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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Period: Late 19th Century
Period: 1990s
Antique French Sevrés School Polychrome Porcelain Hand Painted Figurine C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French figure of a woman in the manner of Sevrés offers polychromed and gilt porcelain construction, c1890
Measures- 18''H x 7''W x 7''D
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Large Gilt Bronze Art Nouveau Maiden, "La Nuit", French, E. Dagonet, ca. 1890
By Ernest Dagonet
Located in Petaluma, CA
This large and sexy gilt bronze figure of a scantily clad maiden is a great example of the art nouveau movement. Titled "La Nuit" ( the night) the lovely woman standing with a half m...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Alabaster Sculpture of a Praying Child & Marble Base C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Alabaster Sculpture of a Praying Child & Marble Plinth C1890
Measures- 12.75''H x 4.5''W x 4.5''D
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Jim Ritchie "Femme Debout" 5/8 Gilt Bronze Sculpture, 1990s
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
Gilt bronze sculpture of a standing woman in the figurative cubist style by Jim Ritchie circa 1990 in Vence, France, edition 5 of 8.
In great structural condition, has no damage, h...
Category
1990s French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dancing Couple by Timmy Sandu, 1990s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In Timmy Sandu's creation, a dark rapka stone transforms into a "Dancing Couple," a piece where absence speaks as loudly as presence. This sculpture captures a moment of cosmic jest,...
Category
1990s Zimbabwean Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Patinated Bronze Bullfight Sculpture By Josep Ricart Garriga Signed & Dated "PA"
Located in London, England
Patinated Bronze Bullfight Sculpture By Josep Ricart Garriga Signed & Dated. "PA" 1999. Sculpture on a wooden stand.
Measurements (Including Base):
Height: 25cm
Width: 11cm
Length: ...
Category
1990s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large statue fireman of Paris patina bronze by Henry Weisse 19th
By Weiss
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
Large statue in regule metal representing a fireman of the city of Paris, under the Third Republic, in full action. The fireman, with a lance in his hand, is stationed on a roof, more precisely on a roof window...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Centerpiece Psychee and Cupidon Statue in Sevres biscuit, 1890s, France
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
Discover the timeless elegance and symbolism of the Sèvres biscuit group featuring Psyche and Eros. This delicate work of art captures a mythical moment of love, sacrifice, and divin...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Life Size Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of King Tut Burial Mask
Located in New York, NY
Finest quality French 19th century Life Size Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of King Tut Burial Mask.
Category
Late 19th Century French Egyptian Revival Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Statue of Venus Aphrodite
By Praxiteles 1
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique bronze statue depicting Aphrodite / Venus, a goddess from classical antiquity. This bronze statue dates from circa 1870 and was made in France. The statue is not ...
Category
1870s French Classical Roman Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique French Plaster Architectural with Female Mascaron, Late 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautiful plaster architectural from the late 1800s, depicting a female mascaron surmounting a highly scrolled coat of arms shield. The young wom...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Antique Hand-Carved Alabaster Sculpture of a Young Girl with Flowered Headband
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This well executed antique sculpture is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Italy and date to approximately 1880 and done in the period late Victorian style. The sculpture...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Late Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Lead Statue of Mercury, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A charming and rare 19th Century statue of the Greek god mercury made from lead.
This piece features a beautiful antiqued patina with wear & a crack in the back, which only adds to ...
Category
Late 19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lead
Japanese Bronze Torii Gate Sculpture Meiji Period
Located in Newark, England
Beautifully sculpted Japanese Meiji period Torii gate sculpture. The sculpture made from solid bronze with a beautiful patination throughout dating to the Meiji period 1868-1912 circa 1890. The gate of traditional form representing the Matsuo Shrine in Kyoto. The characters read ???? translated directly to Matsuo Shrine.
Notes The Torii gate sculpture was crafted after the famous Torii gate which is found in the Arashiyama district in Kyoto. It houses Matsuno’o Taisha (Matsunoo Taisha ????) one of the oldest shinto shrines in Kyoto dating to 701, approximately 100 years before the city of Kyoto. It boarders the mountains and has a distinct main hall dating to 1397 which is also one of the oldest buildings in the city of Tokyo. The shrine’s spring is famous for its restorative properties and sake and miso producer’s patron the shrine with their particular industries relying on the pure water to survive. The distinct giant Torri gate stands at 14 meters tall alluding to its significance in the city. Three beautiful gardens can...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Peter Calaboyias, Sirens, cast aluminum, 1994
Located in Greding, DE
Life-size Sculpture, the "Sirens", cast in aluminum by Peter Calaboyias (b. 1940 Greece). Calaboyias is known for his monumental installations and liv...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Equestrian Bronze, Thoroughbred Racehorse by J. Moigniez
Located in Doylestown, PA
A late 19th century equestrian bronze of thoroughbred racehorse with saddle by Jules Moigniez (1835-1894) signed "J. MOIGNIEZ" on the bronze base and...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Mid-19th Century English Bronze Sculpture by John Willis Good '1845-1878'
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A patinated bronze sculpture by John Willis Good (1845-1878) depicting an English countryside Fox hunting scene. A saddled horse dutifully standing as...
Category
1870s English Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Italian White Glazed Cherub Centerpiece Sculpture
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian Cherub centerpiece sculpture In White Glazed Ceramics.
Category
1880s Italian Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Near Life-Sized Italian White Marble Figure of Ceres, After the Antique
Located in Montreal, QC
Near life-sized antique Italian white marble figure of CERES, 19th century,
Ceres, known to the Greeks as Demeter, was a goddess of agriculture, fertility, grains, the harvest, moth...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Greco Roman Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
1990s Original Inspiration Statue for Life Size Donor Monument by Egbert Hermsen
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
This is the original statue (called 'De Klim) 'The Climb' made by Egbert Hermsen from The Netherlands that later, showen to the dutch 'Donor Foundation', was used as model for the li...
Category
1990s Dutch Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Brass
19th Century Marble Statue of Seated Nude Collecting Water
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century marble statue of a young female nude, seated on a rock holding a jug collecting water.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Romantic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"Poésie" a 19th Century French Polychromed Symbolist Marble Sculpture
By Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Poésie" a 19th century French Polychromed Symbolist marble sculpture
A Carrare, Sienna and very rare Skyros Marbles Symbolist Sculpture Group.
Figuring Poetry under the appearance of Dante and Béatrice resting on a rock, Dante holding in his hand a parchment titled "Poetry".
It rests on a Neo-Renaissance moulded and hand-carved walnut rotating sellette, the barrel consists of three fluted Corinthian columns, decorated with foliage at the base, resting on a truncated column decorated with female masks connected by a drape. It’s joined, in the upper part, by arcatures with a background of foliated foliage and masks of women crowned alternately with cutout RT monogram. Moulded triangular base, with curved sides and rising from lobed angles with a frieze of oves at the base.
Circa 1870
Measures: Sculpture: H. 75 CM • 29 1/2 IN.
Sellette: H. 112 CM W. 44 CM - D. 49 CM
H 44 1/8 IN. W 17 3/8 IN. D 19 1/4 IN.
The poetry of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Beatrice Portinari, simply known as Beatrice or Beatrix, commonly refers to the muse of Dante Alighieri, whom he glorifies and loves. But she is also a woman whom, if one follows the New Life, Dante loved from his childhood, and to whom he dedicated a place in all his works.
More sensitive than all is the resolute amplification which, after the pathetic force and expressionist intensity of Hell, intensifies with the more elegiac and penetrating emotion of Purgatory and leads to the miraculous triumph of the imaginary in Paradise. Of the three «hymns», it is Hell which is the most known, the most popular one can say: the taste of the picturesque, spread by the romantic criticism, is much to it. Dante, however, had the conviction, repeatedly affirmed in his poem, that by rising from one kingdom to another, he raised his poetry each time by a level which made it worthy of an ever more «high» matter. At a distance of six and a half centuries, there is certainly no obligation to share this view, however assured it may be for the poet. Anyone, however, who wants to enter the world of the Comedy must refuse the scale, eliminatory in its consequences of fact, which puts such a section above the other or brings the Comedy to a rosary of episodes more or less «beautiful»
Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti...
Category
1870s French Renaissance Revival Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Breccia Marble, Carrara Marble, Siena Marble
1800s Lead Garden Statue
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a 20 inch statue of a child holding a flame. The sculpture mislead and surprisingly heavy for its size. The patina is beautiful.
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lead
Franz Xaver Bergmann, Koran Reader, Vienna Bronze Sculptural Paperweight, Ca. 19
Located in New York, NY
Marked on the base bottom with initial "B" in an urn-shaped cartouche (for “Bergmann”).
Dimensions:
Height: 3.63 inches (9.07cm)
Length: 4.75 inches (11.87cm)
Width: 2.63 inc...
Category
1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Franz Xaver Bergmann, Praying Man, Vienna Bronze Sculptural Vide Poche, Ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
This wonderful and witty life-like sculpture depicts a bearded Muslim man in picturesque ethnic clothes, standing at full height on a Persian rug and raising his arms up in calling o...
Category
1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture of the Venus de Milo
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This cast bronze of the Venus de Milo dates to the late 19th century and was acquired during the "Grand Tour" of Europe.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Polychrome Terracotta Musketeer Beer Drinker Figurine
Located in Dallas, TX
Accessorize your wet bar or wine cellar with this antique musketeer terracotta figurine. Created in Northern France, circa 1890, the "Terre Cuite" figure depicts a joyful musketeer i...
Category
Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Georges Van Der Straeten, Book Reader, French Gilt Bronze Sculpture, 1888
Located in New York, NY
French Belle Epoque period.
Signed and dated on the bottom back.
Original marble base.
Dimensions
Height: 12.25 inches (30.62cm)
Width: 4.88 inches (12.2cm)
Depth: 3.75 inche...
Category
1880s French Belle Époque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Gilt Bronze French Chenets
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a stunning pair of French fireplace bronze doré chenets from the 1800’s. Each chenet has a putto standing on a large cluster of curled acanthus leaves. Beneath the leaves are thick bases with cavetto molding adorned with a series of C-scrolls. Grapevines and wheat husks emanate upwards from the leaves, giving the chenets some additional height. One of the putti is pulling a grapevine over his shoulder, while the other one has a sickle in his hand.
French chenets...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Interesting Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Chenets
Located in New York, NY
An interesting pair of late 19th century gilt bronze chenets
Each depicting Bacchus, wrapped in grape vines, flanked by a cherub and standing on a bronze base.
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
English Bisque Figural Group
Located in Wilson, NC
English bisque figural group depicts a figure of a fury dog with a girl illustrating a drawing of a dog. The title, "A Sketch From Nature," is engraved on...
Category
1880s English Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Porcelain
Erte Like Fashionable Woman Austrian Bronze
By G. None
Located in Bronx, NY
This beautifully rendered Austrian cold painted bronze is signed (illedgible) & dated. An elegant Art Deco inspired statuesque young woman, fashionably attired in a stunning original...
Category
1990s Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique French Bronze Art Nouveau Nude Sculpture
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An Artist-signed Art Nouveau nude figure Artist-signed A. Croisy on the base.
Aristide Croisy (31 March 1840-7 November 1899) was a French sculptor. H...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pino Signoretto, Livio de Marchi Design Pauly, Boot in Chalcedony Opaline Murano
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Directly from the Pauly's art vignette in San Marco square.
Pauly exhibit of Signoretto translation of De Marchi was in Saint Mark’s square in Venice, April 2000.
While photogra...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass, Art Glass
Pino Signoretto, Livio de Marchi Design for Pauly, Limited Edition 1/9 Signed
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Directly from the Pauly's art vignette in San Marco square.
Pauly exhibit of Signoretto translation of De Marchi was in Saint Mark’s square in Venice, April 2000.
This is a Livi...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Important Meissen Porcelain Groups of Caparisoned Elephants and Soldiers
Located in New York, NY
An important pair of Meissen Porcelain Groups depicting "Alexander The Great Concurring India". Modeled with Alexander the great's three warriors/soldiers riding on caparisoned eleph...
Category
1880s German Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Richard Eckert & Co., an Artist and his Model, German Porcelain Group, ca. 1890s
Located in New York, NY
This porcelain group produced by Richard Eckert & Co., unique in its rare and non-banal composition, depicts an unusual genre scene - the artist paints ...
Category
1890s German Romantic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Carved Soapstone Immortal and Attendant, Qing Dynasty, 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A charming figure of the Taoist Immortal Xiwangmu, the Queen Mother of the West, and a young attendant, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century.
Xiwangmu is carved as a matronly figure d...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Soapstone
Pair of Orientalist Bronzes of Standing Turks, Signed Guillot
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of orientalist bronzes of standing Turks, signed Guillot,
Anatole-Jean-Thomas Guillot French (1865-1911)
Each one intricately dressed holding weapons, raised on Belgian black ...
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Late 19th Century French High Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Antique, Large and Hand-Carved French Wall Crucifix / Jesus Christ on the Cross
Located in Lisse, NL
Large size sculpture and an impressive religious work of art.
Looking at Christ suffering like this, the crucifix (in our view) is a symbol of what 'telling people the truth' can le...
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Enamel Gold and Rock Crystal Figure of Emperor Maximilian I by Reinhold Vasters
Located in New York, NY
A rare enamel, gold and rock crystal figure of Emperor Maximilian I by Reinhold Vasters, Aachen,
In the Renaissance style, circa 1870.
The g...
Category
Late 19th Century German Renaissance Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold, Enamel
19th Century French Carved Terracotta Sculpture Composition Signed Baleaio
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in France, circa 1880, the antique clay composition features three cheerful children in traditional clothing and boots; they are sitting on a bench, laughing and talking with...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Terracotta
Hand-Carved Sandstone Female Sculpture, Late 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A hand-carved sandstone torso of woman, inspired on the traditional decorations of Thai ancient temples. At 47 inches high, it stands as an attractive outdoor element...
Category
1990s Thai Other Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Antique, New and Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Figurative sculpture is a modern art form in which artists create work that is typically representative of the visible world. However, sculptures that are considered to be figurative in style can definitely be inclusive of abstract elements. A wide range of antique, new and vintage figurative sculptures has been made over the years by both well-known and emerging artists, and these pieces can prove striking and provocative as part of your home decor.
Realistic representation in visual art has a very long history. And while figurative artists, whether figurative painters or sculptors, find inspiration in humans, animals and real-life objects, good figurative sculptures can make us think differently about how the real world should look. Just as figurative paintings might include Photorealistic human likenesses, they can also include elements of Surrealism and can suggest a creative and alternative reality. Figurative sculptures aren’t always realistic impressions of our world — depictions of the human form in classical Greek sculpture, for example, might emphasize beauty and physical perfection.
There are a variety of figurative sculptures on 1stDibs created by artists working in a number of styles, including Art Deco, Art Nouveau, mid-century modern and more. A large figurative sculpture can introduce an excellent focal point in a guest bedroom, while smaller works might draw the eye to spaces such as wall shelving or a bookcase that people may otherwise overlook.
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