19th Century Bronze Statue: Bacchante

Bronze statue in brown patina representing Susanna, sculpted by Eugene-Antoine Aizelin (1821-1902). Susanna at the bath is a story from the apocryphal ...

Sculpture depicting "La Renommée" in bronze with brown patina by Julien Causse. This young woman draped, bare shoulders, blows in a reed-shaped horn. She seems to be rising from a ro...

Beautiful statue in patinated bronze representing Diana, godess of the hunt, also called Nymph of Diana, after the work of Lucie Signoret-Ledieu. It represents the goddess seated on ...

Brown patina bronze sculpture depicting Mercury (Hermes), god of commerce, thieves and messenger of the gods, seated on a rock tying his winged heel-piece. He is wearing a petasus, a winged hat, and his caduceus is resting on the ground. This sculpture, based on a model by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, shows a young god, naked and in motion. In a double-swivel position, he prepares to take off. The bronze, resting on a circular stepped base in griotte red marble, is signed on the terrace "Pigalle, 1745". The original of this sculpture was Pigalle's reception piece for the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture on July 30, 1744, which entered the Louvre between 1848 and 1850. Jean-Baptiste Pigalle: The sculptor of the Enlightenment A great French sculptor, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle was born in Paris in 1714. He worked on his art from an early age under the guidance of Robert Le Lorrain and later Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne. Convinced that his art was the meaning of his life, he returned to Italy in 1734 to perfect his technique. On his return, he began his "Mercure attachant sa talonnière" (1740), which enabled him to enter the Beaux-Arts. His reputation soared among the Parisian aristocracy. Mme de Pompadour took him under her wing, and commissions poured in. Juggling between the Baroque and the Classical, he painted portraits of Diderot and Voltaire, then created the famous funeral monuments...

Small 19th century patinated female bronze figure of the allegory of manufacture featuring a spindle, a hammer and a gear-wheel. The female figure holding up her light tunic and look...

Antique style sculpture of a woman in patinated bronze, 19th century, Napoleon III period. A 19th century bronze sculpture of a woman in the style of an antique, Napoleon III period...

Large bronze sculpture by Auguste Moreau, 19th century, Napoleon III period. Bronze sculpture of a young woman with a bird by Auguste Moreau, red marble base, Napoleon III period, 1...

Statue with patina damaged by time, dual signature Moreau, Raingo, circa 1890, in good condition despite a lack in hand.