Renaissance Era, Marble Fragment of a Leg

Hand-carved, Northern Italian, winged, marble cherub's head mounted on a custom, Lucite base.

Fine, hand-carved, Carrara marble, robed figure from central Italy modeled in the Classical, contrapposto pose. The inscription fragment on the base reads "..under the auspices of...".

18th c., hand-carved wood statue of a cherub mounted on a custom, Lucite base.

Hand carved soap stone figure of a male, circa late 1800's, later mounted on a wood and laminate base. Base: 9"W x 8"D.

A statement patinated plaster academic study of an oversized foot, cast from a classical sculpture. French, c. 1890.

A large C.1960s Spanish carved stone foot. Naively but beautifully well made.

Roman Marble Fragment of jupiter Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D. Measure: Height: 19.7 cm This beautiful Roman fragmentary statuette depicts Jupiter, the king of the gods, here recognisable from his two chief attributes, the eagle with outstretched wings - according the Pseudo-Hyginus, singled out by Jupiter because ''it alone, men say, strives to fly straight into the rays of the rising sun'' - and the base of the scepter, which remains at the side of the left foot, an aspect likely borrowed from the statue of Zeus at Olympia, once one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Though much of the original piece has been lost, the subtle anatomical detail in the feet mark this out as a piece of exceptional quality, and the work of an artist of particular talent and patience - as Johann Winckelmann once said of the famous Belvedere Torso, ''if you contemplate this with a quiet eye [...] the god will at once become visible in this stone.'' This fragment once caught the eye of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle (1694-1758), a Knight of the Garter and among the most prolific collectors of his day. The piece, acquired during his travels to Rome, was proudly displayed on an alcove of the Western Staircase of Castle Howard...

"Glorious Ruins Fragment" of Foot. A fragment of the glorious ruins cement foot. Modern. Dimensions: Height 10" Width 7 1/2" Depth 17" CW4197