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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Style: Neoclassical
Style: Medieval
Italian 18th/ 19th Century Carved Giltwood Neo Classical Style bird Ornament
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful handcarved giltwood bird ornament.
Italy circa 1780-1820 . Weathered and small losses and old repairs
Measurements include the wooden base.
H:23cm W:41cm D:6,5cm
Category
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Jean Houdon "Diana" Patinated Bronze
Located in Astoria, NY
Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741-1828) "Diana", Patinated Bronze Sculpture, the life size standing figure holding her bow, with overall green verdigris, on a circular base, signed. ...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 15th Century Polychrome Wood Carving Depicting the Nativity
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
While the birth of Christ is briefly told in the Gospel of Luke (2, 7) it is in the apocryphal texts that we find most of the elements and details that have then inspired artists. As of the 14th century and even more of the 15th century the subject of the Adoration of the Child replaces in Western art the scene of the Birth, much favoured in Byzantine art. Instead of being depicted lying with the new-born swathed in the manger, the Virgin is now kneeling, her hands joined in prayer in front of the naked child. This change was probably hastened by the popularity of the visions of Saint Bridget of Sweden to whom the Virgin allegedly appeared to show how she had given birth to Jesus (Visions, VII, chap. 21).
Sheltered by a thatch-roofed structure the Virgin is kneeling in front of the Child Jesus. She wears a magnificent red dress under a large gold cloak. Her curled blond hair is partially veiled. The newborn is lying on a straw mat. Joseph is depicted with a parted beard and stands opposite from the Virgin. He wears a tunic and a coat with a purse hanging from the belt. His costume reminds us of the long journey him and Mary have accomplished to reach Bethlehem.
Two other women are present. One is looking through the stable’s window to observe the Holy Family while another one kneels in prayer in front of the divine child. The rich costume of the lady might indicate she is a donator.
However they could also both represent the women who took part in the birth of Christ, Zelemi and Salome. Salome, incredulous did not believe in the virginal conception of Mary and she is represented far from the scene. The artist has depicted her with an expression of doubt on her face. Zelemi, on the contrary, is a believer. She is rewarded by a place of honour at the heart of the scene, close to Mary.
To the left the donkey and ox that have accompanied Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem observe quietly the scene.
On the foreground two angels hold a scroll reading an excerpt from the Gloria : “/Gloria/ in excelsis /Deo/.” One of the angels wears a blue cape while the other’s is red Those two colours are very significant as during Middle-Ages blue symbolises hope and red charity. Together they express the hope in redemption thanks to the advent of Christ and his sacrifice to come.
Above the main scene, up a cliff, a small shepherd lets his herd of sheep graze amidst the trees. He is framed by two walled cities.
This wood carving is the work of a very skilled and inventive artist. The piece bears witness to his exceptional talent. The realism of the scene is emphasised by the amount of details depicted. The refinement of the carving itself is highlighted by the well preserved polychromy.
This key moment of the New Testament is set in a contemporary context thanks to the clothes of the characters and the scenes of rural life. The universal dimension of the scene is intensified while allowing contemporary viewers to grasp its meaning more easily.
This care for details, the picturesque realism as well as the extraordinary rendition of the cloths suggest it was made by a Flemish artist during the late 15th century.
This relief can be compared with the panel of the Nativity from the Saint-Vaast altarpiece made by Jacques Daret between 1433 and 1435, today in Madrid’s Thyssen-Bronemisza Museum.
Literature
Louis Réau, Iconographie de l’Art chrétien...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Dutch Gothic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sculpture in Calamine, After Models by Auguste Moreau, France, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Sculpture in calamine. Signed “Aug. Moreau ”. Following models by Auguste Moreau, France, 19th century.
It is reminiscent of works such as the bronze entitled "The Fountain" by Mat...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Other
A LAOCOON Bronze SCULPTURE by GENNARO CHIURAZZI after LISSIPO, Italy 1880-1890
Located in PARIS, FR
An authentic patinated bronze sculpture of the Laocoon, after the original created by greek antic sculptor Lissipo, discovered in 1506, recreated and issued (with several size and creative variations) by Gennaro Chiurazzi (1842-1906) and the napolitan Fonderia Chiurazzi, Italy 1880-1900. This piece is more than just an incredibly precise and expressive reproduction of the iconic antic sculpture...
Category
1880s Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Important 14th Century Polychrome Limestone Virgin from Lorraine
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Provenance :
- Kunsthaus Heinrich Hahn, Frankfurt am Main, sale 16, June 17, 1930, lot 16.
- Sotheby's, Amsterdam, Feb. 26, 2006, lot 201.
HISTORIC
Located between Moselle valley and Meuse valley, framed by the Vosges Mountains on the south side and the duchy of Luxembourg on the north side, the duchy of Lorraine is the result of several partitions. It starts with the 9th century when the Carolingian empire is divided, with Lothar 1st inheriting Lotharingia. In 959 this territory was in turn divided in two; Lower and Upper Lotharingia, the latter being the forebear of the duchy of Lorraine. This duchy was under the rule of the Holy Roman Germanic Empire until 1736 when it was absorbed by the kingdom of France.
All along its history the duchy of Lorraine has found itself in the midst of many conflicts. Alliances and feuds marking European history were always particularly sensible in Lorraine where instability was frequent. Because of its geographic position the duchy of Lorraine was also an artistic crossroad.
Hence the duchy of Lorraine becomes from the 13th century onwards an important artistic centre where a particular type of Virgin and Child appears. According to professor J. A. Schmoll the characteristics of Lorraine sculpture burgeon around 1280-1300 in the Aube region. It presents “vigorous volumes, restrained movements, rare but solemn gestures and a strong interiorised and stern expression”. Those Virgins look similar with a wide forehead, a shield- or oval-shaped face, large neck, small lips and a cleft chin.
This model is particularly in favour during the 13th century because of the revival for Marial worship and for the theme of the Virgin and Child. It bears witness to a new religious sensibility with a more intimate vision of religious practice.
DESCRIPTION
The important 14th century Virgin we present to you is one of the most beautiful examples of sculptural art from Eastern France, with her fascinating distant gaze.
Her contrapposto posture is induced by the weight of the child she carries high on her left side. The child has a chubby face framed by blond hair with well defined curls and he wears a long red V-collared tunic from which emerge his feet. The fabric is animated by long folds. The position of the right foot turned to the back is a detail we can notice on several Virgins from Lorraine. He holds a bird that seems to be pecking his thumb.
“The bird /held by the child in his hands/ has been read as a reference to an episode from Christ’s childhood when he has moulded sparrows with clay before giving them life. It appears in the apocryphal gospel of Pseudo-Matthew (ch. 27) and later in the Quran (III, 43, v. 110). However the iconography seems to be more influenced by the concept of Redemption or of Eucharist, the bird symbolising the soul of the Christian about to be redeemed or revitalised.”
Mary wears a long dress with two rock crystal cabochons remaining from the original five. She is covered by a red cloak enriched with old-gold motifs draped as an apron falling in long pleats along her left hip. The relief treatment and the volume of the cloak developing a network of concentric pleats contrast with the the flat pleating of her dress. They nevertheless suggest the curve of her bent right leg.
She wears a floret crown securing a short thin veil carved in very low relief. From it emerges her blond curled hair characteristic of the 13th century. The large face with almond-shaped eyes, straight nose, small lips and cleft chin casts its gaze afar in a fashion typical of 13th century Virgins.
In her right hand she holds a lily flower. In a very refined manner the artist has carved a band on her right ring-finger.
In the back, carefully sculpted, spreads the minutely detailed short veil.
COMPARATIVE STUDIES
This sculpture of great quality presents obvious similarities with Virgins from Lorraine, designated by William Forsythe...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Gothic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Large French Neoclassical Style Plaster Hand Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Large French Neoclassical Style Plaster Hand Sculpture.
Unusually large and well detailed Neoclassical Roman plaster hand sculpture. This vintage French academic plaster hand sculpt...
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Lifesize Sculpture of a Classical Figure
Located in London, GB
Lifesize Marble Classical Figure
Neoclassical Elegance
Variegated carved Marble
C20th
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Lifesize Neoclassical Terracotta Figure of Bathing Venus
Located in New York, NY
Lovely lifesize terracotta figure of Venus in her bath set upon a rectangular pedestal.
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
A Barye & Emile Guilemin Patinated Verdigris Bronze Arab Hunter on Horseback
Located in Germantown, MD
A Late 19th french verdigris bronze group of Arab Hunter on Horseback. Cast from the model by Alfred Barye and Emile Guillemin, Late 19th Century, wearing elaborate costume and with ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Six Bronzed Wood Decorative Columns
Located in Hanover, MA
Set of six decorative Ionic and Corinthian columns made of carved wood that has been accentuated with bronze colored leaf.
These were used as merchandising display props at Boston’s ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Fortunato Galli "Sea Nymph" White Marble Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
Fortunato Galli (Italian, 1850-1918) "Sea Nymph", White Marble Sculpture, late 19th century, signed "F. Galli"on a carved white marble pedestal. Sculpture: 64" H x 18" W x 16" D; ove...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Antique Grand Tour Bronze of Narcissus, Circa 1870
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An Italian 19th-century Grand Tour Greco Roman bronze sculpture of Narcissus, after the original sculpture excavated in 1862 at Pompeii, the green patinated bronze figure of the mythological son of the river god...
Category
1870s Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Roman Classical Nude Male Marble Sculpture by Lorenzo dal Torrione, Italy
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning Roman Nude Male Marble Sculpture Italian or statue of David.
Well executed and wonderfully proportioned figure of David as a youth, copied from the original by Michelangelo ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Antique French Neoclassical Egyptian Bronze Woman Figure Statue Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Neoclassical Egyptian Revival Tall Bronze Woman Figure Statue Sculpture with Stunning Detail and Patina. Signature to base appears to read "Le Coutre." It is believed ...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Neoclassical Marble Sculpture of the Three Graces after Canova
Located in Essex, MA
Large 19th century neoclassical carved marble sculpture of the three graces after Canova. A Beautiful execution of one of Canova's Masterpieces. Ours amazingly accurate to the sculpt...
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
19th Century Bronze Figure of the Berlin Adorante by Barbedienne Foundry
Located in 263-0031, JP
A 19th-century patinated bronze figure of the Berlin Adorante, or Praying Boy. The piece is a reduction of the Hellenistic-era original, currently in t...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon as Caesar Weathered Terracotta Bust, 20th Century
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Napoleon as Caesar Weathered Terracotta Bust, 20th Century.
Category
20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Terracotta
Equestrian Gilt Bronze Ormolu Statuette of Charles l Horseback Riding 19th C
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Equestrian Gilt Bronze Ormolu Statuette of Charles l Horseback Riding
A gilt ormolu bronze with bright original golden patina depiction of Charles 1st ho...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Neoclassical Cherub/Putti Garden Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Neoclassical Cherub/Putti Garden Sculpture
From a beautiful Southern Estate, approximately 50 years old. Stunning, neoclassical cherubs/putti garden statue...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
1930s Hubley Cast Iron Basket of Lilacs & Daisies Floral Bouquet Doorstop
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vintage Hubley cast iron doorstop showing a bouquet of lilacs and daisies set inside a woven basket with a top bow. The basket sits on a hea...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Set of Four Large Academic Style Torchères Emblematic of the Continents
Located in London, GB
Set of four large Academic style torchères emblematic of the continents
French, late 19th Century
Height: 228cm, diameter 50cm
Torchères alone: Height 197cm, diameter 34cm
Bases alone: Height 31cm, diameter 50cm
The four large torchères in this set are designed in the manner of Mathurin Moreau, one of the leading Academic sculptors of the nineteenth century. The patinated metal sculptures were cast by Miroy Frères...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal, Ormolu
Designer's Linen Over Wood Jewelry Mannequin
Located in Malibu, CA
Designer's jewelry mannequin wrapped in Belgian linen over hardwood. Interior mechanism is ready to place on a stand.
Category
20th Century Belgian American Classical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Linen, Maple
Indian Carved Sandstone Frieze of Lakshmi, Central India, 10th-11th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A large and impressive Indian carved sandstone architectural frieze featuring a central image of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi flanked by two atten...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Medieval Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Large Carrara Marble Group of Virgin, Child and the Baptist Signed P. Romanelli
Located in London, GB
Large Carrara marble group of Virgin, Child and The Baptist signed P. Romanelli
Italian, 19th century
Measures: Figure: height, 170cm, width 70cm, depth 40cm
Base: height 93.5cm, width 59.5cm, depth 43cm
Executed in stunning Carrara marble, this exceptional sculpture is signed for the Florentine artist Pasquale Romanelli...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
19th Century French Marble Base Bronze Sculpture "Escholier" Signed E. Picault
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful antique bronze figure, was created in France, circa 1880. The realistic sculpture, titled on the front: "Escholier, 14eme Siecle", (meaning middle French, 14th century...
Category
Late 19th Century French Medieval Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Marble Statue of Venus De Milo
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and very high quality Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. white Carrara marble statue of Venus de Milo, signed G. Pettini & Figli Pisa. The statue is raised by a wonde...
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Antique French Romanesque 11th Century Pair of St.Peter and St.Paul Limestone
Located in Doha, QA
An extremely rare pair of original 11th century French Romanesque limestone hand carved sculptures of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Each figure is represented on a marble block, withou...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Gothic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Lladró Medieval Tournament Sculpture. Limited Edition
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
Honor and loyalty are the supreme values of medieval knights, the heroes of a fascinating, romantic era that inspired this spectacular high porcelain limited edition. The ornamental ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Medieval Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Life-Size Patinated Bronze Group After Canova
Located in London, GB
Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757-1822) is widely regarded as one of the masters of Neoclassical sculpture, and his marble group 'The Three Graces' is one of his most acclaimed works. This exceptional bronze group is a full-size replica of Canova's masterpiece, and exhibits much of the lightness, harmoniousness and elegance of the original.
This bronze group was cast from Canova's original by the Italian Fonderia Versiliese, the foundry who cast the famous oversized sculptures...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Sculpture "Cupid" by Lemire
Located in CABA, AR
The image features a late 19th-century bronze sculpture of Cupid, inspired by the original marble work of French sculptor Charles-Gabriel Lemire.
The sculpture depicts a seated Cupi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Original Meissen Heart-Squeezing Cherub Hand Painted Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
This is a beautiful figurine of a flush little cherub. He is sat on a grassy hill, squeezing two hearts together representing the merging of two people's loves and the possible agony...
Category
Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large bronze after Pigalle, "Mercure attachant ses talonnières", 19th century
By Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
Located in Paris, FR
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Painted Cast Iron Musical Angelic Cherubs, Set of 4
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an office or study's shelf with this elegant suite of antique putti statues. Crafted in France circa 1870, and made of iron, each musical cherub stands on a rectangular base, and plays a different musical instrument; violin, flute, sitar and tambourine. The four seasons cherubs...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss Sculpture
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Psyche revived by Cupid’s kiss. After Canova. Beautifully carved in fine statuary marble.
The winged young man who has just landed on a rock where a ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
Early 1900's Neo Classical Bronze Floor Lamp w Mercury and Nude Girls Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful and rare standard floorlamp with bronze sculptures of Mercury and Nude girls sculptures.
This impressive and very well made, antique floor lamp dates from about 1910-1920...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Romanesque 12th century Enthroned Madonna and Child
Located in Doha, QA
This extraordinary museum piece Enthroned Virgin Mary/Madonna with child on her lap comes from the Rhone region in France. The saint symbol and protec...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Gothic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Rare Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Benjamin Franklin, by A. Carrier-Belleuse
Located in New York, NY
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (France, 1824-1887)
A rare seated bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin holding his walking stick and hat, with a book in his ri...
Category
19th Century French American Classical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Neoclassical German White Bisque Figurines; a pair.
Located in Malibu, CA
Neoclassical Parian porcelain bisque figurines. A pair consisting of a female muse & a draped Roman or Greek male.
Circa early 20thC Neoclass...
Category
20th Century German Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Frame with a Marble Profile Portraits Vespesian Roman Emperor
Located in Firenze, IT
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In terracotta with black marble medallion centered by a white marble profile...
Category
1780s Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Antique Gilt Bronze Fireplace Surround Fender
Located in London, GB
This elegant gilt bronze (ormolu) fireplace fender was created in France in the late 19th century. The item will add splendour and beauty to a fireplace, making it the focal point of a room.
The fender features a pierced rail which is decorated with a central cartouche, flanked by stylized acanthus leaves. The ends of the fender are topped by full-length, semi-nude figures. These include a beautiful young woman and a bearded male, holding a blacksmith’s hammer. The latter can be identified as Hephaestus (or Vulcan), the classical god...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Italian Glazed Terracotta Figural Bust of Diana, Goddess of the Moon, Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian glazed and hand-painted terracotta figural bust of Diana raised on a two tiered circular faux painted plinth. Goddess of the moon, Mid-19th Century.
Category
1850s Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Paint
F. Barbedienne Large Bronze Sculpture of Euterpe
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A bronze sculpture of Euterpe attributed to French metalworker Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892). Embellished to the reverse with the official stamp of the Collas et Barbedienne foun...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jean Antonin Carles signed bronze..Aquarius..
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jean Antonin Carles bronze… signed on the rear of the base. Antonin Carles…Approximately 29 1/2 inches tall and 8 inches in diameter… A proud youthful Aquarius stands poised with a...
Category
1890s French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
After Barye (19th Century) And Guillemin, Cavalier Arabe Revenant De La Chasse
Located in Germantown, MD
A Massive After Alfred Barye (French 1839-1882) And Emile Guillemin (French 1841-1907), Cavalier Arabe Revenant De La Chasse, Coated Cast Metal Sculpture. "Cavalier Arabe”, which i...
Category
20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Antique 18th Century Gilt Gothic Art Carved Wood Angel Sculpture Candlestick
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful and sizeable Church altar candelabra in the form of a winged Angel.
This hand-carved Church altar piece is carved out of wood and the gilt finishing gives this piece it's ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Gothic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Italian 18th/ 19th Century Carved Giltwood Neo Classical Style bird Ornament
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful handcarved giltwood bird ornament.
Italy circa 1780-1820 . Weathered and small losses
Measurements individual and include the wooden base.
H:23,5cm W:41cm D:6,5cm
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Clay Female Portrait Bust Sculpture
Located in Clermont, FL
Emotive FRENCH Neoclassical Bust. Intentional unfinished appearance; unglazed rough texture, emphasizes the beauty and imperfection of natural forms.
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Terracotta
Ferdinando Vichi Italian White Marble Sculpture of a Female
Located in New York, NY
Magnificent white marble statue of an elegant woman pulling petals from a flower, as in the popular 19th century game, he loves me, loves me not. by the Florentine sculpture, Ferdina...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
19th Century French Classical Bronze Group Signed Pigal "Le Merchand De Plaisir"
Located in Dublin, IE
A superb bronze model of a classical maiden and a putto entitled 'Le Merchand de Plaisir' the winged putto holding a posey vase, the maiden with a rose, on ...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Rare Large 15th Century Renaissance English Oak Roof Angels Corbel.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Rare Large 15th Century Renaissance English Oak Roof Angels Corbel.
Truly astonishing rare roof angels, circa 1450. The large Medieval carvi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier English Medieval Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Henri Fugère " L'arrachee" Bronze Sculpture
By Henri Fugère
Located in New York, NY
Bronze sculpture depicting a weight lifter by the French artist Henri Fugère. Titled "L'arrachee". Circa early 20th century. Signed on base: H. Fugère.
Property from esteemed inte...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Neoclassical Bacchantes Sculptures in Bronze signed Ernest Rancoulet
By Rancoulet
Located in New York, NY
This charming pair of Neoclassical Bronze Bacchantes sculptures by Earnest Rancoulet originate from France, Circa 1900. These young and playful my...
Category
Early 1900s French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Figure Faun with Flute, Wedgwood, circa 1870
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
After the antique “Piping Faun” now in the Louvre Museum; the result of it being bought by Napoleon from the Borghese collection.
The "Piping Faun" is...
Category
1870s English Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Antique McClelland Barclay Neoclassical Gilded Bronze Nude Figural Bust Statue
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique McClelland Barclay bronze figurine in the shape of a neoclassically inspired female figure without arms or head, embedded in a half r...
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Neoclassic Stone Frieze Fragment from France, on Stand
Located in New York, NY
A superb Neoclassic frieze fragment hand-carved in stone, depicting a young decorated soldier. Mounted on a wood / bronze base. Mid 18th Century, possibly earlier.
The technique is...
Category
1760s French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Napoleon III French Solid Marble Bust, Signed by Sculptor of a Beautiful Women
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this rare and quite exquisite original 19th century Napoleon III French bust of a stunning young lady signed to the rear.
A truly stunning sculp...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Antique Italian Alabaster Sculpture of Leda & the Swan
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A mid-late 19th century antique Italian alabaster sculpture depicting Leda and the Swan mounted on a green marble base. This figure of neoclassical interest is brilliantly detailed, ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Antique, New and Vintage Figurative Sculptures
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