Academic Cast of Plaster Depicting the Furietti Centaur Head

Over the wooden black painted base and a column of red marble from Verona is set the lava and chalk cast of the young head of Furietti Centaur. The o...

Over the wooden painted base is set the chalk cast of the young head of Furetti Centaur. The original sculpture is in Rome Musei Capitolini, the sculpture was made from 2 Turkish artists...

Over the wooden black painted base is set the plaster cast of the young head of Laoconte with beard. Cast for drawing teaching in Academy, Italy circa1880.

Above the plaster base, by means of a wooden support, the cast of the head of a Roman woman is set. Cast for the teaching drawing in the academy. Italy circa 1890.

Above the plaster base, by means of a wooden support, the cast of the head of a Roman woman is set. Cast for the teaching drawing in the academy. Italy circa 1890.

Over the wooden black painted base is set a cast of Eleonora D’Aragona head. Copy of the marble sculpture by Laurana. Cast for drawing teaching in Academy. Italy circa 1890.

An excellent pair of opposing dore bronze Furietti Centaur reductions of those that were excavated at Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli in 1735. The models are named after Giuseppe Furie...

Beautifully cast bronze copies of the Furietti Centaurs, one elder and one younger. Each is mounted on a bronze base and both are unsigned with no foundry marks. These bronzes are copies of the two Roman (or Hellenistic) monumental marble versions excavated at Hadrian's Villa in December 1736 by Monsignor Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti. The original models now reside at the Capitoline Museum in Rome. These bronzes were a popular subject for collecting in both the 18th and 19th century Grand Tour periods. Engravings of the pair were widely disseminated in Europe in the 18th century which increased their fame. Provenance: The Estate of John Nelson, a noted Los Angeles antiques dealer...

Pair of marble centaurs. Furietti centaurs in Siena yellow marble, marble sculpture, ancient sculpture,. xx century

Plaster cast of a woman's mask made after an antique model. Provenance: Hohenzollernschloss Sigmaringen.

Fanciful French plaster head with pocket.

20th century Academic study plaster hand sculpture. Monumental 20th century academic study plaster hand sculpture. A stunning coffee table acce...