Figural Group of Esmeralda and the Goat on Pedestal, Mid-19th Century

Scipione Tadolini was a skilled sculptor whose broad talent covered the neoclassic to the romantic movements. His ancestors from a dynasty of Roman sculptors exerted a profound and lasting influence on the artistic production of the Eternal City. The Greek Slave fully demonstrates his masterly talent and serves as a reminder of antique models and the orientalist influences characterising the second half of the 19th century. Scipione Tadolini graduated from the Roman Academy and worked with his father on a series of celebrated portraits and ecclesiastical sculptures for Roman churches including a bust of Cardinal Giuseppe Alberghini for the Gesù (1847) and portraits of various members of the Cini family for the Church of Sant’Andrea della Valle (1844, 1846). Tadolini is also known as the author of a number of large-scale monuments for patrons around the world including an equestrian group of Simon Bolivar for the city of Lima, Peru. One of his best known sculptures is The Greek Slave which appears in his work from the late 1850s forward.The Greek Slave was created in several sizes in two variations: with the figure’s hand either raised to her chest or to her chin. The small number of versions all indicate the sculptor’s careful attention to the human form and passion with exoticism, which can be noticed through the tumbling folds of the present figure's headdress and the finely articulated jewellery...

The table contains a shaped top with inset gilt-tooled brown leather above a frieze drawer. The reverse side has a false drawer, each side is cornered with a telamon mount, the top s...

An exquisite and extremely high quality Italian 19th century white Carrara marble statue on its original Rouge Griotte and black Belgian marble pedestal named "Amore Segreto" signed A. E. Rossetti Roma 1878. The statue is raised on its original pedestal column with a square black Belgium marble base and mottled socle shaped support below the circular lightly tapered Rouge Griotte marble central support and circular mottled top. The stunning white Carrara marble statue above depicts a charming young winged cherub, likely Cupid, siting on a tree trunk while draped in a outstanding masterfully sculpted veil. Exceptional attention to detail throughout. Antonio Rossetti (or Rosetti) was an Italian sculptor producing predominantly statues of nudes and figures. He was born in Milan on 31 October 1819 and moved to Rome in 1843 where he created high quality and very desirable statues also popular among foreign visitors. His works can still be seen in many museums such as the Hermitage Museum, the Glasgow Museums...

This exquisite white marble figural group of a Bacchante and goat captures the spirit of revelry and nature in a stunning representation of classical mythology. The Bacchante, often ...