"Legend Of The Ruins" Egyptomania Bronze Bas-Relief by Henri Levasseur

The rat of the city and the rat of the fields animal bronze XIXth bronze XIXth drawn from the fables of La Fontaine of dimension 12 cm in height centimeters in length. Formerly the C...

Bronze brown patina brown represent allegory of the Americas signed G. Varany signed. Inscription A. AFINTAA on the base.

19th century "The desert gazelle" animal bronze P. J. Mêne inscription of the same name on the edge of the terrace.

The accolade of Pierre-Jules Mêne bronze XIXth century patina Hautval terrace medal of dimension 28 cm height 24 cm depth for 50 cm length. Additional i...

Presenting an extraordinary mid-19th century bronze sculpture titled "Gloire au Travail" by the esteemed French artist Henri Levasseur. This stunning decorative piece exemplifies the...

This gilt bronze French Art Nouveau figural sculpture of Loïe Fuller by Henri Levasseur features the dancer performing her famous dance of veils. Fuller stands nude, one foot in fron...

Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989.) Fécondité, 1977. Bas relief in silvered bronze. Publishing Year : 1990-1992.  Referenced in the catalogue raisonne "Dali Sculptures And ...

THE LION OF THE JULY COLUMN: LION OF THE ZODIAC AFTER A MODEL BY ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE Patinated bronze on walnut plaque Signed "BARYE", cold-tooled verso "43" Item # 107GWK14D This Fine bas-relief sculpture of Lion de la Colonne de Juillet (Lion du Zodiaque) portrays the astrological sign Leo as a prowling and ferocious lion with a mane that engulfs his head and neck, walking a Fine line along a narrow ledge while opening his mouth like one about to emit a growl. He is set against the equatorial band of the sun's path as it makes its way through the various illuminations of the zodiac. Barye was employed by the architect Jean-Louis Duc to model this bronze lion for the western side of the July Column. Erected in the Place de la Bastille in Paris, the monumental structure commemorated the overthrow of the Bourbon monarchy and the 504 lives lost in the insurrection. Influence for the model is perhaps somewhat owed to Visconti's "Walking Lion" held at the Musée Pie-Clémentin, a more romantic anthropomorphic modeling of this powerful beast. Glenn Benge observed that the lion was likely based on the engraving by Pietro Santo...