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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1910s
English Painted Wood Dummy Board Depicting a Royal Navy Lieutenant
Located in Southampton, NY
English painted wood dummy board depicting a royal navy lieutenant.
Inscribed 'Made in England' on the reverse.
Measures: 41" high x 21" wide x 9" deep
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Late 19th Century English Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Fine Quality Pair of Neoclassical Patinated Bronze Sculptures
Located in New York, NY
The pair of cast bronze figures displayed on matching slate bases with incised and gilded foliate in neoclassical bronze frame with female mask and raised on paw feet; the figure holding a vessel being a depiction of Pandora incised ‘Pradier scpt.’ The other with incised mark of ‘Marin. scpt’ after a work by Joseph Charles Marin (1759-1834).
Maker: after Jean Jacques Pradier...
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19th Century European Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fine Pair of Patinated Bronze Sculptures by Hippolyte Moreau
Located in New York, NY
The fine quality patinated bronze sculptures entitled ‘Eaves Dropping’ and ‘Consolation’ A pair of young women whispering to each other and a woman with a flower basket in hand, comf...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Narcissus, after Pompeii
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Italian 19th century grand tour - Greco Roman bronze sculpture of Narcissus, after the original sculpture excavated in 1862 at Pompeii. The green...
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19th Century Italian Greco Roman Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-19th Century Spanish Saint Painted Wooden Figurative Sculpture
Located in Marbella, ES
Mid-19th century Spanish painted polychrome figurative sculpture of a saint.
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Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Fine Quality Patinated Bronze Group of Maenad and Cherubs Dancing
Located in New York, NY
Inscribed 'A CARRIER Scpteur'
Title: A Maenad and Two Cherubs
Artist: Auguste-Joseph Carrier (1837-1908)
Origin: French
Date: 19th century
Dimension: 27 in. x 16 in.
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19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Group After Falconet
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze group with brown patina featuring Cupids fighting over a heart after Etienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-1791). This work had a great success in the second half of the 19th century...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Louis Kley a Fine Bronze Group of a Young Boy Afraid of Mice
By Louis Kley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Louis Kley (French, 1833-1911) A fine and charming patinated bronze group of a young boy climbing on a vase fearful of two mice. The finely executed bronze group depicting an naked i...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Bronze Jockey on Horse by Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in Lantau, HK
A self-taught artist, Piere-Jules Mêne (1810-1879) dedicated his entire career to making bronze statues, which were met with great success among both French and international clients...
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19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Sevres Biscuit Porcelain Figure of a Nude "Le Repos" After Alfred Boucher
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French Sevres biscuit (Bisc) porcelain figure of a recumbent nude lady titled "Le Repos" after a model by Alfred Boucher (French, 1850-1934) Sensually depicting a young w...
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1910s French Rococo Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century French Sculpture Of A Seated Mercury by Pierre Marius Montagne
Located in Norwood, NJ
Fine quality Seated Hermes/Mercury. French 19th century bronze seated Mercury / Hermes. "Rastender Merkur" by Pierre Marius Montagne (1828-1879). Fine quality patinated bronze on fau...
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1860s French Beaux Arts Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon Bronze Sculpture Desk Inkwell, Signed Emile Pinedo
By Émile Pinedo
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Napoleon Bonaparte bronze desk inkwell, signed Pinedo with foundry mark. Mounted over a Green Alps marble.
Antique signed 19th large bronz...
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1890s French Empire Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fine Quality Art Nouveau Gilt and Silvered Bronze Figure of Psyche
Located in New York, NY
Cast from a model by Mathurin Moreau
Maker: Mathurin Moreau (1822-1914)
Origin: French
Date: 19th century
Dimension: 30 3/8 x 15 x 13 inches.
Category
19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze and Marble Sculpture
Located in Lincoln, GB
Bronze sculpture of an angel is playing a violin with gilt detail. The shaped rouge marble base is decorated with two bronze doves and gilt,
circa 1870.
Category
1870s Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large 19th Century Japanese Bronze Reclining Geisha Girl
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderfully impressive late 19th century Meiji period (1868-1912) Japanese patinated bronze study of a reclining geisha girl.
Signed to the reverse.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century French Terracotta Egyptian Couple Torcheres Standing Lamps
Located in Marbella, ES
Pair of 19th century French terracotta Egyptian couple torcheres sculptures and standing lamps.
Category
19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Bronze Woman Circa 1880
Located in Lincoln, GB
Jean & Marianne is a significant republican symbol; her French monarchist equivalent is often Joan of Arc. As a national icon Marianne represents opposition to monarchy and the champ...
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19th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture of Plaster, signed Gallé and dated -93 (1893)
Located in Stockholm, SE
A plaster sculpture by André Vauthier-Galle (1818–1899). A seated male figure with his hands behind his back. Executed in a very realistic way. The sculpture very much reminds of Auguste Rodins "The Thinker" in its pose.
The sculpture has a great patina.
The sculpture comes from the workshop of the Swedish painter and sculptor Jonas Åkesson...
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1890s French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Bronze Sculpture of a Man Pushing the Woman’s Sled by Charles Ferville-Suan
Located in New York, NY
A winter scene of a man on skates, pushing the woman’s sled mounted, on onyx and wood base; signed in cast,"Ferville-Suan," with foundry mark.
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19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Impair 19 Century French Center Piece with Glass Bold, 1880s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19 century French center piece with glass bold, 1880s.
Category
19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Amazone zu Pferde, Bronze Equestrian Statue after August Kiss 'German, 1802-1865'
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Amazone zu Pferde is an 1841 bronze equestrian statue by August Kiss, installed outside the Altes Museum in Berlin, Germany.
It was based on a smaller clay model which August Kiss first built in 1839. Amazone zu Pferde stands opposite its companion statue, Löwenkämpfer.
A bronze copy, cast in 1929, sits in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Zinc copies also exist in England, Italy, and elsewhere in Germany
August Kiss (1802-1865)
August Kiss was trained at the Ironworks in Paprotzan and the Royal Iron Foundry Gleiwitz. He further took lessons in chasing and drawing at the Academy under Leonhard Posch. From 1825 he worked as a student and later as assistant in the workshop of Daniel Rauch. In 1830 Kiss received a teaching position at the Königlichen Gewerbeinstitut in Berlin. He also repeatedly collaborated with his friend and colleague Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The marble version of the fighting Amazone sculpture, one of his masterpieces, is nowadays to be found in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp. Moreover Kiss designed the tombs of Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Christian Daniel Rauch.
Category
19th Century German Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Industrial Copper and Brass Hand Sculpture on Base
Located in Wallkill, NY
An industrial hand consisting of both copper and brass. Sits on a base someone made to hold it upright. The hand measures, 17.25 in H, 3.25 in W, .75 in deep, On stand it measures 26...
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1890s American Industrial Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper
19th Century French Bronze Bust Statue
Located in Labrit, Landes
Antique French bronze bust 19th century
Decorative and heavy classical French figure head
Good condition with good patina due to age.
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wooden Carved Sculpture of a Saint, circa 1850
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Wooden Carved Sculpture of a Saint, circa 1850
A beautifully hand carved and hand painted sculpture of a saint with a palm-branch. It is made most probably in Armenian or Georgian a...
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Mid-19th Century Unknown Black Forest Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Pair of Polish/German Stoneware Figures
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a lovely 19th century pair of Polish/German stoneware figures.
Quite rare!
Not a matching pair but similarly themed, with the little girl holding a basket of kittens with one kitten climbing up her front and the other of a little boy climbing a tree stump with a snail at the base.
The ‘Little Girl’ is painted stoneware or earthenware and we are of the opinion is Polish in origin (or possibly Russian). It does not have any identifiable markings but it was originally with another similar style figurine (not included in this sale) which had markings that we were of the opinion were Polish markings.
The ‘Little Boy’ is painted pottery and we are of the opinion that it is either Polish or German in origin. It is slightly different in style an texture to the girl and has a more ‘bisque’ finish. The facial features are more defined and remind me of German bisque dolls...
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Late 19th Century Polish High Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Indian Brass Plaque of Shiva as 4-Armed Virabhadra, 18th-19th Century
Located in Kensington, MD
This striking brass plaque depicts Virabhadra, a personification of the god Shiva, created by him to fight in his quarrel with Daksha. Here with 4 arms and hands, Virabhadra holds a ...
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19th Century Indian Tribal Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century Bronze Sculpture from France
Located in Dallas, TX
This bronze sculpture origins from France, circa 1820.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Austrian Terracotta Sculpture, Ernst Wahliss, 19th Century
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An Austrian Ernst Wahliss Art Nouveau figurine, circa 1880
Ernst Wahliss (1837-1900), Austrian Art Nouveau ceramic sculptural figure of a semi draped ...
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1880s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Fine Quality Bronze Group ‘Gloria Patriae’ by Eugene Marioton
Located in New York, NY
Eugène Marioton (1857 - 1933) was a French sculptor, medalist, and pupil of Jean-Marie Bonnassieux.
Category
19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Iron Buste 'doorstop'
Located in Esbeek, NL
Iron buste, 19th century
Used as doorstop.
Category
19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Cesar Ceribelli Patinated Bronze Bust of Cleopatra
Located in New York, NY
Fine quality patinated bronze bust of Cleopatra signed: ‘C. Ceribelli’
Artist: Cesar Ceribelli, (French, 1841-1918)
Date: 19th century
Dimension: ...
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19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Neoclassical 19th Century White Carrara Marble Sculpture Guglielmo Pugi
Located in Miami, FL
Important 19th century sculpture carved on white Carrara marble. The female figure is dressed in a stunning Art Nouveau costume and rests on a pyramidal-shaped pedestal. Magnificent ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Meissen Figure of Lusatian Woman in National Costume by Hugo Speiler, circa 1887
Located in Gainesville, FL
Meissen figure of Lusatian woman holding flowers in national costume, circa 1887. This model designed by Hugo Speiler. It is marked with the Meissen mark, model number Q190d, '52,' a...
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Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French Gilt Porcelain Pair Decorative Centerpiece Figures
Located in Tarry Town, NY
French pair of large and impressively decorated porcelain centerpiece figures. Each one is in great antique condition with appropriate wear consistent with age / use. Both Repaired o...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Eutrope Bouret Bronze Statue of Gypsy Girl Musician
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century patinated bronze statue of a gypsy girl 'Tuning the Mandolin'
Signed; Bouret.
Eutrope Bouret (16 April 1833 in Paris – 1906) was a 19th century Fre...
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19th Century French Romantic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Alabaster Statue of a Young Girl Sitting on a Rock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 19th century alabaster statue of a semi nude young girl sitting on a rock.
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Late 19th Century Italian Romantic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Antique Spelter Marly Rearing Horses & Grooms Sculptures after Guillaume Coustou
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous antique replica spelter detailed sculptures of the Marly rearing horse and groom original stone sculptures by Guillaume Coustou. These replica sculptures were extremely popular in the Victorian era and were done by many artists. This pair is in wonderful antique condition with no outstanding flaws we have detected. Please see photos, circa late 19th century.
I knew I needed these to offer to you the moment I saw them. This lovely pair of antique Victorian highly detailed sculptures of the famed Marly rearing horse and groom sculptures are after the stone originals by Guillaume Coustou and will look amazing on your mantle, or wherever you decide. These small replica sculptures were done by many different artists in the late 19th century and were all the rage. Most were never signed but show the original signature of Coustou on the base, as do these. This handsome pair are cast in spelter, an alloy of which zinc is the main constituent, and have an exquisite age patina. They are mounted on their original black painted wood bases. Each sculpture is similar but different.
The original stone Marly horse sculptures...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Bronze Sculpture Signed Prof. Puntelli nude young girl
Located in Prato, IT
In dark patina bronze
Signed by Prof. Puntelli
Measures: Height 75 cm.
Category
1910s Italian Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Reproof" A Marble Sculpture by Edward Russell Thaxter
By Edward R. Thaxter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This enchanting museum quality Carrara marble group is the work of Edward Russell Thaxter (born Yarmouth, ME 1857-died Naples, Italy 1881).
The sculpture depicts a young girl sternly scolds her cat, who has just attacked a bird's nest. She clutches the cat to her chest and looks at it disapprovingly, while waving her hand in discipline. Meanwhile, a dead bird lies at her feet and feathers hang limply from the cat’s mouth. This scene is a prelude to the responsibilities of motherhood: the young girl who is now reprimanding her cat will have to ensure that her own children are well behaved in the future. The sculpture rests on a dark green serpentine marble pedestal. Although Edward Thaxter's life was short, he excelled in creating detailed neoclassical sculpture.
Signed: E. R. Thaxter
Titled: Reproof
Circa 1878-1880
Measures: Height with pedestal 76" (193 cm)
Height of sculpture 40" (101 cm)
Another example of this marble figure is in the Smithsonian National Museum in Washington DC.
Artist biography:
Edward Russell Thaxter was only twenty-four years old when he died, but in his brief career as a sculptor he garnered praise for his work and was deemed an artist with a promising future. Born in Yarmouth, Maine, he is believed to have chosen to study sculpture after seeing the work of John Rogers. At the age of sixteen, Thaxter moved to Boston and studied with the portrait sculptor John D. Perry.
In 1878 Thaxter left for Florence, Italy, where he took a studio and began to create the neoclassical works that won him critical attention. In 1881 he contracted typhoid fever, which left him in a weakened condition, and within the year the young sculptor died in Naples. Thaxter's untimely death was noted with genuine regret in the American press. The critic James Jackson...
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1870s Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Fine Italian Bronze of a Putto Sitting on a Turtle, Signed by Luca Madrassi
Located in Esbeek, NL
Luca Madrassi was an Italian born French artist best known for his bronze Art Nouveau sculptures of mythological, allegorical, and rustic figures.
Born 1848 in Tricesimo, Italy.
Th...
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19th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Italian Venetian Neoclassical White Figural Centerpiece Dwarfs
Located in Milan, IT
A charming and very decorative Italian white ceramic figurative circular centerpiece depicting a group of dwarfs around a palm tree, in a toasting festive attitude. This Italian anti...
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Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Sculpture in White Porcelain with Golden Decorations
Located in Sofia, BG
French sculpture of an young well dressed man accompanied with a little sheep.
Marked at the bottom in very good condition with no restorations.
France, circa 1890.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Italian 19th Century Life Size Marble Group "Hebe and Eagle" by Aristide Fontana
By Aristide Fontana 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine Italian 19th century Carrara marble life-size marble sculpture of "Hebe and The Eagle"; depicting a young maiden seated on a rocky outcrop holding an urn over her shoulder and serving water from a bowl to a thirsty eagle, raised on a circular base by Aristide Fontana (Italian 19th Century - Active 1870-1890), Carrara, Inscribed to the reverse; "Aristide Fontana Sc./Carrara", circa 1870-1880. Hebe, the Greek goddess of youth, was the daughter of Zeus and Hera and was the hand-maiden and cup bearer of the gods and the symbol of youthful beauty and chastity. She is often depicted as a temptress tantalizing the eagle of Jupiter with a cup of ambrosia and her body. In her role as cup-bearer she offered nectar and ambrosia and here she holds the cup before the eagle, Zeus' messenger. This sculpture subject matter resembles Bertel Thorwaldsen's, marble sculpture of Ganymede and the Eagle, circa 1817 and currently at the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. The most notable difference between both sculptures is that, unlike in Thorwaldsen's work, this sculpture depicts a figure of a young semi-nude maiden bearing a pearl necklace centered with a charm engraved with the letter "S". This sculpture subject matter can also be attributed to Psyche, perched on a Stygian rock and threatened by dragons, is rescued from her task by Jupiter's eagle, who brings her a lekythos filled with the river's water. Although Apuleius' story of Cupid and Psyche had been a common theme in European art since the Renaissance, the particular incident of Psyche rescued by Jupiter's eagle was seldom illustrated.
Comparable to themes in mythology, Old Testament figures and heroines in particular were popular subjects of artworks in the mid-19th century. Several scenes from the Biblical (Gen. 24) story of Rebecca's meeting with Eliezer, and subsequent marriage to Isaac, were depicted in the 19th century. The most frequent representation shows Rebecca at the well with a pitcher. Other examples of the subject include those by the Italians Cesare Lapini, Giovanni Battista Lombardi and Domenico Menconi and American sculptors Brown, Mozier, and Chauncey Bradley Ives...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century French Patinated Terracotta Shepherd and Dog Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique ceramic figurative sculpture was crafted in France circa 1900, the tall statue features a shepherd with his dog at his feet. The larg...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
19th Century Bronze Viking Sculpture
Located in Norwalk, CT
A very commanding appearance, this sculpture will be a focal point displayed in any room. It has a wonderful marble base carved in the manner of a ships bow,...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Lovely Italian 19th Century Painted Wood Angel Plaques
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian 19th century painted wood angel plaques. This pair of antique Italian plaques, perhaps originally used to decorate a chapel, feature a ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Bronze Cherub Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dore bronze and silvered bronze cherub on rouge marble base. Lobster motif. Signed by artist Pegale. Very finely detailed.
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19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Orientalist Sculpted Busts by Guillemin
Located in London, GB
Pair of Orientalist sculpted busts by Guillemin
French, circa 1880-1890
Male figure: Height 89.5cm, width 65cm, depth 40cm
Female figure: Height 79.5...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
KPM Figure of a Lady Warrior Holding a Spear and a Shield with a Face with Wings
Located in Boston, MA
I would like to offer you this amazing KPM porcelain figurine of a lady warrior with her shield and spear. I believe she is Athena. As you can s...
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1890s German Classical Greek Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Summer and Fall Figural Group
Located in New Orleans, LA
This beautiful Meissen Porcelain figure entitled Summer and Fall is part of the company's beloved Seasons series. The putti rest upon a rocaille-formed base holding representations o...
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Late 19th Century German Other Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Bronze Sculptures of Mercury and Fortuna
By Giambologna, Louis-Guillaume Fulconis
Located in London, GB
Pair of bronze sculptures of Mercury and Fortuna
French, late 19th century
Measures: Mercury: Height 64cm, width 11cm, depth 27cm
Fortuna: Heigh...
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Late 19th Century French Renaissance Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lovely Pair of 19th Century Terracotta Busts of Beautiful Girls by Lavergne
Located in New York, NY
A lovely pair of late 19th century terracotta busts of beautiful girls by Adolphe-Jean Lavergne
Adolphe-Jean Lavergne
The girls dres...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Ancient Marble Bas-Relief with Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi, Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bas relief of Giuseppe Garibaldi is an original decorative marble object realized at the end of the 19th century.
Marble bas-relief of circular shape representing a portrait of th...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Royal Porcelain or State’s Porcelain Manufactory 'KPM' Cherub’s Sculpture
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This rare porcelain group sculpture depicts a pair of winged warriors cherub figurines. They are without their helmet, armor, and swords. One is in a victorious posture and the other...
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19th Century German Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Bronze Cherub Having His Wings Clipped, by Cumberworth
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting 19th century bronze statue depicting a seated women attempting to clip the wings of cupid.
Signed, Charles Cumberworth (English/ Fre...
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19th Century English Classical Greek Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Bronze Figure of the Apollo Belvedere
Located in New York, NY
Stamped A.V., on a square red marble base.
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19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Auguste Louis Lalouette French Bronze Figure of a Young Sacristan
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning and large antique bronze figure of a young Sacristan smelling an incense container by acclaimed French Sculptor August Louis Lalouette (1826-1883), believed to date from t...
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1880s French Aesthetic Movement Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Hand Painted Polychrome Terracotta Fisherman Figurine
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique earthenware composition sculpture was created in France, circa 1880. The "terre cuite" figure (aka terracotta) depicts a fisherman amongst multiple fish baskets wearing ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, 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.
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