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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Style: Neoclassical
Style: Dutch Colonial
Carrara Marble Sculpture "Ariadne on the Panther" Signed A. Frilli, Firenze
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Carrara marble sculpture "Ariadne on the Panther" signed A. Frilli, Firenze, Italy, circa 1890.
Dimensions green marble pedestal: 114 cm.
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Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
True Pair Of Italian 19th Century Neo-Classical St. White Carrara Marble Statues
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A powerful and most handsome true pair of Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. white Carrara marble statues of soldiers. Each soldier stands atop a stepped square pedestal with mot...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
An original 1850 Neoclassical parcel gilt, silvered bronze statue of Venus
Located in New York City, NY
This exquisite mid-nineteenth century sculpture features a nude woman in silvered bronze with parcel gilt accents. The female figure embodies grace and allure, reminiscent of the god...
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Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Griotte Marble, Silver Plate, Bronze
Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905) Bronze Bas-Relief "The Reader"
Located in Ixelles, BE
Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905) Bronze Bas-Relief "The Reader".
Bas-Relief: "The Reader" is a bas-relief created by Louis-Ernest Barrias, a renowned 19th-century sculptor. The bas-...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Statuary Marble Sculpture of a Neoclassical Maiden
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A late 19th century Italian statuary marble sculpture of a neoclassical maiden wearing a headdress and carrying two ceremonial torches or standard bearers as if in procession. She is...
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Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
Rare Late 18th Century Neoclassical Louis XVI Ormolu Mantel Clock
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
The circular white-enameled dial signed ”Detour Paris” with Roman hours and Arabic quarter marks, a further inner Arabic chapter ring for the day of month. Pierced gilt hands and a b...
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Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel
Late 19th Century Bronze Statue, Suzanne by Eugene-Antoine Aizelin
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze statue in brown patina representing Susanna, sculpted by Eugene-Antoine Aizelin (1821-1902). Susanna at the bath is a story from the apocryphal ...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Alabaster woman sculpture. Italy, circa 1890.
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Alabaster woman sculpture. Italy, Firenze, circa 1890.
Category
1890s Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
18th Century Italian Carved Polychrome Life Size Putti on Stand with Glass Eyes
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand crafted in Italy circa 1780, the antique cherub stands on a square base decorated with shell and foliage motifs. The hand carved sculpture depicts a life size young boy wearing ...
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
French Marble Bust of Louis XIV, the Sun King
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Louis XIV, known as Louis the Great or Le Roi Soleil (Sun King) was a monarch who reigned as king of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72...
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20th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Antique French Gilt Bronze, Marble and Tole Revolving Dial Clock
By Francois Vion
Located in London, GB
This exquisite mantel clock was designed in the 19th century in France, inspired by an earlier model by François Vion, a famous Parisian metalworker of the 18th century. In this design, as in Vion’s, the Three Graces are depicted holding up a spherical clock...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel, Tôle, Ormolu
Sculpture 'El Dante' A. Carrier
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sculpture (El Dante) A. Carrier
sculpture made of zinc
Origin France circa 1900
perfect condition, emptying technique.
Category
Early 1900s French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Zinc
Statuary Marble Sculpture of The Dying Gaul After the Antique
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A mid 19th century statuary marble sculpture of the ‘Dying Gaul’ after the antique.
This marble sculpture is a scale depiction of the larger Dying Gaul marble statue, currently loca...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
Cherub with Water Jug Terracotta Sculpture on Verdigris Marble Base
Located in New York, NY
Cherub with water jug Terracotta sculpture on Verdigris marble base after a model by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse. Apparently unsigned.
Category
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Small Sculpture of a Nude Boy on Malachite Base, Benjamin Schlick Mid-19th Cent
By Benjamin Schlick
Located in New York City, NY
A fine quality mid-19th century silver electroplate sculpture of a nude male figure after the antique, on original malachite base.
A classica...
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Early 19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Malachite
Antique Large Religious Statue Our Lady of Purgatory
Located in Buxton, GB
*RARE*
We offer for sale this Fantastic Shrine Statue from a Parisian Church
This exquisite statue of Our Lady of Purgatory is a masterpiece of religious art. Created in France duri...
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Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Natural Fiber, Plaster, Paint
1930s Cast Iron Checkered Potted Geranium Floral Bouquet Painted Doorstop
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vintage cast iron doorstop showing a geranium plant set inside a woven checkered flower pot on an iron plinth. Retaining the original painted finish. Beautiful patina.
Circa 1930 ...
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Early 20th Century American American Classical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
19th C Domenico Brucciani Oversized Putto Plaster Classical Bust Grand Tour
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A elegant D Brucciani plaster cast classical mask of a Putto
Domenico Brucciani was born in Lucca, Italy in 1815. He moved to London where he estab...
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Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Large French 19th Century Parcel Silver &Gilt Bronze Sculpture of a Man & Woman
Located in New York City, NY
Important French 19th century multi figural bronze sculpture of a male and female, in a warm brown patina with unusual and rare parcel gilt and silver intricate decoration.
Depictin...
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Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bronze Sculpture of Woman & Child
Located in London, GB
A lovely antique bronze sculpture, depicting a woman and child from classical times. This was likely made in central Europe around the 1930-50...
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20th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Bronze Sculpture of a Seated Female Scholar, France Late 19th Century
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A 19th century patinated bronze sculpture of a female scholar, France. The patinated surface with some remnants of gilt highlights with an ebonized wood base. The seated figure with...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Fine Porcelains 'Couple Dignitaries'
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pair of fine porcelains (couple dignitaries)
circa 18th century origin Europe
possible restoration in your hand (old)
one of them has the letters L.G...
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Early 1900s European Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
An Italian Life Size Plaster Torso Of Venus De Milo
Located in London, GB
An almost life size polished plaster bust/torso of Venus de Milo. Very well executed. Italian circa 1950.
The Venus de Milo, also known as the Aphrodite of Melos, is a renowned ancient Greek marble...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Bronze sculpture "Venus au bain" by Christophe Gabriel Allegrain. France.
By Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Bronze sculpture "Venus au bain" by Christophe Gabriel Allegrain (1710-1795). France early 19th century.
Signed:
F. Barbedienne Foundeur
G. C. Allegrain...
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Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Patinated Bronze Torchère with Classical Female Figure
Located in London, GB
This beautiful piece consists of a patinated bronze female figure holding an urn with a glass flame, which serves as a lamp, all standing on a tall and finely decorated wooden plinth...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Large, Important Pair of 19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Candelabra
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A large and important fine quality pair of 19th century gilded ormolu and bronze candelabra, each with scrolling foliate six branch sconces, supported by cornucopia held by a pair of semi clad opposing putti. Raised on gilded ormolu egg...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Italian 19th Century Neoclassical White Carrara Marble Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular Italian 19th century neo-classical white carrara marble sculpture of Paulina Bonaparte signed by Carlo Fossi. Paulina was...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century Bath Stone Sculpture of a Young Hercules
Located in Essex, MA
English, 19th century. Composite bath stone garden sculpture of a standing young Hercules with lion head cape. Unmarked. Approx. h. 55", w. 16", d. 14".
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19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
Pair of Italian 19th Century Neoclassical Style Marble Egyptian Sphinxes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive pair of Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. white Carrara marble statues of Egyptian Sphinxes. Each Sphinx is sculpted out of one solid piece of marble and is raised...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair of Late 20th Century Bronze Statues on Wooden Columns
Located in Dallas, TX
Accessorize an office or library shelving with this pair of small bronze statues mounted on wooden plinths. Each statue depicts a figure from classical antiquity: the one on the left...
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Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Black Basalt Reclining Figures, Cleopatra and Lucretia, Neale circa 1780
By Neale & Co.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine, rare pair of figures in black basalt from the Neale Manufactory. The Neale pottery was founded in 1778 and ran until around 1792. They made very fine wares, and were on good terms with Wedgwood, with whom they combined shipments to the continent.
For two similar figures marked for Neale & Co. see Diana Edwards, Black Basalt, Wedgwood and Contemporary Manufacturers, Suffolk, 1994, p. 208, figs. 313 & 314.
Cleopatra and Lucretia are two women from different time periods and historical contexts, but are linked by their importance in Roman history, as well as by their tragic ends.
Cleopatra was a famous queen of ancient Egypt, who ruled from 51-30 BC. She was the last pharaoh of Egypt and is remembered for her intelligence, beauty, and political savvy. Cleopatra was involved in a romantic relationship with the Roman general and statesman, Julius Caesar, and later with the Roman general and politician, Mark Antony...
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Italian 19th Century Neoclassical Style Marble Statue of a Faun with Cymbals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and large-scale Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. white Carrara marble statue of a faun with cymbals signed Bazzanti, Firenze. The...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Cast Iron Fountain Sculpture "Boy with Goose" Signed Antoine Durenne Fonderie
By A. Durenne
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Cast iron fountain sculpture "Boethus Boy with goose" signed Antoine Durenne Fonderie, France, late 19th century.
Green marble pedestal dimensions: 95 ...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Antique Bronze Sculpture of Hebe & Jupiter's Eagle
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique bronze sculpture depicting Hebe and Jupiter's eagle, after Laurent-Honore Marqueste.
Dating to circa 1890, the statue depicts a female figure standing nude on a rocky out...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Neoclassical Marble Sculpture Bust After Joseph Chinard
By Joseph Chinard
Located in London, GB
Neoclassical marble sculpture bust after Joseph Chinard
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 65cm, width 34cm, depth 55cm
Portraying Madame R...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Neo-Classic Silver Plated Greek Woman
Located in Queens, NY
French Neo-Classic (19th Cent) silver plated bronze figure of classic Greek woman on steps (signed ALBINET & COULON/ AIZELIN, sculp.)
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver Plate
Mid Century Modern Style Black Aphrodite Sculpture Alva Studios MMA
By Alva Design
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Large mid-century female torso sculpture made of cast stone in black and cream by Alva Studios, stamped on bottom leg. This listing is for a MCM Style sculpture of the torso of Aphro...
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1960s North American Neoclassical Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
18th Century, Italian Bronze Sculpture with Venus Removing Her Sandal
Located in IT
18th Century, Italian Bronze Sculpture with Venus Removing Her Sandal
This bronze sculpture represents Venus as she takes off her sandal. Made in the neoclassical era in Italy, it consists of the bronze sculpture of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, Venus for the Romans. The naked goddess, getting ready for the bath, makes the very human gesture of loosing a sandal.
The left arm is raised, as if to compensate the position while maintaining the balance. Next to her, wrapped around a rocky spur, is a dolphin, an animal iconographically linked to the goddess because of his birth from the foam of the sea. The figure rests on a cylindrical and concave bronze base, with finely chiselled reserves. The bronze element is in turn resting on a africano marble cylinder with black of Belgium marble base.
Venus is one of the major Roman goddesses primarily associated with eros and beauty. It is traditionally understood as the equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, goddess of beauty, physical and passionate love, among the major deities of Olympus. His birth is due to a dramatic event: Uranus, Heaven, is mutilated by his son Cronus, who punishes him for the wrongs inflicted on his mother. The torn limbs of Uranus fall into the sea and fertilize the foam of the waves of the island of Cyprus. From the waves emerges in all its splendor Aphrodite. Since the 4th century, Aphrodite begins to be represented with characters more human and less heroic. Praxiteles with the 'Aphrodite Cnidia,' for the first time in the history of sculpture, depicts her naked, as she prepares to take a ritual bath.
From the Pressitele’s model descend the Capitoline Venus (Capitoline Museums of Rome) and the Venus de’ Medici (Uffizi Museum of Florence) accompanied by Eros on the back of a dolphin.
This vein also includes a subject frequently attested in the Hellenistic and then Roman Ages, with examples in bronze, marble and terracotta: the Aphrodite who fastens the sandal.
The luck that this type of representation had in the following centuries is demonstrated by the vast number of sculptures that represent it. In this bronze work the goddess resumes the position of Oplontis’s Naked Venus: here Venus holds an apple in her left hand, a reminder of her victory in the beauty contest in which she prevailed over Minerva and Juno by judgment of Paris. In our bronze instead, the hand seems to want to shake the apple, which however has not been molded. Perhaps the bronze is inspired by another work, such as the bronzes kept in the archaeological museum of Padua. Another example is the famous 'Venus in bikini" found in Pompeii, so-called because it depicts the goddess in the same pose, but with the breasts and hips covered by bands painted in gold.
The dolphin depicted next to it could be inspired instead to the Medici Venus...
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Pair of Italian Neoclassical Style Bronze Figures
Located in Cypress, CA
Attractive pair of Italian neoclassical style parcel-gilt and patinated bronze opposing figures of artistic maidens surmounted by moulded glass shades made into lamps, all standing o...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Cloisonné Enamel Heart Valentine Ornament
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Vintage polychrome enamel cloisonné on brass Valentines Heart ornament. Great decorative pieces or memorable gift.
Category
1990s American Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
19th Century Marble Sculpture of a Putto and Bird, Signed 'Pigal'
Located in London, GB
A 19th century marble sculpture of a putto and bird, signed 'Pigal'
French, 19th century
48cm high x 33cm wide x 37cm depth
Crafted in the nineteenth century in France this fine...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Lalique Crystal Sculpture Of Nude Lady in Bubble
By Lalique
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Lalique Frosted Crystal Nude Lady in Bubble sculpture. It depicts a nude woman in a sensual kneeling position washing her hair and covered by some bubbles. The sculpture’s ...
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20th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
A lovely and most unique Continental mid 19th century Terra Cotta statue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely and most unique Continental mid 19th century Neo-Classical st. Terra Cotta statue. The beautiful statue of a maiden is dressed in a classical garment holding a bouquet of fl...
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19th Century Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Antique Italian Neoclassical Alabaster Figures on Bases
Located in New York, NY
A pair of fine antique neoclassical hand-carved alabaster figures of Grecian ladies on carved alabaster bases.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Young Women with Flowers by Sylvain Kinsburger
Located in Paris, FR
Late 19th century bronze group featuring two young women with flowers on a small naturalistic terrace. Signed on the terrace: KINSBURGER. Sculptor and engr...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Pair of Circular, Patinated Bronze Relief Plaques of Night and Day
Located in London, GB
A pair of patinated bronze antique plaques of Night and Day
French, Late 19th Century
80cm in diameter, 5cm in depth
Modelled after Bertel Thorvaldsen's iconic 'Night and Day' relie...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Gilt, Patinated Bronze and Marble Clock Set by Raingo Frères
Located in London, GB
Large gilt, patinated bronze and marble clock set by Raingo Frères
French, Late 19th Century
Clock: height 73cm, width 29cm, depth 28cm
Candelabra: height 66cm, width 30cm, depth ...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Psyche and Cupid Marble Statues After Etienne-Maurice Falconet
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Exceptionally sculpted figures of the nymph Psyche as seated girl, and seated boy, Cupid, after the original 18th century models by Etienne-Maurice Falconet. Unsigned.
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Antique Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock by Sevin and Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
This ormolu clock is an exemplary work by the famous French 19th century metalworker and foundry-owner, Ferdiand Barbedienne. Working with a design made by the acclaimed onamentalist, Louis-Constant...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Fortune Teller Figure. Bow Porcelain C1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A young woman standing with the remains of a staff in her left hand, and in apparent apprehension as her future and fortune is being read by an exotic, enigmatic, bearded figure, app...
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Two Large Sculpted Marble Relief Plaques of St John and St James
Located in London, GB
These exquisitely carved marble relief plaques, are notable for their large size and fine detailing, and were made after two famous plaques of the...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair of Children, Polychromed Pine Wood, Spain, 18th Century and Later
Located in Madrid, ES
Couple of children. Polychrome pine wood, Century XVIII.
Pair of polychrome pine wood carvings that represent two children in an attitude of playing a musical wind instrument, both seated, with their hands towards their faces, and slightly raising one leg to add some movement to a posture that, otherwise, it would be perhaps too static. Due to their postures and attitudes, they would be part of a large and quality altarpiece, judging by the size, the details, the hair, the proportions, etc., elements in which the musical angels were not something strange. Note that those present do not have wings, calling themselves in these cases "putti" and being, in the same way, figures of habitual presence in religious environments despite having emerged from Renaissance classicism and its sources from Antiquity. The proportions of the sizes, the anatomy, the symmetry, the certain plasticism of the hair, etc. are elements that speak of an influence of Neoclassicism in these sculptures. Likewise, a certain resemblance to works from the 18th century of the Castilian school can be appreciated."
Size: 22 x 42 x 85 cms / c/peanas 37 x 37 x 180 cm. Weight is merely orientative. Bases and wooden instruments...
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18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Other
Pair of Patinated Bronze Winged Figural Male Classical Greek Statues
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A complimentary pair of beautifully cast and rare standing Greco-Roman patinated bronze statues of winged mostly nude but partly classically draped male figures that are surprisingly unsigned.
One of the figures is looking down and is holding a laurel branch across one shoulder, with the other hand holding and partly leaning on a sword with its tip on the ground for support. Set behind the figure and resting on his legs is a round
embossed shield...
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Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Silvered Bronze Models of the Marly Horses After Guillaume Coustou
Located in London, GB
This pair of silvered bronze models show semi-clad classical male attendants restraining their rearing horses. They are modeled after the 1739 sculptures in marble by Guillaume Coust...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Boy With Thorn "Spinaro" Sculpture Alabaster 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Pretty alabaster sculpture of a young man removing a thorn from his foot.
Theme taken up many times in the sculpture, the oldest known example of the boy with thorn...
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19th Century Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
19th Century Marble Statue of Aristedes, Signed by Giacomo Cali
Located in Long Island City, NY
This Italian Neoclassical white marble sculpture is signed by the Neopolitan artist Giacomo Cali. The sculpture is of Aristedes (530–468 BC), the ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Greco-Persian Wars...
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1840s Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair of Italian 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Malachite and Ormolu Obelisks
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most attractive and very high quality Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. malachite and ormolu mounted obelisks. Each obelisk is raised by a square malachite...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
After Bertel Thorvaldsen 19th c. Terracotta Venus Sculpture by P. Ipsen
Located in Richmond, VA
After the renowned neoclassical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (Danish, 1770-1844) comes this terracotta reduction of his "Venus with The Apple of Paris" (1805), by P. Ipsen (Danish, 18...
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Late 19th Century Danish Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
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.
When decorating your living room, dining room, home office and study areas with figurative sculptures, don’t be afraid to choose bold colors to inject brightness into neutral spaces. Texture is another factor to consider when purchasing figurative sculptures. A highly textural work of ceramics or wood will catch the eye in a sleek modern space, whereas a smooth, flat glass sculpture can offer an often much-needed contrast in a room that already has many textures.
On 1stDibs, find antique, new or vintage figurative sculpture or other kinds of sculpture for your home decor today.