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Meissen Large Allegorical Group 'The Air' by M.V. Acier, Germany Around 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain group of the 19th century:
Depiction of a bearded old man with angel wings, covered only with a cloth, sitting in the middle of a mountain of clouds, probably Chronos from Greek mythology, symbolizing the passage of life and reminding us that time flies, holding a long staff (usually with sickle) in his hand, surrounded by winged putti, representing activities on and with air: To the right of the old man a standing putto with waving cloth, embracing a peacock, the bird of paradise and symbol of heaven, and breathing into a tube forming a soap bubble, in the foreground wind is produced with the help of a bellows, to the left of and behind Chronos two putti with garlands of flowers and a little bird in their
hands.
The group is based on an earth pedestal with piled up clouds and gold rim.
Designer:
MICHAEL VICTOR ACIER (1736 Versailles - 1799 Dresden)
Trained as a sculptor in Paris, he received a call to the porcelain factory in Meissen in 1762: he created a large number of groups in the Watteau style...
Category
German Baroque Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Rococo Figure 'Huntress with Dog', by J.C. Schoenheit, Around 1880
Located in Vienna, AT
Elaborate porcelain figure of the 19th century:
Young lady with rococo wig dressed as a huntress: black trident hat with colorful feather decoration, softly falling dress...
Category
German Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Group 'Europe on the Bull', by J.F. Eberlein, circa 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent large meissen figurine group around 1860:
Beautiful, youthful Europe, the primordial mother of the continent, with her hair tied back and adorned with flowers, sits sideways on the strong, white bull, which is actually the transformed father of the god Zeus, who kidnaps the young woman. She is covered only with a large floor-length cloth with golden stars. With her right hand she holds on to one of the animal's horns,
with her left hand she grasps its neck, a flower garland adorns the animal's head, two nymphs wrapped in shawls kneel at Europe's feet and offer flowers from a basket.
The group is based on an oval base with rocaille decoration heightened in gold.
Design:
Johann Friedrich Eberlein (1695 - 1749) From 1735 sculptor and modeller at the Meissen porcelain factory. Eberlein worked with Johann Friedrich Eberlein (1706 - 1775) - a modeller at the Meissen manufactory since 1731: Together with J. J. KÄNDLER and Johann Gottlieb Ehder, he created the swan service with more than 2,200 individual items between 1737 and 1742. Eberlein's own creations show classical deities on opulent baroque...
Category
German Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Handmade Rocking Horse Papier-Mâché Metal and Wood Italy 1840s
Located in Palermo, IT
Beautiful handmade rocking horse with metal rod frame covered with a painted and hand-decorated papier-mâché shape. The base is in shaped wood, decorated by hand. Valuable Italian...
Category
Italian Louis Philippe Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pair Staffordshire Spaniel and Pups in Wash Baskets
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of Staffordshire Pottery groups which feature a spaniel and her pups in a wicker wash basket, seated on an oval base. Dull gilt base line and embellishment. Decorated mainly to ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Staffordshire "Auld Lang Syne" '3' Figured Porcelain circa 1850. English
Located in Incline Village, NV
Three figures are seated at a table where rests a jug of ale; all on a rectangular oval base where the title of the porcelain is stated in gold gilt script "Auld Lang Syne...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French bronze of three putti
Located in London, GB
A very fine antique French bronze of three putti playing. Although the bronze group is very much in the manner of Clodion, it is signed 'Musee de Sevres'. The bronze works well from ...
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Grotto Metal Footed Dish, a Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful pair of metal footed dish grotto style with men riding giant fish figurines. Great carving details.
Category
Italian Other Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
19th Century English Parian Group Of Mother & Child In Prayer By Minton
By Minton
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine parian group of Mother and child, modeled as a mother praying over her sleeping child.
Circa 1860
English
Footnote:
Minton ware, cream-colo...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Grotto Metal Footed Dish, a Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful pair of metal footed dish grotto style with men riding giant fish hunting figurines. Great carving details.
Category
Italian Other Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Grotto Metal Footed Dish, a Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful pair of metal footed dish grotto style with men riding giant fish figurines. This pair includes a glass insert. Great carving details.
Category
Italian Other Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Meissen Allegorical Group 'The Water', by M.V. Acier, Germany, Around 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain group of the 19th century:
Nymph, covered only with a cloth, seated on a half shell floating on the water, holding the cloth at one end so that it forms ...
Category
German Baroque Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Copeland FL Miller Princess of Wales Parian Bust, 1863
By Copeland
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine antique Copeland parian bust of the Princess of Wales sculpted by F.L. Miller for the the Crystal Palace Art Union and dated 1863. Probabl...
Category
English Aesthetic Movement Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Coppia Di Busti Italiani Scolpiti in Alabastro 1834 Livorno Giuseppe Benassai
Located in Milan, IT
Elegante Coppia di sculture figurative italiane in alabastro intagliato a mano del 1834, una coppia di busti toscani raffiguranti due figure di gusto neoclassico, in abiti ottocentes...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Antique French Cast Iron Faux Bois Crucifix Cross, 19th Century
Located in Sheridan, CO
French cast iron cross, 19th century. This faux bois iron cross features trailing foliates, centering Corpus Christi, over reeds.
Dimension...
Category
French French Provincial Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wrought Iron
16th Century in Style, Victorian Country House Suit of Armour Sculpture
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A decorative and imposing country house Victorian suit off armour, in the 16th century style.
Later mounted on a ebonised plinth with internal wooden skeleton for support and velv...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Antique 19th C. English Staffordshire Figurine “the Prince & Princess” of Wales
Located in Naples, FL
Staffordshire Figurine of Albert and Victoria, Prince and Princess of Whales; they were widely popular and beloved by the English; made in England;...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pierre-Jean David d’Angers, “La Liberté”, Bronze Sculpture, 1839
Located in San Francisco, CA
A striking and uncommon 1839 cast bronze with dark patinated finish titled “La Liberté” by important and celebrated French sculptor Pierre-Jean David d’Angers (b. 1788–1856).
The iconic figure of Liberty—the powerful personification of the French Republic also known as Marianne—is styled by David d’Angers after Eugène Delacroix’s famous depiction of her in his painting commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, completed that same year. A strong and proud young woman, clear eyed and solemn, she gazes into the distance with a determined resolve. Dressed in a simple, loosely draped tunic and sporting a phrygian cap, the American and later French Revolution’s symbol of freedom and the pursuit of liberty, with her hair spilling out in waves.
She clutches a sheaf of laurel in her right hand, representative of the rights acquired by her people who’ve broken the yoke and chains of servitude which now lay under her feet. In her left hand is a long rifle that originally would’ve included a bayonet extending up from her fist, but which was lost decades ago judging by the dark patina on the break. An exceptionally evocative and captivating composition, with exquisite details throughout that reward closer examination.
Various patriotic legends and dates are displayed about the work. On the front of the base is a verse from the Marseillaise: “Liberté, liberté chérie/ combats avec tes défenseurs”. On the square—a symbol of equality—atop the Grecian plinth are the inscriptions “Egalité-Fraternité”. The dates of the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830 appear on a scroll in the right hand.
Signed “P-J David” and dated “1839” in the mold on the right side of the base. Foundry mark of “Cresson Editeur” appears on the top of the base at lower left. Other matching original castings of this work can be found in Paris at the Louvre and Musée des Arts Décoratifs, in Angers at the eponymous Galerie David d’Angers, and in Washington, D.C. at the National Gallery of Art. For one to be available for acquisition outside of auction, and especially stateside, is quite uncommon.
Born Pierre-Jean David in 1788, he adopted the name David d’Angers after his birthplace in western France to differentiate himself from his contemporary, painter Jacques-Louis David. His many medallions and busts brought him great acclaim and a prosperous career, with an array of extremely notable and influential contributions to French public art. In the 1830s and 1840s, David became the country’s preeminent monument maker. Of particular importance were his pedimental sculpture for the Pantheon, his marble sculpture “Wounded Philopoemen” in the Louvre (for which he also contributed to the exterior), and his equestrian monument...
Category
French Louis Philippe Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1860 Meissen Porcelain Figurine Gardener
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale in this ad you can find the sweetest little porcelain figurine. It was manufactured by Meissen Porcelain in the 1860s. The figurine depicts a little gardener working away in...
Category
Austrian Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mid-19th Century Spanish Saint Painted Wooden Figurative Sculpture
Located in Marbella, ES
Mid-19th century Spanish painted polychrome figurative sculpture of a saint.
Category
Spanish Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Figural Group of Esmeralda and the Goat on Pedestal, Mid-19th Century
Located in SAINT-JEAN-CAP-FERRAT, FR
ITEM: FIGURAL GROUP OF ESMERALDA AND THE GOAT, ON PEDESTAL
AUTHOR: ANTONIO ROSSETTI
MATERIAL: WHITE MARBLE
ORIGIN: ROME, ITALY
PERIOD: MID-19TH CENTURY
Dimensions:
The sculptur...
Category
Italian Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Antique Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Figure of of David 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a superb large antique Grand Tour patinated bronze version of David, dating from the mid 19th Century.
The bronze statue depicts David with an enigmatic smile posed with ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Carved Giltwood and Polychromed Virgin Mary Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful, antique sculpture of the Virgin Mary in prayers was created in Pyrenees of France, circa 1860. Embellished with gold leaf and polychrome finish, the Classic religious...
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
American Painted & Carved Wood Figural Statue of General Santa Anna, Circa 1840
Located in Hollywood, SC
American painted and carved wood figural statue of General Santa Anna in full military dress attire. General during the time of Mexican-American War and later became President of Mex...
Category
American American Empire Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Russian Brass Samovar 19th Century “Ivan Pushkov v Danilove”
Located in Asker, 30
Antique Imperial Russian Brass Samovar «Ivan Pushkov v Danilove» middle 19th century. This beautiful antique brass samovar is set atop a square ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
John Rose Coalport Prince of Wales Parian Bust, 1863
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine antique Coalport parian bust of the Prince of Wales sculpted by John Rose and dated 1863. Probably made to commemorate the forthcoming marriage of Albert Edward Prince...
Category
English Aesthetic Movement Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French Sculpture of Two Cupids Contesting a Heart, After E. Falconet, circa 1850
Located in Dallas, TX
After the original 18th century sculpture by Falconet, this circa 1850 hand carved French wooden sculpture depicts the Erotes brothers, Eros and Anteros, contesting a flaming heart (...
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th C Gold Carved Wood and Gilt Gesso Display Stands
Located in Hastings, GB
A pair of hand crafted wood and gilt gesso overlay baroque display stands (ideal for clocks or small statues and busts), each with applied harleq...
Category
French Baroque Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Antique French Bronze Statue on Marble
Located in Tampa, FL
An antique bronze statute of a maiden and putti on a round marble base. In the style of A. Carrier Belleuse. circa 1850s to 1890s, France. Unsigned.
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Bronze of a Snake Charmer, Signed Charles Arthur Bourgeois
By E. Bourgeois
Located in London, GB
A 19th century French bronze of a Snake charmer, signed Charles Arthur Bourgeois
A classical study of the human form, the snake charmer deftly avoi...
Category
French Renaissance Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large 19th Century Polychromed Statue of a Burmese Nat Temple Dancer
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Absolutely beautiful large polychromed Burmese temple dancer from the 19th century hand carved out of a piece of teak. Very decorative piece of art. 127 cm / 50 Inches tall. Please n...
Category
Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Teak
Staffordshire Pottery 'Milk Sold Here' Cow Spill Vase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Staffordshire Pottery spill vase with a pastoral theme which features a cow, stood on an oval base. A thistle grows from under the cow. The piece is titled, 'MILK SOLD HERE'. Russet ...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
One Hour of the Night Bronze Sculpture by Joseph Michel Pollet
Located in NANTES, FR
"One hour of the night" Bronze sculpture with black brown patina depicting a stretching woman. It rests on an oval base imitating the rock.
Signed on the terrace "Pollet".
Signature of the founder "Gautier & Cie".
Total height: 35.5 cm. 13.9in
width: 25cm. 9.8in
depth: 13cm 5.1in
Weight: 3.5 Kg
In very good condition, note a small patina wear on the elbow.
Joseph-Michel-Ange Pollet born in Palermo on March 11, 1814 and died in Paris on January 1, 18711 is a French sculptor.
Born in Palermo to French parents, Joseph-Michel-Ange Pollet studied sculpture in Italy with Bertel Thorwaldsen, Valerio Villareale and Pietro Tenerani. He came to Paris in 1836, then stayed in Ghent in 1838. After another stay in Italy from 1843 to 1845, he settled permanently in Paris and exhibited for the first time at the Salon of 1846. He won a medal of third class in 1847, a second class medal in 1848 and a first class medal in 1851. In 1855 he was awarded a second class medal at the Universal Exhibition. He was named Knight of the Legion of Honor by decree of June 14, 18563.
Of neoclassical formation, the work of Pollet oscillates between this current and that of romanticism. In 1840, for the bicentenary of his death, he produced the bust of Rubens, the original plaster of which is kept at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. In 1848, he presented at the Salon a large plaster statue...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Marble Bust of a Young Girl, Italian, 19th Century
Located in Oakville, ON
A charming marble bust of a young girl, unsigned, execute in the mid 19th century in Italy. it is in very good condition and the expression of the girl is attractive from
all angles.
Category
Italian Louis XV Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Meissen Commedia Dell' Arte Group 'Harlequin & Columbina', by Kaendler, ca 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare 19th century Meissen porcelain group:
Harlequin and Columbine seated side by side on a rock and teasing each other: Harlequin in brown playing card patterned jacket, pink striped trousers, black buckled shoes and mask fully covering his face, his left leg crossed over his right and his right hand with blue hat on Columbine's knee holding a sausage in his left raised hand, Columbine reaching for the mask with her left hand, raising a hand mirror with her right. The young woman is wearing a small feather hat, a fitted jacket with a red and blue diamond pattern, a long white skirt...
Category
German Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century, Cast Iron Furniture Feet, Set of 2
Located in Ross, CA
19th Century cast iron lions paws furniture feet. Often used for a table, dresser or side cabinet.
Typically two can be in the front with wood...
Category
French Baroque Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
19th Century Carved Oak Study of St. Paul the Apostle, English, circa 1860
Located in Central England, GB
This remarkable and very finely carved study of the biblical figure of St Paul, The Apostle who was originally Saul of Tarsus born BCE. Tarsus in Cilicia (now in Turkey). He died circa 62 – 64 CE in Rome, Italy. He was one of the leaders of the first generation Christians and was often considered to be the most important person after Jesus in the history of Christianity. This highly accomplished wood carving is a difficult material for detailing English oak. It shows him standing barefoot and dressed in simple robes with a sword in one hand and a scroll in the other. His face has been well captured with a good expression, detailed hair and a long beard. The small scale of this figure would indicate it was not originally church decoration...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
19th Century Bronze Head of Buddha
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Not sure of origin. Most likely this head has been removed from its original body. From a great Los Angeles collection.
Category
Chinese Other Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Figural Group of Fauns in a Naturalistic Setting, 19th Century French
Located in Doylestown, PA
A charming figural group of Fauns sitting above a waterfall, in cast stucco with terracotta painted finish, all on a custom wood base. Mid 19th Century. Base bears an old label from ...
Category
French Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stucco
Marble Sculpture of Saint John the Evangelist, France, 19th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb sculpture in marble of Saint John the Evangelist, France 19th century.
Dimensions in cm ( H x L x l ) : 58 x 18 x 16
Secure shipping.
Category
French Romantic Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Victorian Old Paris Porcelain Figurine Caricature Victor Hugo Alexandre Duma
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Antique French Old Paris porcelain Caricature figures
Depiction of Victor Hugo and Alexandre Duma
Alexandre Duma the intellectual and well known Author, Dramatist and historical novelist Alexandre Dumas.
He was one of the more prolific and most popular French writers of the 19th century
Abroad well known for his novels The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers
Victor Hugo the well known poet, novelist and dramatist.
In France regarded as one of the greatest Poet.
Abroad mostly known for his novels Les Miserable and Notre Dame de Paris
Origin France,19th century 1840-1850
Condition The figure of Alexandre Dumas has an old restoration
The figures are decorative and highly collectable.
Can be used ask desk pen stand...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Large 19th Century Polychromed Statue of a Burmese Nat Temple Dancer
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Absolutely beautiful large polychromed Burmese temple dancer from the 19th century hand-carved out of a piece of teak.
Very decorative piece of art. 127 cm / 50 Inches tall.
Pleas...
Category
Burmese Folk Art Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Teak
Antique Meissen Porcelain Figurine of Cupid Holding an Arrow & Flaming Heart
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique figurine was made by the renowned Meissen factory of Germany is approximately 1850 in the period Dresden style. The figurine is done in early paste porcelain and depicts a cherub, or Cupid seated on a stump, holding an arrow with an outstretched hand, and cradling a flaming heart...
Category
German Romantic Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Grant Tour 19th Century Bronze Statue of Silenus Cradling the Infant Dionysus
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century Grand Tour bronze statue of Silenus cradling the infant Dionysus after the antique;
Marble.
Roman copy of 1st-2nd cent. CE after a bronze Greek original of ca 300...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Orientalist Silvered Bronze Group of "The Falconer", P.J. Mene 19th C.
By P.J. Mêne
Located in New York, NY
A French 19th century Silvered Bronze Group of "The Falconer", Signed P.J. Mene. This silvered bronze depicts an Arab falconer on horseback, signed P.J. M...
Category
French Other Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Small Carved Wood, Depicting an Ionic Capital, Italy, circa 1850
Located in Milan, IT
Small shelf in carved hazel wood, depicting an Ionic capital. Italy, circa 1850.
Category
Italian Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Staffordshire Figurine "Young Highland Boy Standing by a Sheep", circa 1860
Located in Incline Village, NV
Mid-19th Century Staffordshire porcelain figurine depicts a Scotitsh highlander young boy standing next to an oversized sheep. He is dressed in typical fo...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Massive Pair of Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Figures of Attendants, Qing Dynasty
Located in New York, NY
A rare and massive pair of Chinese cloisonne enamel figures of attendants, Qing Dynasty.
Each standing figure similarly depicted with hands ...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Pair of Sheffield Sculptures, Signed Emile Guillemin, Players, France, 1800
Located in Torino, IT
Pair of Sheffield sculptures
signed Emile Guillemin,
Players
Origin
France
Period
1800
Author
The pieces are signed on the base
Émile Guillemin
...
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Sheffield Plate
Minton Antique Blanc de Chine Porcelain Figural Centrepiece
By Minton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Minton porcelain blanc de chine centrepiece with a young maiden with a basket dating from around 1862. The centrepiece stands o...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Very Large 19th Century North-Western Indian Carved Wood Totem Pole
Located in Germantown, MD
A very large 19th century North-Western Indian figural Carved Wood Totem Pole.
This very rare Pole measures 8" in diameter and stands 7.5 feet tall. This is one of the rare historic Totem pole that survived the late 19th century ban of Totem poles. Nearly all Totem-pole-making had ceased by 1901. Carving of monumental and mortuary poles continued in some, more remote villages as late as 1905; however, as the original sites were abandoned, the poles and timber homes were left to decay and vandalism. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, before the passage of the American Indian Religious...
Category
Native American Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Sculpture Scipione Tadolini the Greek Slave Second Half of the, 19th Century
By Scipione Tadolini
Located in SAINT-JEAN-CAP-FERRAT, FR
Scipione Tadolini was a skilled sculptor whose broad talent covered the neoclassic to the romantic movements. His ancestors from a dynasty of Roman sculptors exerted a profound and lasting influence on the artistic production of the Eternal City. The Greek Slave fully demonstrates his masterly talent and serves as a reminder of antique models and the orientalist influences characterising the second half of the 19th century.
Scipione Tadolini graduated from the Roman Academy and worked with his father on a series of celebrated portraits and ecclesiastical sculptures for Roman churches including a bust of Cardinal Giuseppe Alberghini for the Gesù (1847) and portraits of various members of the Cini family for the Church of Sant’Andrea della Valle (1844, 1846). Tadolini is also known as the author of a number of large-scale monuments for patrons around the world including an equestrian group of Simon Bolivar for the city of Lima, Peru. One of his best known sculptures is The Greek Slave which appears in his work from the late 1850s forward.The Greek Slave was created in several sizes in two variations: with the figure’s hand either raised to her chest or to her chin. The small number of versions all indicate the sculptor’s careful attention to the human form and passion with exoticism, which can be noticed through the tumbling folds of the present figure's headdress and the finely articulated jewellery...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Erotic Copper Repoussé Relief of an Orgy with French Soldiers, Mid- 19th Century
Located in Kensington, MD
This rare and damaged copper repoussé relief 18 people in erotic play involving French soldiers of various rank and state of undress. The artwork has a horizontal crack across the center of the scene. The relief is backed by a sold bronze...
Category
French Louis Philippe Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Meissen Rococo Style Gardener Group, 'Apple Harvest', by Kaendler, Germany, 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Elaborately crafted porcelain group from the 19th century:
A couple of gardeners and two boys harvesting apples, dressed in rural Rococo robes with fine decorations, a boy standing at the top end of the ladder leaning against the tree and picking apples, below them the gardener couple, the female catching them in her apron held high while the beau reaches an apple to her mouth, a boy sitting behind the tree and taking an apple from the full hat standing next to him on a tree stump.
On a round meadow base with three-dimensional foliage and gold-heightened rocaille decoration.
Designer:
JOHANN JOACHIM KÄNDLER (1706 - 1775) was chief sculptor at the Meissen manufactory from 1742 to 1775. He is the most famous modeller Meissen manufactory ever had and created famous series such as Shepherd Figurines, Comedian's Children, Gardener Children (with Acier), Paris Town Criers (with Reinicke and Meyer) , Gallant Figurines, etc.
Kaendler designed model 1755...
Category
German Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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 Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Maiden by Auguste Joseph Peiffer
Located in Doylestown, PA
Magnificent patinated bronze sculpture by Auguste Joseph Peiffer, 19th Century, signed.
The piece features a seated maiden draped in Classical Greek attire. It is mounted on an eleg...
Category
French Classical Greek Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19 Th Century Italian Bronze Flora Bust, Marble, Neoclassical
Located in Valladolid, ES
Exceptional bust of a woman, probably made in 19th century Italy, in patinated bronze, and following a neoclassical style. The head of "Flora" appears resting on a quadrangular base ...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Jules Moigniez Bronze Horse
Located in Madrid, ES
Jules Moigniez (1835-1894) bronze horse
Very pretty bronze horse signed by J Moigniez from the XIX century. It has a very nice patina that it has ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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