plaster
A Monumental 16th Century Renaissance Carved Oak Bust of Jesus Christ
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
Magnificent and Monumental 16th Century Renaissance Carved Oak Bust of Christ, Flemish Netherlandish, C. 1550
A powerful and deeply expressive Renaissance carved oak bust of Jesus C...
Category
16th Century Dutch Antique Renaissance Busts
Materials
Oak
Bronze Mother and Child by Faure De Brousse
By Vincent Désiré Fauré de Broussé
Located in London, GB
This beautiful sculpture of a mother and child was created in circa 1900 by the French sculptor, Vincent Desire Faure de Brousse. Faure de Brousse was...
Category
Early 20th Century French Renaissance Busts
Materials
Bronze
Michelangelo David Ceramic Sculpture by Andrea Salvatori, Italy, Contemporary
Located in London, GB
Andrea Salvatori, "Davidiera", 2015 glazed earthenware, measures: H 68 x 25 x 18 cm
Michelangelo's David becomes a teapot in this witty reinterpret...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Busts
Materials
Ceramic
Alabaster and Marble Bust of Saint Clare of Assisi
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an alabaster and marble bust of Saint Clare of Assisi. It depicts a young lady head/face covered with a cloak. She is looking down, very peacefully...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Busts
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
$1,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500
Located in Portland, OR
An exceptionally rare antique German Renaissance carving by Stephan Rottaler (1581-1533), Bavaria circa 1500.
The carving is by Stephan Rottaler, Landshut, Germany, an architect who ...
Category
16th Century German Antique Renaissance Busts
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Italian Renaissance 16th Century Bronze Bust of Emperor Vitellius
Located in London, GB
North Italian, 16th century
Bust of the emperor Vitellius
Bronze, on later bronze socle, lead support to reverse
18 cm. / 7 ins (the bust), 23 cm. / 9 ins overall
This small yet attractive all’antica bust of a Roman emperor is inspired by a bust in Venice thought to depict Vitellius (15-69 AD), who ruled Rome for only eight months in 69 AD before he was overthrown by Vespasian.
The Vitellio Grimani, also known as the pseudo-Vitellius, was discovered in Rome in 1505 during excavations on the Quirinale on land owned by the Venetian cardinal Domenico Grimani (1461-1523). On the death of Grimani the Vitellius was sent to Venice and bequeathed to the Republic of Venice, where it was displayed at the Palazzo Ducale from 1525 to 1593. It is now in the Museo arceologico nazionale di Venezia (inv. 20) and regarded as a portrait of an unknown Roman from the first half of the second century AD.
The present small bust, with its rough, waxy surface and imaginative adaptation of the antique model on which it is based, bears all the hallmarks of Renaissance bronze modelling in the north of Italy. Indeed, the vigorous modelling is reminiscent of the works by Andrea Briosco, called Il Riccio (1470-1532), who worked in Padua in the Veneto and specialised in small bronzes based on antique subjects. See, for example, his head of Bacchus (private collection, offered at Sotheby’s London in 2021), which has a similarly waxy treatment of the hair.
The fantastical lion-mask on the breastplate, with its stylised face and unusual braids of hair, is also typical of the imaginative re-working of antique motifs by Renaissance artists. This indicates that the present bust is probably by a follower of Riccio working in Padua or another centre of classicism in the Veneto.
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L. Planiscig, 'Andrea Riccio...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Busts
Materials
Bronze
Carved Renaissance Style Cararra Marble Bust of a Child after Desiderio
By Desiderio da Settignano
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine copy of the Renaissance sculpture entitled 'A Little Boy'.
After Italian Renaissance sculptor Desiderio da Settignano, or Deside...
Category
20th Century Unknown Renaissance Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Reclaimed Bronzed & Gilded Plaster Bust of Roman Emperor
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large scale reclaimed bronzed and gilded plaster bust of Roman emperor Tiberius.
In Grand Tour style and an impressive large scale, this bust would make a striking decorative piec...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Renaissance Busts
Materials
Bronze
Terracotta Bust of Christ as the Redeemer, 15th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
A terracotta bust of Christ as The Redeemer
Tuscany or Emilia Romagna, late 15th century
Measures: 46 x 43 x 21 cm
This powerful, moving bust of...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Renaissance Busts
Materials
Terracotta
$17,410 Sale Price
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Bronze Statue Hans Peisser and Pankraz Labenwolf, Attributed to, Warrior
Located in Milano, IT
The bronze statue depicts a Turkish warrior with shield and sword. the warrior is shown bare without veils, with a base also made of oval-shaped bronze, acting in a war scene.
Detai...
Category
16th Century German Antique Renaissance Busts
Materials
Bronze
$6,770 Sale Price
20% Off
Massive Antique Carved Hardwood Bust Of Shakespeare
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Rare European Hardwood (Believed to be Elm) wall-mount Bust of the justly famous Playwright, Writer and Actor William Shakespeare (April 1564-April 1616). Unmistakeable with his po...
Category
19th Century European Antique Renaissance Busts
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Bronzed Terracotta Bust of Dante on Italian Marquina Marble Column
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 Italian Antique Renaissance Busts
Materials
Marble
Italian Statuary Marble Bust of Dante
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A well-modelled, mid 19th century statuary white marble bust of Dante Alighieri, famed late 13th to early 14th century Italian philosopher, writer and poet.
Originating from Italy, ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Renaissance Busts
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
French Painted Bisque Porcelain Bust of a Woman
By Paul Duboy
Located in London, GB
French painted bisque porcelain bust of a woman
French, 19th century
Measures: Height 68cm, width 40cm, depth 30cm
This fine bust is crafted from painted bisque porcelain. The bust depicts a young woman in a historicised Renaissance style: the sitter tilts her head to her left, her eyes glancing to something in the distance. She wears an ornate feathered head...
Category
19th Century French Antique Renaissance Busts
Materials
Porcelain
Renaissance Style Marble Figure of Sleeping Child
By François Duquesnoy
Located in London, GB
This marble figure of a sleeping child was crafted around 1800 in the style of François Duquesnoy, a sculptor active in Italy in the early 17th Century....
Category
Early 1800s Italian Antique Renaissance Busts
Materials
Marble
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Renaissance busts for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Renaissance busts for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage busts created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, building and garden elements, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with stone, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Renaissance busts made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original busts, popular names associated with this style include Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, Andrea Salvatori, Angelo Minghetti, and Europa Antiques. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for busts differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $850 and tops out at $138,500 while the average work can sell for $6,371.
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