“The Violinist” Sculpture by Antoine Berbery

"Le Sanglier" The wild boar. Subject in molded crackled white ceramic. Stamped on the bottom "LONGWY" A beautiful glossy, glazed white ceramic and is sure to give a certain cachet a...

The "Bacchanale" Dancer Sculpture , by Janle for Max Le Verrier, is a captivating depiction of a lively and joyous dancer. The sculpture portrays a female nude figure in graceful mo...

The Violinist – Height : 97 cm (38,1 in.) ; Width : 30 cm (11,8 in.) ; Depth : 43 cm (16,9 in.) The Wait – Height : 93 cm (36,6 in.) ; Width : 36 cm (14,1 in.) ; Depth : 41 cm (16,1 in.) Beautiful pair of wrought iron sculptures representing a violinist and a man holding a rose sheltering with an umbrella under a street lamp. These sculptures are the work of Jean-Alexandre Delattre, a French sculptor born in 1935 and who died in 2022, who specialized in the production of slender wrought iron sculptures, representing sportsmen, jobs or situations. J-A Delattre has also achieved numerous sports trophies...

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...