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Technique: Hand-Carved
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18th Century Large Italian Marble Bust of Caesar Augustus
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century Italian Marble Bust of Caesar Augustus. His draped robe is hand-carved in red rosso levanto marble with the face modelled in contrasting white Carrara marble. The piece ...
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18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Hand-Carved Busts
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Italian 19th Century Alabaster Bust of an Elegant Lady by Adolfo Cipriani
Located in London, GB
An alabaster bust of a lady wearing a bow around her neck, her large hat gently perched on her coiffed hair. Signed "A. Cipriani"
Italian, circa 1900
Dimensions: H: 23 in / 59 cm |...
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Early 20th Century Italian Belle Époque Hand-Carved Busts
Materials
Alabaster
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...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Hand-Carved Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Italian 19th Century Alabaster Bust of an Elegant Lady by Adolfo Cipriani
Located in London, GB
Alabaster Bust of an Elegant Lady
Adolfo Cipriani
The alabaster bust supported on a circular socle, modelled as a lady wearing a fashionable hat adorned with flowers. Signed "A. Cip...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Hand-Carved Busts
Materials
Alabaster
Roman Portrait Bust of a Noble Woman
Located in London, GB
Roman miniature bust of a noble woman, carved marble, Severan Dynasty, c. 225 A.D.
Rare and particularly elegant ‘wig portrait’ of a noble woman, belonging to the early 3rd Century - a style distinctive of Severan Dynasty female portrait busts, in which part of the head has been chiselled away to allow for the addition of a separate hairpiece, in many cases from a darker material, in order to create an almost painterly effect, in the interplay of different coloured stones. The degree of naturalism and emotional depth achieved in a piece of such a small scale implies a sculptor of great talent. The subtle parting of the lips, in combination with her upturned, vacant gaze and tired eyes, conveys a pensive mood, and even a quiet melancholy.
A woman strolls the town in thick wigs bought with gold,
Then buys new hair to complement the old.
And having bought, she doesn’t blush! Right there she buys,
Before Alcides’ and the Muses’ eyes.
(Ovid, Ars Amatoria, III, 161-168)
The fashion of wig-wearing in this period, as well as its emulation in the wig portrait bust, is widely attributed to Julia Domna...
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Hand-Carved Busts
Materials
Marble
19th Century Carved Marble Bust of a Nymph by Robert Physick
Located in London, GB
A Carved Marble Bust of a Nymph
By Robert Physick (1815-1882)
Carved from Carrara marble, the female bust signed and dated to the base "Robt Physick. Sculp : 1875."
English, cir...
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19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Hand-Carved Busts
Materials
Marble
Very Rare Italian Grand Tour Marble Sculpture of the Eros Di Centocelle
Located in London, GB
A remarkable grand tour marble sculpture of the
eros di Centocelle
The god of love carved from a block of statuary marble, raised on a ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Hand-Carved Busts
Materials
Statuary Marble
19th Century Carved Marble Bust of Marie Antoinette's Confidante
Located in London, GB
Bust of the Princess of Lamballe
Marie Antoinette's Closest Confidante
Carved from statuary marble and resting on a waisted rectangular Carrara socle, the portrait bust of Princess Marie-Louise Thérèse of Savoy-Carignan, later known as Princesse de Lamballe...
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19th Century French Antique Hand-Carved Busts
Materials
Marble
19th Century Neoclassical Marble Portrait Bust of a Lady by L.A. Goblet
Located in London, GB
A Neoclassical Portrait Bust
By Lewis Alexander Goblet (1764-c.1823)
Possibly exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1821
Carved from Carrara marble, the bust supported on a waiste...
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19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Hand-Carved Busts
Materials
Marble
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