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Period: 19th Century
19th Century Bronze Figure of the Berlin Adorante by Barbedienne Foundry
Located in 263-0031, JP
A 19th-century patinated bronze figure of the Berlin Adorante, or Praying Boy. The piece is a reduction of the Hellenistic-era original, currently in t...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,208 Sale Price
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French, 19th Century Bronze Gilt Putti
Located in Delft, NL
French 19th century bronze gilt putti
A set of bronze putti figures on a square marble base. A torch and a flute carrying putti, which are graceful objec...
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French Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$2,633 / set
Small Edo period stone Buddha from Japan/Jizo Bodhisattva/1800s/Amulet
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a small stone statue believed to have been made in Japan during the Edo period. It was placed at crossroads, village entrances, or along mountain paths to pray for the safety...
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Japanese Edo Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Roman Goddess Liberty Large Bronze Statue by Jules Bertin (1826-1892)
Located in New York, NY
Our very large (53.5 in, 136 cm) bronze statue by the French master, Jules Bertin (1826-1892), circa 1879, depicts the Roman goddess, Libertas (Liberty), standing upon a stylized glo...
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French Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Bronze Equestrian Figure of Joachim Murat on Marble Base
Located in Milano, MI
Antique French bronze knight figure, very finely cast bronze figure of a knight on a horse, a mid-19th century Joachim Murat figure on prancing horse, mounted on a green marble shaped base, probably inspired to a famous painting and depicting the king of Naples and of Two Sicilies...
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French Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Reproduction Farnese Hercules Statue
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A beautifully patinated 19th century European stone statue depicting the Farnese Hercules, which is an ancient statue of Hercules made by Glykon in the early third century AD - one o...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Statue of Venus of Milo
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A very fine Grand Tour bronze study of the famous Venus de Milo with excellent rich brown patina and good hand finished surface detail. The casting is unusual in that it does not pretend to hide the many imperfections on the original.
It is signed on the base with "Reduction Mechanique Ronald Collas, and for the foundry F.Barbidienne Fondeur. Foundry stamp on the base
Considered by any to be the most beautiful Hellenistic statue to survive fro antiquity, the Venus of Milos...
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French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Man’s Head with Birdbath
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This is a vintage cast playful bird bath or feeder. It features a man’s head and neck with a birdbath sitting on top like a hat. A whimsical item that would ...
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French Other Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
18th Century French Polychrome Painted Saint
Located in Toronto, CA
A stunning polychrome figure of a Saint from the late 18th century or early 19th century, from France. This is one of the most beautifully carved Saints we have ever featured, with t...
Category
French Baroque Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Victorian Parian Porcelain Sculptural Vase
Located in New York, NY
This Victorian Parian Porcelain Sculptural Vase originates from England during the Late 19th Century. This piece is rendered in a parian porcelain designed to mimic the appearance of...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large Burmese Buddha Statue “Bodhisattvas”
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Gold statue of the young Buddha “Bodhisattvas” Standing on a lotus blossom pedestal. Elaborately carved with the eyes in finely made glass stones and more stones adorning the fore...
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Burmese Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Louis d'Orléans late 19th century bronze sculpture by Emmanuel Fremiet
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A late 19th century bronze sculpture by Emmanuel Fremiet depicting Prince Royal Louis 1st Duke of Orléans. A later cast of the original sculpture erected in the courtyard of the Chât...
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French Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
James Hadley Royal Worcester Blush Ivory Farmworker Figures
By James Hadley
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional pair English aesthetic movement porcelain pair of figurines portraying a farmhand and his belle by renowned potter and artist James Hadley (British, 1837-1903) dated 1...
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English Aesthetic Movement Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Flying Mercury in green marble copied from the famous work of Giambologna
Located in Prato, IT
Green serpentine marble sculpture
Late 19th century
Height approx. 88 cm.
The flying mercury and the bronzes
While he was still busy working on the fountain in piazza Maggiore, the papal delegate Cesi asked Giambologna for a statue to be placed in the courtyard of the Archiginnasio, seat of the ancient and prestigious Bolognese university; he should have painted a bronze depicting the god Mercury with his index finger stretched towards the sky, a symbol of the divine origin of knowledge, which would have served as a warning to all students.
The project was never completed, but Giambologna elaborated a model preserved at the Civic Museum of Bologna, which is only the first of the numerous bronzes with the same subject made by the artist, defined precisely as flying Mercury. In later versions, the sculptor transformed Mercury into a much more dynamic figure reaching upwards, as if ready to take flight, giving it an unprecedented freedom of movement and lightness. When he returned to Florence, the sculptor certainly proposed it to the Medici, who enthusiastically immediately ordered one to be sent to Emperor Maximilian II of Habsburg, as a diplomatic gift for the ongoing negotiations of the wedding between Francesco and Giovanna, sister of the sovereign.
Giambologna replied with the two bronzes preserved in Vienna and Dresden and in 1580 cast the large Mercury now exhibited in the Bargello, originally intended for the loggia of the villa of Cardinal Ferdinando dei Medici to crown a fountain placed in the center of a magnificent decorative complex; the only variant with respect to the previous examples is constituted by the head of Zephyr placed under the foot of the god and from which a breath of wind blows it upwards, accentuating the sense of immateriality. In addition to the successful invention of the flying Mercury, Giambologna acquired immense fame by making numerous other bronzes for the Florentine collectors of the time; his first patron, Bernardo Vecchietti must certainly have owned many, given to him in part by the sculptor in exchange for his protection, but around the 1880s it can be said that there was no collector who did not aspire to own a work by Giambologna, especially those of small format.
The development of this trend in Florence is largely due to the artistic passions of the Grand Duke Francesco I, who with the creation of environments such as the Studiolo in Palazzo Vecchio and the Tribuna degli Uffizi, provided new criteria for the exhibition of the works, pushing all collectors to imitate his extraordinary collection. In the Studiolo, in addition to the painted tables that decorated the doors of the cupboards filled with all kinds of things, there were 8 niches containing bronze figures of divinities; Giambologna painted the one depicting Apollo (1573-75), with the characteristic serpentine pose and beautifully finished.
The placement of the statuette in the niche was no longer an impediment to the plurality of views as Giambologna endowed it with a sort of mechanism that allowed it to rotate. For the Tribune he instead created the six Labors of Hercules (1576-1589), small silver sculptures...
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Bronze Group after the Self-Portrait with Her Daughter
By Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
Located in Paris, FR
19th century bronze group with brown patina after the self-portrait with her daughter, Jeanne-Lucie-Louise called Julie, realized by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Bronze Sculpture of “Narcissus”
Located in Shippensburg, PA
RAND TOUR
Italy, late 19th century
"Narcissus"
Patinated bronze cast by the Michele Amodio foundry of Naples, signed to base cast third quarter of 19th century
Item # 406SKN07W
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Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century 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
Polish Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carrara Marble Bust Signed P. Bazzanti, Italy, Florence, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Carrara marble bust signed P. Bazzanti. Italy, Florence, late 19th century.
Category
Italian Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Bronze Group "Perseus And Andromeda" By Jean-Louis Gregoire
Located in Norwood, NJ
19th century French bronze sculpture "Perseus Freeing Andromeda" by Jean-Louis Grégoire (French, 1840-1890). Signed on base L Grgoire.
Subject matter is "Perseus and Andromeda...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ant Nelson, Bust Of A Woman, Alabaster, Late 19th Century
By Anton Nelson
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Beautiful alabaster bust of an elegant woman with a hat and a ribbon in her hair; the base is decorated with flowers/leaves
This bust is signed on the back Ant Nelson: this is the p...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Antique Cast Bronze 9" Dante Dantes Alighieri Bust Sculpture Statue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Cast Bronze 9" Dante Dantes Alighieri Bust Sculpture Statue. Circa Late 19th Century. Measurements: 9" H x 11" W x 6"
Category
Classical Greek Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture Signed G. Obiols, Titled "Pecheuse Bretonne", France
By G. Obiols
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Bronze sculpture signed G. Obiols, titled "Pecheuse Bretonne", France, late 19th century.
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century, French Empire Gilt Bronze Centrepiece
Located in IT
19th Century, French Empire Gilt Bronze Centrepiece
This refined centerpiece stand was crafted in France in the early 19th century, during the Empire period, from finely chiselled an...
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Very impressive 19th Century solid silver antique German model of a Ship
Located in Madrid, ES
Very impressive 19th century solid silver antique German model of a ship, named "Nef" in the renaissance style, impressively large and highly deta...
Category
German Baroque Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Emile Louis Picault, Bronze Statue, Titled La Pensee, France, 1900s
Located in Manhasset, NY
La Pensee By E. Picault Bears Foundry Mark 19c Bronze The winged youth clad in billowing drape and taking flight with one hand raised, incised E. PICAULT, title plaque LA PENSÉE prenant son envol et portant la lumière, E. Picault.
Émile Louis Picault was a prolific French Orientalist sculptor known for his bronzes depicting allegorical and mythological scenes. Picault often chose warriors and heroes as subjects, as seen in his La Défense Du Foyer (ca. 1890), which extols patriotic virtues in French. Born on August 24, 1833 in Paris, France he studied under the painter Henri Royer...
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French Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian 19th Century Marble Statue of the Three Graces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality Italian 19th century white carrara marble statue of the three graces after a model by Antonio Canova. The statue is raised by an oblong base wit...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Antique Parian Ware Classical Bisque Porcelain Figure C1880
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Parian Ware Classical Bisque Porcelain Figure of A Seated Woman with Bird C1880
Measures- 8.5"H x 3.75"W x 4.25"D
Category
Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$440 Sale Price
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Ferdinand Barbedienne " Diana" Sculpture, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
"Diane de Gabies"
French sculpture, late 19th century.
Patinated bronze with "Ferdinand Barbedienne" foundry marks.
Height: 51 cm.
Very goo...
Category
French Baroque Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,537 Sale Price
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Porcelain Figurine of a Couple German, 19th Century
Located in Lantau, HK
Porcelain figurine of a couple, German, 19th century.
Seduction scene with captured moment of emotions, beautifully detailed and hand painted porcelain
Marked underglaze blue
Meas...
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Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Sevres, Bisque 'Joan of Arc' Model After Princess Marie d'Orleans Circa 1847
Located in Atlanta, GA
Manufacture Nationale De Sevres (French, founded 1740), after Princess Marie-Christine d' Orleans (French, 1813-1839).
"Princess Marie d’Orléans was the youngest daughter of the Fr...
Category
French Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$3,116 Sale Price
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Large bronze after Pigalle, "Mercure attachant ses talonnières", 19th century
By Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
Located in Paris, FR
Brown patina bronze sculpture depicting Mercury (Hermes), god of commerce, thieves and messenger of the gods, seated on a rock tying his winged heel-piece. He is wearing a petasus, a winged hat, and his caduceus is resting on the ground. This sculpture, based on a model by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, shows a young god, naked and in motion. In a double-swivel position, he prepares to take off. The bronze, resting on a circular stepped base in griotte red marble, is signed on the terrace "Pigalle, 1745". The original of this sculpture was Pigalle's reception piece for the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture on July 30, 1744, which entered the Louvre between 1848 and 1850.
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle:
The sculptor of the Enlightenment A great French sculptor, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle was born in Paris in 1714. He worked on his art from an early age under the guidance of Robert Le Lorrain and later Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne. Convinced that his art was the meaning of his life, he returned to Italy in 1734 to perfect his technique. On his return, he began his "Mercure attachant sa talonnière" (1740), which enabled him to enter the Beaux-Arts. His reputation soared among the Parisian aristocracy. Mme de Pompadour took him under her wing, and commissions poured in. Juggling between the Baroque and the Classical, he painted portraits of Diderot and Voltaire, then created the famous funeral monuments...
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French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Large George iv Silver Sideboard Dish, Made by Joseph Angell II, 1828
Located in London, GB
A large George IV silver sideboard dish, made by Joseph Angell II, 1828
English, early 19th century
Diameter 75cm, depth 10cm
This magnifice...
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English George IV Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
'Narcissus' Large Grand Tour Bronze by Michele Amodio
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A large 'Grand Tour' late 19th Century patinated bronze sculpture of the Ancient Roman hunter Narcissus by Michele Amodio. Created after the discovery of the original statue (1 Centu...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Pair Staffordshire Louis Napoleon Empress of France Horse Figurines 11"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century Staffordshire porcelain equestrian horse flatback figurines - a fine pair depicting Louis Napoleon and his wife the Empress of France seated on horseback.
Dimen...
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Victorian Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$540 Sale Price / set
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Alexandre Henri Devaulx, Centaur Nursing her Baby, French Belle Epoque, c. 1880s
By Alexandre Henri Devaulx
Located in New York, NY
Signed “A.H. Devaulx”, and marked “Susse Fes Ed.20”
Dimensions: Height 6-7/8”, width 7-7/8”, depth 4-1/4”
This wonderfully unusual desktop sculpture of gilded bronze, depicting a beautiful female-centaur breastfeeding her cub is made in a classic romantic style of the Belle Epoque era by a remarkable French sculptor, Alexandre Henri Devaulx.
Alexandre Henri Devaulx (French, 1856-1940) was the son of the noted sculptor of the Romanticism period, François Théodore Devaulx (1808–1870). Born in Paris, he studied under E. Devaulx, making his début as a sculptor at the 1876 Paris Salon with Portrait, a plaster medallion. Alexandre Henri Devaulx became a member of the Artistes Français in 1888, winning an award with merit in the same year....
Susse Frères Bronze Foundry, Paris - The French firm Susse Frères manufactured a daguerreotype camera, which was one of the first two photographic cameras...
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French Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Statuary Carrara Marble Statue of Adonis
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
A beautifully carved antique statuary Carrara marble statue of Adonis.
The male figure is depicted in the nude leaning against a tree.
Adonis was the mortal lover of the goddess Ap...
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European Neoclassical Revival Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Ferdinando Vichi Lifesize Marble Figure "Apollo Belvedere"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ferdinando Vichi (Italian, 1875-1945) A fine and lifesize Italian white Carrara marble Greco-Roman figure of the Belvedere Apollo, after the original, now in the Vatican Museum, the Belvedere Apollo has defined the Greek aesthetic ideals of harmony, noble simplicity and quiet grandeur. Apollo is depicted as an archer, having just killed the Python of Delphi. The carved figure displays the tension lingering as if the arrow has just left his bow. Standing on an oval base inscribed: F. Vichi, Firenze, Made in Italy. Florence, circa 1895-1900.
Measures: Height 68 inches (192 cm)
Width 47 1/4 inches (120 cm)
Depth 38 1/2 inches (97.8 cm)
Width of base 25 inches (63.5 cm)
Former Property of Adolph Henrich Joseph Sutro's famous Cliff House and indoor public swimming establishment, The Sutro Baths...
Category
Italian Greco Roman Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
$92,850 Sale Price
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Italian 19th Century White Carrara Marble Statue of a Beautiful Bathing Woman
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely high quality Italian 19th century white Carrara marble statue of a beautiful bathing woman. The statue is raised by a ground designed base where the richly s...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Antique Qing Dynasty Wooden Temple Corbel with Red Polychromy and Carved Pagodas
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Qing Dynasty hand carved wooden temple corbel from the 19th century, with characters, pagodas, vegetation and red polychromy. This antique Qing Dynast...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Carved Venetian Polychromed Gondola Figurerhead
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th century carved Venetian polychromed gondola figurerhead, realistically carved and painted, raised on a 6.5" diameter base.
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Italian Baroque Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$1,760 Sale Price
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French Bronze Jockey on Horse by Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in Lantau, HK
A self-taught artist, Piere-Jules Mêne (1810-1879) dedicated his entire career to making bronze statues, which were met with great success among both French and international clients...
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French Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique English Staffordshire Porcelain Figurine Scottish Girl Riding Goat
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century Staffordshire England porcelain figurine of a Scottish girl dressed in traditional attire with plaid skirt; seated on a large shaggy...
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$188 Sale Price
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Antique Grand Tour Bronze of Narcissus, Circa 1870
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An Italian 19th-century Grand Tour Greco Roman bronze sculpture of Narcissus, after the original sculpture excavated in 1862 at Pompeii, the green patinated bronze figure of the mythological son of the river god...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour bronze figure of “The Dying Gaul”, After The Antique
Located in Montreal, QC
A late 19th century Grand Tour bronze figure of “The Dying Gaul”, after the antique. The Dying Gaul depicts a warrior in his final moments, next to his shield and sword, his face contorted in pain just before he collapses from the mortal wound to his chest The original marble figure, which is in the Capitoline museum in Rome is thought to be a Roman copy of a Greek sculpture in Bronze. As an image of a vanquished enemy, the sculpture embodies courage in defeat, self-possession in the face of death, and the recognition of nobility in an alien race.
“The Dying Gaul” was found in Rome with another ancient marble...
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Italian Classical Greek Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Mexican Wooden Hand-Painted Virgin with Child in Arms
Located in Marbella, ES
19th Century Mexican wooden hand-painted virgin with child in arms.
Category
Mexican Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Alabaster Grand Tour Sculpture of the Temple Of Vespasian And Titus
Located in Stockholm, SE
This finely carved 19th-century alabaster sculpture is a nice example of Grand Tour artistry, depicting the Temple of Vespasian and Titus in Rome. The base is inscribed "TEMPIO DI VESPASIANO," and the entablature bears the partial inscription "ESTITVER," referencing the Latin word "restituerunt," meaning "they restored," from a 3rd-century inscription commemorating renovations by Emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla.
The Temple of Vespasian and Titus, located at the western end of the Roman Forum, was initiated by Emperor Titus in 79 AD to honor his deified father, Vespasian. After Titus's death in 81 AD, his brother Domitian completed the temple around 87 AD. Designed in the Corinthian order, the temple featured a hexastyle portico with six columns at the front and was constructed in a constrained space measuring approximately 33 meters in length and 22 meters in width.
During the 19th century, as part of the Grand Tour tradition, affluent European and American travelers collected architectural souvenirs...
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Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
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...
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Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture of the Neapolitan Fisherman after the Antique
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A 19th century bronze sculpture of the Neapolitan Fisherman after the antique.
In Grand tour style, the boy almost looks like he is in a stance of motion in this good quality scale,...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Pair of French Porcelain Chinoiserie Figures, circa 1840
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French porcelain chinoiserie figures, circa 1840.
Category
French Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Plaster Sculpture of Eros After the Antique
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A plaster Italian sculpture of Eros of Centocelle after the antique set on tapering mahogany pedestal finished in a French polish.
Eros, the God of love, is depicted looking down to his right in an impressive scale with a beautiful time worn look.
The base of the plaster is impressed with '1378 TORSE ANTIQUE AMOUR...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Mahogany
Antique French Alfred Boucher (1850-1934) Bronze Sculpture, "Diana the Huntress"
Located in New Orleans, LA
Magnificent Antique French Bronze Sculpture, "Diana the Huntress" by Alfred Boucher (1850-1934). Boucher was a contemporary of Rodin. This sculpture was cast by F. Barbedienne.
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French Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Patinated Bronze & Ormolu Crown, France, Circa 1870
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Napoleon III Patinated Bronze & Ormolu Crown, France, Circa 1870
A rare and unusual Napoleon III patinated bronze and ormolu crown from France, circa 1870. This distinctive work fea...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$2,360 Sale Price
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Pair of Chinese Sancai Fu Lion Protectors, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Believed to be powerful protectors against malevolent spirits, fu lion dogs have stood guard at the entryways and thresholds of Chinese homes for centuries. This pair of small cerami...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Important Meissen Porcelain Groups of Caparisoned Elephants and Soldiers
Located in New York, NY
An important pair of Meissen Porcelain Groups depicting "Alexander The Great Concurring India". Modeled with Alexander the great's three warriors/soldiers riding on caparisoned eleph...
Category
German Rococo Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French 19th C Gilt and Patinated Bronze Group of Gloria Victis, by A. Mercie
Located in New York, NY
An Incredible and Large Gilt and Patinated Bronze Group of Gloria Victis, a Winged Figure of Victory with a Fallen Warrior. This incredible bronze piece was cast after a model by Maarius-Jean-Antonin Mercié, This model is signed 'F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR PARIS' demonstrating that it was cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne's foundry, the best bronzier of the 19th century. The base is further signed 'A. Mercie' and stamped 'Réduction Mécanique' with an inscription of '659'. The figure is mounted on a Belgian noir marble base with various stepped edges. Gloria Victis is one the most well-known and important bronze casts of the 19th Century. The quality of this particular model is absolutely incredible and all the marking indicate that this particular piece is one of the finest produced by the Foundry.
A student of Jouffroy and de Falguière at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié (1845-1916) won the Grand Prix de Rome at 23 years old with his work Thésée vainqueur du Minotaure. In 1872, he sent the plaster model of his work David vainqueur to the Salon, for which he won the first class medal. At the same time, he received La croix de la Légion d'honneur at the Villa Medici. His return to Paris, in 1874, issued in a long and brilliant career with numerous commissions, notably the monuments for Louis-Philippe and Queen Marie-Amélie for the Royal Chapel at Dreux (1886).
By the age of 30 Mercié was already very well-known and his Gloria Victis received resounding success when it was exhibited at the Salon, in 1874 (in plaster) and in 1875 (in bronze). This work exalted the heroism and the patriotic sentiments aroused by the disasters of 1870. His predilection for patriotic subjects is shown in many of his works such as Quand même...
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French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Bronze Sculpture, Signed Mathurin Moreau, "La Pêcheuse"
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze sculpture, signed Mathurin Moreau, "La Pêcheuse"
Important bronze sculpture by Mathurin Moreau, XIXth Century, Napoleon III period, representing a fisherwoman sitting on a ...
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French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Classical Figures on Marble Bases
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Two elegant 19th century classical spelter figures on yellow fossilised marble bases, dating to circa 1850.
This decorative pair of classical sculptures – one modelled as a seated f...
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English Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal, Spelter
Set of 5 Meissen Figures Emblematic of the Senses by J.J. Kändler and Eberlein
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and fully complete set of 5 Meissen figures emblematic of the senses: Hearing, smell, touch, taste, and sight, Modeled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein. These figures ...
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German Rococo Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Life Sized Carved Marble Figure of Farnese Hercules, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A 19th Century Life Sized Carved Marble Figure of Farnese Hercules, after the antique
Carved in marble, the recognisable Farnese contrapposto stance, holding the stolen Hesperides a...
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Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
19th Century Balinese Hand-Carved and Painted Wooden Sculpture of a Young Dancer
Located in Yonkers, NY
A tall antique Balinese hand-carved and painted wooden statue from the 19th century on black base. Hand-made on the island of Bali, Southern Indonesia during the 19th century, this w...
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Balinese Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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