French Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Bacchanalia, after Clodion

Pair of French 18th Century Louis XVI Bronze Sculpture of Faun and Bacchante Rare pair of bronze sculptures depicting Bacchante and Faun after a design by Jean-Hugues Taraval in 177...

The gilt-bronze statue of a nude youthful Dionysus standing on his right leg. In contrapposto position sculpted with a well-defined musculature. The head is bent down with a contempl...

19th Century Bronze Figure of the Greek Poetess Sappho after James Pradier (1790-1852)/Cast by Susse Frères A 19th century bronze figure of the Greek poetess Sappho, seated on a lo...

Late 19th century French large Louis XV sculpture of a Putto with Zephyr. A figure of a boy standing on a rectangular plinth, looking aside while holding a ball or stylised poppy ...

Late 19th century French large Louis XV Sculpture of a Putto Representing Summer A small girl standing in ancient Roman style sandals on a rectangular plinth against a rocaille moti...

Small 19th century patinated female bronze figure of the allegory of manufacture featuring a spindle, a hammer and a gear-wheel. The female figure holding up her light tunic and look...

Patinated bronze "Bacchanalia" after the celebrated 1762 model by Claude Michel Clodion (French, 1738-1814), circa late 19th century. #1555 The figural group of two female figures...

This dynamic antique patinated bronze sculpture is composed of two female figures and a satyr captured in a moment of frenzied dancing and Bacchic revelry. The women are dressed in f...

19th century French patinated bronze sculpture of a faun, child satyr after Clodion This beautiful sculpture of outstanding quality in Rococo style is a finely cast bronze pan...

This exquisite Rococo style sculpture depicts a moment of revelry, showing a woman with two infants. She is shown holding one of them on her lap, and with another below. The naturali...

Signed Clodion From our Sculpture collection, we are pleased to offer this French Belle Epoque Bronze of Ariadne cast after Clodion (Claude Michel). The sculpture of fine casting and beautiful patination is sculpted as a bust of a Ariadne in nature with her hair tied up and leaves intwined in her hair. The Bronze sits upon a circular socle with a square base signed to the right hand face Clodion. The Bronze cast after the original during the neoclassical era dating to the second half of the 19th century during the Belle Epoque era (c.1970-1914) circa 1875. Clodion was the alias of Claude Michel (1738-1814) a French born sculptor working in the Rococo style, especially noted for his works in marble, bronze, & terracotta. Many of Clodion’s works feature in museum collections around the world with some of his most pivotal works including The Intoxication of Wine and The Dance of Time. Ariadne In Greek mythology was a Cretan princess and the daughter of King Minos of Crete. Ariadne was known for aiding Theseus escape the Minotaur and then being abandoned by him on the island of Naxos. There, Dionysus saw Ariadne sleeping, fell in love with her, and later married her. Many versions of the myth recount Dionysus throwing Ariadne’s jewelled crown into the sky to create a constellation, the Corona Borealis...

Old French bronze sculpture after Clodion, mythical faun game. A flute pipe is missing.