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Hispanic Filipino Crucified Christ Carved Wood Sculpture
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind sculpture of Crucified Christ in carved wood and crystal eyes (one of them its loose), 18th century Hispano Filipino School. The crown, ...
Category
1730s Philippine Baroque Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
$19,091 Sale Price
30% Off
Bronze Polo Player Statue - Horse Jockey Casting
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Stunning English Bronze statue showing polo player on a bucking bronze
Stands in at over two feet tall so an impressive work
The patina to the bronze is superb and this is ready to d...
Category
1980s Vintage Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Patinated Bronze Figure of Mercury, Late 19th Century
By Giambologna
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Patinated Bronze Figure of Mercury, Late 19th Century
Provenance: Private Australian Collection.
Description:
Modelled after Giambologna’s most celebrated work, the figure of Me...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
JP Morante 'High Kick' An Art Deco Cold Painted Bronze Sculpture
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An Art Deco cold painted bronze sculpture by JP Morante.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Spring, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Spring is an original modern artwork realized in 1970s.
Realized by Euroesse (label on the back)
The artwork is realized on silver plate and gold leaf.
Includes frame.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver
$315 Sale Price
30% Off
Albert Leon Wilson Signed Mid-Century Modern Nude Female Abstract Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, quite whimsical, engaging Mid-century Modern abstract female nude sculpture by New York artist Albert Leon Wilson. This is one of the best pieces we have come across of his work.
Wilson was born in 1920 in Jamaica, New York. In the mid-1950s he relocated to Rochester, New York, where he worked until 1967 as an art director, illustrator, and photographer, winning over 20 graphic art awards from the Rochester Society of Communicating Artists. Afterward, he found his calling working with welded and bent metals and designing abstract sculptures often featuring figures and animals. He passed away in 1999.
The sculpture is signed and dated (1968) with Wilson's traditional imprint/stamp.
Wilson's work has been exhibited at the York State Craft Fair, Ithaca College, NY; Northeast Craft Fair, Am. Craftmen's Council, Mount Snow...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Iron
Aphrodite Torso Statue 'Ephesus Museum' Compressed Marble Powder
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Measures: height: 31.4'' / width: 13.8'' / depth: 10.2''/ weight: 46 kg.
-Produced from pressed marble powder.
-Produced from the original molds of the works from the museum.
-Can be used indoors and outdoors.
The statue of Aphrodite, also known as Venus, is a beautiful depiction of the goddess of love and beauty from Greek mythology. The original statue is displayed in the Ephesus Museum, but a reproduction of the statue is available for display and use.
The reproduction statue...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble, Metal
'Palm Dance' An Art Deco by Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An Art Deco cold painted bronze sculpture by Pierre Le Faguays (1892 - 1962). Set over original limestone base and signed 'Fayral' to base.
Dimensions: H 49cm W 44cm D 10cm
Origi...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Bronze
Green Apple Lacquer Sculpture w/ Copper Stem by Robert Kuo, Limited Edition
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Apple Sculpture
Green Lacquer
Antique Copper Stem
Hand Repoussé
Limited Edition
Can be placed outdoors but copper stem would patina over time.
Repoussé is the traditional art of han...
Category
2010s Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Vintage Art Nouveau “Eve” Bookends 1930s by Verona
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of vintage Art Noeveau bookends by Verona. This set in beautifully aged cast iron reminiscence of the art noeveau era with its use of arches and curved forms. In this ...
Category
1930s American Art Nouveau Vintage Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
$300 Sale Price / set
20% Off
French Patinated Bronzed Spelter Sculpture Muse Champetre
Located in Barntrup, DE
French sculpture "Muse Champêtre", attributed to Louis Moreau.
This is a stunning French patinated and bronzed spelter sculpture titled "Muse Champêtre" attributed to Louis Moreau. T...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Miniature Cast Bronze Grand Tour Architectural Model and Desk Thermometer
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This miniature cast bronze architectural desk thermometer sculpture of a European monument dates to the 19th century to commemorate one of the Grand T...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Victorian Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Greek God Wind Bell in Bronze by Paolo Soleri
By Paolo Soleri
Located in Toronto, CA
Striking rustic industrial post-modernist wind bell sculpture made of bronze, by Italian artist, architect and philosopher, Paulo Soleri.
Signed, embossed design, hallmarked. circa ...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of the Crouching Venus after Giambologna
By Giambologna
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine Grand Tour bronze sculpture.
Modeled after the 'Crouching Venus' by Giambologna.
Depicting Venus surprised at her bath with an overturned urn at her feet. Mounted o...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Baroque Religious Madonna and Child Sculpture, 18th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
An 18th-century Italian sculpture of a draped Madonna, masterfully carved in polychrome and gilded wood.
The Virgin, gracefully veiled, holding the infant Jesus on her lap with a st...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
$23,345 Sale Price
32% Off
Microfreaks 'Hot Shot' Creature Sculpture by The Haas Brothers & Haas Sisters
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hot Shot, active and alert, uses her stalked eyes to surveil the land for any potential volcanic eruptions and to warn all of those in the area. Make no mistake, her frantic temperament is not a weakness, as she is a known heroine. Thick-skinned, she can even swim in lava, her eyes bobbing above the boiling flow. When the heat is on, she can keep her cool.
Material: Pewter base, double brass-plated and 18-karat gold-plated and hand polished three times. Hand-beaded with Venetian and Czech glass beads.
Underside incised with “Hot Shot” by The Haas Brothers and Haas Sisters...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Plate
Henri Godet "L'Aurore" Patinated Bronze Sculpture
By Henri Godet
Located in Astoria, NY
Henri Godet (French, 1863-1937) "La Reveil de L'Aurore" [The Awakening of Dawn] Patinated Bronze Sculpture, early 20th century, on a circular base with applied plaque "La Reveil de L...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Victorian Quality Bronze Figure of a Cossack on Horseback
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality bronze figure of a Cossack on horseback kissing his wife farewell with his sword and rifle at his side and mounted on quality bronze horse
A splendid ex...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,915 Sale Price
20% Off
"Brother Against Brother", Rare Art Deco Silver Medal/Sculptural Piece by De Lu
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant and rare example of late Art Deco sculpture struck in solid silver, this medal was designed by Donald De Lue in 1965 as part of the larger New York University Hall of Fam...
Category
1960s American Art Deco Vintage Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
1976 Curtis Jere Brass Wire Galleon Ship Sailboat Metal Sculpture Art
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Huge, free standing metal galleon shop sculpture by Curtis Jere. Signed and dated '76. Shiny golden metallic hues and blended colors of gold, brass...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Brass
Bronze & Steel Agave Coffee Table Base or Figurative Sculpture Italian Regency
Located in Miami, FL
Round Agave Table with beveled Glass Top from Italy made in the 1970.
Three Scrolled handcrafted Brass Agave leaves mounted on a Round Steel & Bronze Base....
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Steel
Contemporary Cherries Sculpture in Dark Antique Copper by Robert Kuo
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cherries Sculpture
Dark Antique Copper
Hand Repoussé
Limited Edition
Each piece is individually crafted and is unique.
Repoussé is the traditional...
Category
2010s Organic Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
19th Century Bronze Skeleton
Located in Round Top, TX
A sensational 19th century skeleton in bronze originating from the Louvain University Of Medicine - Belgium. An excellent addition to any doctor...
Category
19th Century Belgian Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$14,950
Animal Babouche by Charles Burnex
By Charles Burnex
Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
Steel sculpture presented at Burnex's exhibition at Galeria Tambien in Ibiza from October 2024 to January 2025.
Charles Burnex is a French contemporary artist, former student of the...
Category
2010s French Other Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Mid Century Abstract Face Bronze Sculpture by Jean Robert Ipousteguy
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bronze abstract face sculpture by Jean-Robert Ipoustéguy (January 6, 1920 – February 8, 2006, a figurative French sculptor.. Signed on back underside Ipoustegy '66 2/9.
I'm many museum and public art collections such as:
Abu Dhabi, National Museum of Saadiyat Island.
Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art.
Berlin, Nationalgalerie.
Bobigny, Fonds Départemental d’Art Contemporain.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, US (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT) — Cénotaphe (1957)[8]
Châlons en Champagne, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie.
Chicago, Art Institute.
Copenhagen, Carlsberg Glyptotek.
Darmstadt, Hessiches Landesmuseum.
Dun sur Meuse, Centre Ipoustéguy
Evanston, Illinois, Mary and Leigh...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze of a Young Barefoot Boy W/Hands in Pockets Is Whistling, Ca. 1889
By V. Szczeblewski
Located in Petaluma, CA
This famous statue always brings a smile, as a young boy with hands in pockets is whistling and is titled "Mousse Siffleur". Nicely cast, and signed by the Polish artist Victor Szcze...
Category
Late 19th Century Polish Art Nouveau Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Lady with Birds on Marble Base by Ugo Cipriani
By Ugo Cipriani
Located in Sofia, BG
Bronze sculpture on red marble base representing young lady with birds. It was made and signed by the Italian artist Ugo Cipriani who worked in France f...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$1,835 Sale Price
55% Off
"Poseidon Calming the Sea, " Sculpture w/ Swimmers by Joe Brown Awarded by AAU
By Joe Brown
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Enormously important, both artistically and historically, this unique bronze depicting a monumental Poseidon figure calming the sea and making space for swimmers to complete below, w...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Postmodern Carrara Marble Hands Sculpture by Eric Theret, France, 1990s.
Located in Lille, FR
Postmodern Carrara Marble Hands Sculpture "Jeux de mains" by Eric Theret, France, 1990s.
Category
1990s French Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Metal
Clodion Cherub Figural Group Bronze Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
After Clodion (Claude Michel, French, 1738-1814) Figural Group Patinated and Gilt Bronze Sculpture, 19th century, depicting two cherubs playing with a goat, on a white marble base, u...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Italian Antique Bronze Sculpture of Narcissus by Giorgio Sommer
By Giorgio Sommer
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GRAND TOUR
Italy, late 19th century
"Narcissus"
Patinated bronze cast by the Giorgio Sommer foundry in Italy, original ink stamp to underside cast circa 1890-1910
stock ref. 406...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Zen Bonsai "Majestic Tree", Handmade in Italy, Signed by the artist
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Unique piece sign by the artist.
The choice fell on Sophora Japonica, a beautiful native tree from Japan which the artist had already created for another client.
The creation of th...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
$4,695 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Cast Bronze and Marble Shepherdess with Sheep Sculpture Signed D. Alonzo
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Cast bronze and marble shepherdess with sheep sculpture signed D. Alonzo. France, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco style Sculpture Nude with Trumpet Jericho Guerbe Max Le Verrier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Jericho, Art Deco style sculpture of a nude with shield and trumpet by Raymonde Guerbe, the wife of the French sculptor Pierre Le Faguays.
Design ca. 1930.
Posthumous contemporary ...
Category
2010s French Art Deco Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Metal
Bronze Yoruba Sculpture
Located in Munich, DE
Made by the Yoruba Tribe from Benin it dates back to the 19th century. Created for the royal family.
Category
1950s Vintage Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,778
"Etoile de Matin" French Figural Bronze by Etienne Gaudez, 1845-1902
Located in Montreal, QC
This is a period casting of a young woman, in windswept gown and with arm uplifted while standing on a celestial globe cast with the zodiac. In the Art Nouveau taste, she is allegori...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Strawberry Girl Bronze Figure Emile Pinedo
By Émile Pinedo
Located in Newark, England
The unusual model bronze dating to the late 19th century cast as a patinated bronze cherub holding two large strawberries with the vine looping over the back of the cherubs neck as i...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Nude Afrodite Somme Napoli Bronze Sculpture
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant nude neoclassical bronze sculpture of woman with her hand raised looking forward. Great looking patina, beautiful object of art f...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$800 Sale Price
41% Off
Vintage Bronze Decorative Figure of a Woman attributed to Karl Hagenauer
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
1940s.
This item is made in bronze and might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in excellent original condition and ready to become a piece in ...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Joan-of-Arc Patinated Spelter Figure by Ernest Legrand
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in France circa 1900, the antique sculpture depicts Sainte Jeanne d'Arc standing in armor clothing, and poetically waving the victory flag after the battle of Orleans. The sc...
Category
Early 20th Century French Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
19th Century French Historical Hammered Copper Relief Plaque
Located in Miami, FL
19th century, French hand-hammered plaque historicizing
Vercingetorix receiving an award of recognition, circa 1850.
Vercingetorix (82-46 BCE) was a French Gallic chieftain who ral...
Category
19th Century French Revival Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
$437 Sale Price
45% Off
Bronze Sculpture "Lovers" on Marble Base by Luca Madrassi
Located in San Diego, CA
Large bronze sculpture entitled "Lovers" by Italian sculptor Luca Madrassi, circa 1940s. The sculpture stands on an 14" D round black marble slab, is in very good condition and maint...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Walter Bosse Thermometer, circa 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse Thermometer, circa 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
"Freevolle" Sculpture Table Lamp, ivory lampshade, Brass Body
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
FREEVOLLE
Twist and go!
The Freevolle Lady lamp captures a quiet elegance, with its refined curves, delicate and airy silhouette, it moves with grace—striking the perfect balance b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Pair of 18th Century Italian Gilt Fragment Horse Head Sculptures
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian gold-leaf fragment horse head sculptures.
The pair is made of 18th century Italian water-gilt fragments mounted on scroll wood bases. The fragments come...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Late 19th Century Dress Form Mannequin
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Shapely dress form mannequin from the 19th century. In good working order, on castor wheels. Has minor water stains, no tears or damage to the fig...
Category
1880s American Industrial Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Anatole J. Guillot Bronze Sculpture Depicting "Seated woodcarver with dog"
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful bronze sculpture made by Anatole J. Guillot, French sculptor of the second half of the 19th century. The brightness of the bronze enhances the sinuosity of the forms giving a beautiful light-shadow effect traceable especially among the small carvings...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$7,114 Sale Price
20% Off
Gorgeous figurative sculpture by Siegfried Jonas
By Henri Laurens
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Jonas est un artiste issu d’une famille d’origine russe qui émigra à Genève en 1921. Apatride, il est naturalisé français en 1959. L’orientation artistique de Jonas et sa maîtrise de...
Category
1940s French Modern Vintage Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 1900's Neo Classical Bronze Floor Lamp w Mercury and Nude Girls Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful and rare standard floorlamp with bronze sculptures of Mercury and Nude girls sculptures.
This impressive and very well made, antique floor lamp dates from about 1910-1920...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1930s Hubley Cast Iron Pink Basket of Roses and Phlox Floral Bouquet Doorstop
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vintage Hubley cast iron doorstop showing a bouquet of yellow and pink roses along with blue and pink colored phlox, held by a pink, handled...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Rare Bronze Sculpture “Charles VII, The Victorious” by Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE
French, 1796-1875
"Charles VII, The Victorious"
Sand-cast dark-brown over medium-brown patinated bronze signed "BARYE", cold-stamped underside "43" "00" and pu...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Tired Face", Black & Gold, 2021, Sculpture with Marble Powder and Resin. Ltd.
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Born in 1992 in Macerata in the Marche region, the Italian artist carried out a path that between studies of Surveyor and Architecture led him to a long collaboration with a craft co...
Category
2010s Italian Industrial Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
$1,022 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Erotic Bronze Sculpture by Danish Artist Ove Rasmussen, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small bronze sculpture depicting nude female. Made by the Danish artist and sculptor Ove Fritz Rasmussen, (1911-1973). It dates to the late 1940s or early 1950s. It is signed by hand...
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$355 Sale Price
20% Off
Green Tara Gilt Bronze Tibetan Statue
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful gilt bronze statue of Tibetan Green Tara. The Goddess is seated in lalitasana on an elaborately incised double-lotus base with the pendant foot resting on a smaller lotus...
Category
20th Century Tibetan Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
German Bronze Statue by Adolf Muller-Crefeld, 1900
By Adolf Muller Crefeld
Located in Delft, NL
German Bronze Statue by Adolf Muller-Crefeld, 1900
Adolf Muller-Crefeld, German sculptor (1863-1934) studied at the Academy in Antwerp from 1879 ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Feng Shui Bonsai "Cascata", Handmade in Italy, Sculpture, Contemporary
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The Cascata Bonsai is inspired by the Niagara falls.
The materials are wood and metals, representing both the strength of life and the roots of Mother Nature.
Sculptures are composed...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
$3,661 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Gucci Vintage Twisted Sail Money Clip Pin 1970s
By Gucci
Located in Munich, DE
Gucci Vintage gold plated money clip and pin in original box signed with Gucci and in very good vintage condition.
Measures: 16,5 H x 8 W x 2 D cm Box
7,5 H x 2,5 W x 1,5 D cm....
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Bob Bennett Signed Bronze Hand Sculpture, USA, 1970's
By Bob Bennett
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Bob Bennett Signed Bronze Hand Sculpture, USA, 1970's. Beautiful original patina.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Shiva Statue Nataraja Dancing Bronze Sculpture
By Shiva Lingam
Located in Vienna, AT
Shiva is one of the main gods of Hinduism. In Shivism, he is considered to the believers as the most important manifestation of the Supreme. As part of the "Houtuistic Trinity" (Trim...
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French 19th-20th Century Neoclassical Style Cast Iron Figural Torchères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th-20th century neoclassical style patinated cast iron figural torchères by A. Durenne, Paris, each representing a figure of a standing young maiden, her arms raised forward while holding a a flaming urn gas light (Now electrified) with a frosted glass flame, each raised on a veined grey marble column stand, both cast-signed 'A. Durenne, Paris'. Antoine Durenne was an internationally renowned French art founder. He attended École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1842. Durenne purchased a small foundry in Sommevoire, near the Val d'Osne, Haute-Marne, France and established The Durenne firm, circa Paris, 1900.
Cast-iron had been in production during the 18th century but its inferior status to the more fashionable and delicate wrought iron had generally confined its use to architectural work. By the early 19th century, however, rapid developments of the Industrial Revolution combined with the simultaneous burgeoning of a new middle class provided the impetus for a dramatic Expansion in its application and in a short space of time a proliferation of iron foundries across Europe and America thrived on the production of everything from inkstands to railway stations. The use of cast-iron for garden ornament became particularly widespread at this time, as the possibilities for its mass-production at a fraction of the cost of bronze made it the material of choice for outdoor statuary...
Category
Early 1900s French Neoclassical Revival Antique Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Iron
$49,875 Sale Price / set
41% Off