17th Century Italy Small Bronze Technique Lost Wax "La Pietà" by Stefano Landi

Italian antique precious mid-1600, Lombard-Piedmont chest of drawers all in massive walnut, with maple inlays, wax-polished. Restored the working locks ...

Heavy and massive 17th century antique lampholder candelabrum in gilt bronze with tripod stand Tripod stand decorated with image of Christ, Madonna...

Very rare and precious 1600s Italian massive silver crucifix in bulletin board golden wood frame Measures cm: H 40, W 26, D 6 About: On an iconogr...

17th century heavy bronze candelabra or candlestick, baroque table lamp, signed with date. From the Della Torre family residence in Rezzonico-Lake Como- Italy Measures cm: H 60, Diam...

This vintage bronze sculpture depicts a serene praying monk sitting in a calm meditative posture on a lotus-inspired base. The monk is gazing upwards in a...

Cerberus Black painted stone Italy, 17th century Measures: 80 x 69 x 36cm (one head missing) Cerberus, cruel monster, fierce and strange, Through his wide threefold throat barks as a dog Over the multitude immers'd beneath. His eyes glare crimson, black his unctuous beard, His belly large, and claw'd the hands, with which He tears the spirits, flays them, and their limbs Piecemeal disparts (Dante, Inferno, Canto VI). Cerberus figure seated, in his role of ferocious guardian of the underworld; he shows a nervous musculature, an adherent skin which reveals the ribs, long and robust limbs; his heads are broad and the eyes set well apart. Painted in black to amplify his menacing look, the infernal guardian is depicted with his famous attributes, writhing his heads, growling and barking furiously. Cerberus, in Greek mythology, was the monstrous watchdog of the underworld – also known as the “hound of Hades” – preventing the dead from leaving, and making sure that those who entered never left. A child of Typhon and Echidna, he was part of a monstrous family, which included Orthus, the Lernaean Hydra, and the Chimaera as well. Only on three occasions Cerberus was tricked by visitors of Hades: Heracles did it with his strength, Orpheus with his music. In "The Inferno", Dante places Cerberus as the guardian of the third circle of Hell. With his three mouths, Dante saw Cerberus as a beast that was synonymous with the sin of Gluttony. Virgil gets past the monster by throwing mud in his three mouths, temporarily choking him. Very rare are the representations of Cerberus in ancient statuary...

17th Century Spanish Colonial Pietà Sculpture with Sterling Silver Halo An extraordinary and deeply devotional example of Spanish Colonial religious art, this 17th-century Pietà capt...

Renaissance Marble Portrait Northern Italy, 17th century, inspired by antiquity Marble 36 x 13 cm (including the marble pedestal) This Renaissance portrait head of a young man, sl...