Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Bronze Group after the Self-Portrait with Her Daughter

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...

Sculpture in patinated bronze representing a seated child feeding a bird, after Pigalle. The original "the girl with the bird and the shell" is a counterpart of "the child with the cage" by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. The naked child...

Sculpture in bronze representing Diana the hunter after Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741- 1828). In Roman mythology, Diana is the goddess of the hunt and of the night, similar to Artemis in...

Brown patina bronze sculpture depicting Mercury (Hermes), god of commerce, thieves and messenger of the gods, seated on a rock tying his winged heel-piece. He is wearing a petasus, a winged hat, and his caduceus is resting on the ground. This sculpture, based on a model by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, shows a young god, naked and in motion. In a double-swivel position, he prepares to take off. The bronze, resting on a circular stepped base in griotte red marble, is signed on the terrace "Pigalle, 1745". The original of this sculpture was Pigalle's reception piece for the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture on July 30, 1744, which entered the Louvre between 1848 and 1850. Jean-Baptiste Pigalle: The sculptor of the Enlightenment A great French sculptor, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle was born in Paris in 1714. He worked on his art from an early age under the guidance of Robert Le Lorrain and later Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne. Convinced that his art was the meaning of his life, he returned to Italy in 1734 to perfect his technique. On his return, he began his "Mercure attachant sa talonnière" (1740), which enabled him to enter the Beaux-Arts. His reputation soared among the Parisian aristocracy. Mme de Pompadour took him under her wing, and commissions poured in. Juggling between the Baroque and the Classical, he painted portraits of Diderot and Voltaire, then created the famous funeral monuments...

Large bronze group with brown patina signed Clodion on the base of the group, dating from the 19th century, representing a fauna with her two children, one on her knees the other lyi...

A bronze sculpted group from the mid 20th century, depicting a mare and her foal. Cast in bronze during the Midcentury period, this sculpted group depicts a mare tenderly bending her head down to touch her foal. Lifting his hind legs up, the baby horse exudes an energy contrasting beautifully with his mother's calm. Showcasing a dark patina, this Midcentury bronze horse...

Inscribed Ary Bitter (1883-1973) with The L.N. and J.L. Foundry, Paris.

Pierre Brun (attributed to) 1915-2011 Le couple (The Couple) Important sculpture Fire-patinated copper-ware cast Oakwood base Height of the s...