An Italian 19th century marble statue signed Pietro Franchi, Rome

A charming and high quality Italian 19th century white Carrara marble statue of a young girl holding a scroll. The sta...

A beautiful and very high quality Italian 19th century white Carrara marble statue signed F. Mariotti Scul. The statue is raised by a circular base with exceptional ground and rock d...

A most charming and wonderfully executed Italian 19th century white Carrara marble statue of a young girl, titled BUONANOTTE. The statue is raised by a circular base with a fine paver like design and the inscription BUONANOTTE at the front meaning good night in Italian. The lovely young girl is wearing her night robe...

A stunning and very charming museum-quality Italian 19th century white Carrara marble statue of a boy signed Ugo Zannoni Milano 1876. The statue of a young...

Finely carved Italian Carrara marble Title: Amore E Psiche Artist: Pasquale Romanelli (1812-1887) Origin: Italian Date: 19th century Signature: Signed Prof. P. Romanelli/Fire...

A very good quality mid-19th century Italian marble statue of a young child standing next to a wicker basket, crying. Unsigned.

We are delighted to this stunning and really quite rare marble statue on Alabaster plinth on a kneeling praying child after the original by the great Luigi Pampaloni (1791-1847) named Samuel An absolutely stunning piece, the look on the face of young Samuel (As he is named) is so serene, you can just feel his love and admiration for god. From every angle this piece is expertly sculpted, the craftsman was a pure master without doubt The last one of these statues sold at Christies on the 4th December 2018 for £18,000 including fees, that one was slightly larger at 48 cm tall The base is signed with a monogram letter, its either an ornate F or an amalgamation of the letters T & F There are small signs of ware here and there in the form of the odd chip Pillar dimensions: Height 95 cm (total height 128 cm) Width 19.5 cm Depth 19.5 cm Statue dimensions: Height 33 cm Width 20.5 cm Depth 16.5 cm Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point. Luigi Pampaloni (Florence, 1791-1847) was an Italian sculptor, active in a neoclassical style. Fountain of the Naiads, Empoli. He studied under Lorenzo Bartolini in Florence. In 1826, he completed with the collaboration of Ottavio Giovannozzi the design of the Fountain of the Naiads in Empoli. In 1834, he completed a bust of Maria Antonietta...

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...