Figurative Sculptures

"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...

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...

Art Nouveau marbel (Papillon) A. Cipriani, Italian, circa 1900 very good condition. Art nouveau, modernist art or modernism was an international artistic and decorative movement, dev...

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...

This cast bronze of the Venus de Milo dates to the late 19th century and was acquired during the "Grand Tour" of Europe.        

Artist: Franz Xaver Bergmann Sculpture: Moorish Traveler with Staff This wonderful life-like sculpture depicts a Moorish traveler in a historical costume, with a staff in his h...

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...

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.

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...

This porcelain group produced by Richard Eckert & Co., unique in its rare and non-banal composition, depicts an unusual genre scene - the artist paints ...

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...

Robert Delandre (French, 1879-1961) was a famous French sculptor, a student of Alexandre Falguière and Denys Puech, whose works include: • Le Vent et la...

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...

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...

Late 19th century Paris porcelain standing statue of Napoleon Bonaparte, circa 1880. White porcelain with gilt decoration. Contrasting bisque face wi...

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 ...

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...

A rare enamel, gold and rock crystal figure of Emperor Maximilian I by Reinhold Vasters, Aachen, In the Renaissance style, circa 1870. The g...

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...