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Material: Carrara Marble
French Bronze Greyhound Sculpture on Carrara Marble Base, Early 20th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
French Bronze Greyhound Sculpture on Carrara Marble Base, Early 20th Century
A refined and elegant bronze sculpture of a greyhound, mounted on a polished Carrara marble base. Exec...
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Early 20th Century French Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Gilt Bronze Wounded Sparrow Bird, after Comolera
Located in Pearland, TX
A 19th century antique wounded sparrow bird paperweight/hunting trophy in chased gilt bronze, after Comolera (1818-1897). Mounted on pink marble. Sourced from a French collector.
Category
19th Century French Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Barbara Hepworth Style Marble Sculpture Single Bookend Eye Iris Biomorphic Form
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Small Marble Table Sculpture. Very nice form, no signature or markings.
W 6.5 x D 3 x H 5 in
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Large 17/18th Century Italian Carved Carrara Marble Baroque Angel Fragment
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered marble baroque angel.
Italy 17/18th century. Weathered, losses and old repairs.
More pictures are available on request.
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
$6,881 Sale Price
27% Off
Italian Grand Tour Augustus Caesar Carrara Marble Bust 19th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
Carved Carrara marble bust of Augustus Caesar. Italian grand tour. Mid 19th century.
collection collector paris rome new salon historical fine
not signed. museum or...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Large Antique Marble Bust of Apollo of Belvedere, 19th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique bust of Apollo of Belvedere. Finely carved carrara marble. Mid-19th century. Italian.
Presented by Joseph Dasta Antiques
# nude male greek roman mercury statue...
Category
19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble, Carrara Marble
Exquisite Bronze & Marble Reclining Venus Holding Pomegranate, After Canova
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exquisite Bronze & Marble Reclining Venus Holding Pomegranate, After Canova, 20th Century
A finely cast and chased bronze of a reclining classical beauty, inspired by Antonio Canova...
Category
20th Century European Neoclassical Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Vintage Italian Carrara Marble Sculpture of David
By Michelangelo
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning vintage Italian carved carrara marble sculpture or statue of David.
Offered is a good sized well executed marble figure of David as a youth, copied from the original by Mic...
Category
1940s Italian Grand Tour Vintage Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Antique Italian Marble Bust of Augustus Caesar
Located in Newark, England
Grey Marble Socle
From our Sculpture collection, we are delighted to offer this exceptional Antique Italian Marble Bust Augustus Caesar. The bust...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Stunning 19th Century Italian Torso in Carrara Marble H: Total: 145cm
Located in Madrid, ES
Stunning 19th Century Italian Torso in Carrara Marble
original gift from the Count of Bologna to a German private
along with a solid marble plinth,
torso h 65cm, l 38cm, w 25cm,
pli...
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Nude Male Bronze Sculpture Fountain
Located in Malibu, CA
Bronze male sculpture signed. Fonderia Giorgio Sommer Calabritto Napoli
Thomas, sculptor, lived and worked in the Naples area, and especially on Capri, from 1889 to 1906. Given this ...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
$9,497 Sale Price
50% Off
Modern Monique Pedestal Sculpture, Calacatta Marble Handmade Portugal Greenapple
By Greenapple, GF Modern
Located in Lisboa, PT
Modern Monique Pedestal Stand, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
The Monique marble column, carved from exquisite Calacatta Cremo marble, embodies timeless sophisticat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble, Quartz, Onyx, Carrara Marble, Marble, Travertine
$5,989 Sale Price / item
35% Off
Gaddi Torso Marble Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
A sculpture in precious white Carrara marble reproducing the Torso Gaddi, the famous fragmentary sculpture displayed in the Uffizi Museums in Florence, which inspired many great arti...
Category
2010s Italian Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
$68,563 / item
19th Century British Carrara Marble Roman Relief Sculpture - Antique Relief
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This Carrara marble bas relief sculpture was hand carved in England in the late 1800s, in good condition. The antique relief sculpture depicts...
Category
19th Century English Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Italian Carrara Marble Bust Of The Apollo Belvedere
Located in Essex, MA
Nicely carved bust. With round socle base. A celebrated sculpture from classical antiquity.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Monumental Arturo Di Modica Carrara Marble Abstract Sculpture (1941-2021)
Located in Hamburg, PA
This magnificent abstract sculpture, crafted from White Carrara marble, is a masterpiece by the renowned Italian-American sculptor Arturo Di Modica, famous for the Charging Bull Bron...
Category
20th Century American Modern Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Memento or Vanitas carved on white Carrara and Emperador spain
Located in Tarquinia, IT
memento marble, vanitas marble, vanitas bust, ancient Roman, Roman art, classical art, Greek art, bust, white Carrara marble, emperador bust, classical sculpture, ancient sculpture, ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Baroque Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Carved Translucent Carrara Marble Abstract Sculpture Circa 1960s
Located in Oakland, CA
1960s era hand carved translucent carrara marble abstract sculpture on a hardwood base. Freeform abstract sculpture reminiscent of the work of Jean Arp. The marble is such that it le...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Marble Female Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial female nude torso white marble sculpture with dark veining, circa 20th century. Sculpture is predominately white marble with traces of dark veining as sho...
Category
20th Century European Modern Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
$4,200
Mid-Century Modern Carrara Marble Abstract Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This elegantly bold Mid-Century Modern Carrara Marble Abstract Sculpture originates from the United States, Circa 1970. Features an abstracted geometric form with a remarkable sense ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Life Size Italian 19th Century Marble Sculpture Children on Crib, A. Tantardini
By Antonio Tantardini 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antonio Tantardini (Italian, 1829-1879) An extraordinary Italian 19th century life size carved Carrara white marble sculpture of "A Young Child and a baby in a wicker crib...
Category
1860s Italian Beaux Arts Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
$520,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Italian School Sculpture "Hermaphrodite" 19th Century Carrara White Marble Group
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian School Sculpture "Hermaphrodite" 19th Century
Carrara White Marble Group
presented on a marble base
Total height: 18 cm Width: 46.5 cm Depth: 25.5 cm
good condition
some defe...
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Pair of Carved Marble Recumbent Lions
Located in Norwood, NJ
Fine quality antique carved marble recumbent lions after models by Antonio Canova. Architectural elements most likely part of a larger el...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
$3,275 / set
Italian 19th Century Greco-Roman Style Marble Bas-Relief Frieze, Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine Italian 19th century Greco-Roman style carved Carrara marble bas-relief Frieze, after the antique. The finely carved white marble frieze in r...
Category
19th Century Italian Greco Roman Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
$48,950 Sale Price
60% Off
Crouching Venus Italian White Marble Sculpture by Pietro Bazzanti
Located in New York, NY
Italian white marble sculpture of the crouching Venus after the ancient Greek Hellenist period work, finely carved by the Italian master, Pietro Bazzanti. Signed P Bazzanti Florence.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Beautiful Italian " Torso " 20th Century Carrara Marble
Located in Madrid, ES
Beautiful Italian " Torso " 20th century Carrara marble.
Measure: H: 43m including base
very good condition
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Male torso "Torso Gaddi" carved on white Carrara marble - made in Italy
Located in Tarquinia, IT
Sculpture, Male torso, classical art, Greek art, Torso, white Carrara marble, classical sculpture, ancient torso, Gaddi torso
Sculpted male torso on white marble from carrara, origi...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Classical Roman Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Grand Tour 19th Century Marble Bust of Antinous as Hermes by Filli Pugi
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FILLI PUGI
Italian, fl. 19th century
Bust of the Capitoline Antinous after Antiquity
Carved Carrara Marble signed verso “Filli Pugi Firenze” executed circa late 19th century
Ite...
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19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Set of Fratelli Mannelli Italian White Carrara Marble Animals Sculptures, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing and rare set of three Carrara white marble sculptures. Fratelli Mannelli designed this fantastic set in Italy during the 1970s.
There are three elements in this set: an elephant, a giraffe and a camel. This set is extremely rare because of the material. For this set high-quality white Carrara marble was used, while normally, the Mannelli sculptures were made in travertine marble.
A wonderful set of sculptures...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
19th Century Italian Roman Vanitas Bust Renaissance Revival Memento Mori Marble
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved & most impressive Italian Vanitas bust in solid marble from late 19th century.
White Carrara marble skull combined with a Belgian Bla...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble
Rare 19th Century Italian Memento Mori Bust / Sculpture Carrara Marble Vanitas
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas / Memento Mori bust in solid marble from late 19th century.
White Carrara marble skull combined with masterfully...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Italian Carrara Marble Sculpture Signed Comana
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Carrara Marble Sculpture Signed Comana.
This beautifully executed Italian Carrara marble sculpture is mounted on a green marble plinth.
Gorgeous!
Category
1920s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Italian 19th-20th Century Whimsical White Marble Wishing Wellhead with Children
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and exceptionally carved Italian 19th-20th century Baroque Revival style whimsical white Carrara marble wishing wellhead, raised on an octagonal two-step marble base. The intricately carved marble relief circular wellhead depicting carved figures of dancing and cheerful children (Putti) among vines, flowers and fruits, dancing and playing musical instruments with a backdrop of castles, landscapes, forests and wreaths, Florence, circa, 1900.
Note: We have part II video of this amazing Wishing Wellhead. Please feel free to request a copy.
Literature:
A similar wellhead was sold by Jan's & Co. Fine French Antiques, Inc. in 1999, provenance the Atkinson/Kirkeby Estate and it is illustrated in "The Estates of Beverly Hills" by Charles Lockwood and Jeff-Hyland, page 150.
Another similar is currently on display at the gardens of "The Elms" mansion a public museum part of the Newport Mansions by The Preservation Society of Newport County in Newport, Rhode Island.
Yet another similar wellhead carved with frolicking putti with musical instruments and a dentil molded rim is located at Cranbrook House, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and is illustrated in B. Israel, Antique Garden Ornament...
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Early 1900s Italian Baroque Revival Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Italian 19th-20th Century Marble Group "Allegory to Music" Children's Orchestra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large Italian 19th-20th century Carrara marble group "Allegory to Music" depicting five Bacchic putti musicians playing various instruments. The finely carved Palatia...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Beaux Arts Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
$98,985 Sale Price
31% Off
19th Century Faun Of Praxiteles Leaning Or Resting Satyr Carrara Marble Italy
Located in Epfach, DE
The statue is very fine and in high quality out of Carrara marble. It is worked out around 1800. You can see also an exemplar in the Capitoline Museums out of c. 130 AD
The Resting Satyr statue...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
" Venus of the Nile " 19th Century Italian Carrara Marble Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
" Venus of the Nile "
19th century Italian Carrara marble sculpture
Italy
Height: 90 cm
good conditions.
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
18th-19th Century White Italian Carrara Marble Satyr Mask, Antique Décor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A hand carved late 18th/19th Century mythological marble Satyr mask with horns, weathered patina in good condition. The hand sculpted Italian Carrara marb...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
OSMOSI Artist Proof Glass and Marble Sculpture by Emmanuel Babled for Venini
Located in murano, IT
The work is part of the Osmosis series, exhibited at Palazzo Franchetti, in conjunction with the 55 th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. The project combines new t...
Category
2010s Italian Arts and Crafts Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Life-Size Italian Carrara Marble Hand Carved Sculpture, P Romanelli "Sulamitide"
Located in New York, NY
An Incredible and Quite Impressive Life-Sized 19th Century Italian Carrara Marble Hand-Carved Sculpture by Pasquale Romanelli, "Sulamitide". This marble sculpture titled Sulamitide ...
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1870s Italian Neoclassical Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Pr. 19th C. Italian Carrara Marble Children Reading & Writing, Signed A. Piazza
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of 19th Century Italian Hand-Carved and Hand-Polished Carrara Marble Models of Children Reading and Writing, Signed A. Piazza, After Antonio Canova. Antonio Canova (1757–1822...
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1890s Italian Neoclassical Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Magnificent Italian Torso Carrara Marble, Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Magnificent Italian Torso Carrara Marble Early 20th Century H: 127cm
The height is including the base
good conditions
weight: 800kg
This sculpture needs export certificate
Delivery t...
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Early 20th Century Italian Modern Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
French Brutalist Brass Welded Bird Sculpture on Marble Cylindrical Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A lovely welded brass sculpture of a bird. The bird is mounted on a cylinder of Marble. The entire feeling that emits from this piece is wonderful - creative, with brass plumbs and...
Category
20th Century French Organic Modern Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
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
19th Century Italian Greco Roman Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
$92,850 Sale Price
30% Off
Italian Seated Figure of a Carrara Marble Sculpture of a Vestal Virgin
Located in Houston, TX
The perfection in the carving technique makes this sculpture very
Special. It is carved from a fine carrara white marble with artistic
Perfection. The folds in her gown and drapin...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
$27,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Marble Bust Vanitas / Memento Mori 19th Century Carved Sculpture Italy
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas bust in solid marble from late 19th century.
White Carrara marble skull combined with a red Rosso Imperiale marble Ro...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Marble Statue
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
A large (almost life-sized) antique Carrara marble statue of a Roman legionary. Dressed in typical Roman soldier costume and with sword and shield in ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Classical Roman Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
$48,059
Beautiful Italian " Torso " 20th Century Carrara Marble
Located in Madrid, ES
Beautiful Italian " Torso " 20th century Carrara marble.
Measure: H: 47m including base, 30cm without
very good condition
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Italian Sculpture "Egyptian Memento" Carrara Marble, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian sculpture " Egyptian Memento " Carrara marble 20th century
Measure: H: 52cm
20th century
Marble sculpture
Very good condition.
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
ANTIQUE ORIGINAL ITALIAN CARRARA MARBLE SINK began 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
ANTIQUE ORIGINAL MARBLE SINK began 20th Century
Original antique white marble sink.
WIDTH 39 cm
LENGTH 70 cm
INTERNAL DEPTH OF THE BASIN 8 cm
THICKNESS 11 cm
OVAL HOLE DIMENSIONS 40...
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20th Century Italian Modern Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Important Early 20th Century Art Deco Marble Sculpture of The Three Graces
Located in Madrid, ES
Presenting an extraordinary early 20th-century Art Deco sculpture, masterfully carved entirely from premium Carrara white marble and Calacatta marble, known as the most expensive mar...
Category
1920s Vintage Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Classical male torso in white Carrara marble - miniature
Located in Tarquinia, IT
Sculpture, Male torso, classical art, Greek art, Torso, white Carrara marble, classical sculpture, torso Riace bronzes
Piccolo Torso maschile scolpito su bellissimo marmo bianco di C...
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Early 2000s Italian Classical Greek Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Italian Marble Bust of Caesar Augustus
Located in Essex, MA
Nicely carved head with Turquin blue marble socle. Smooth soft patina to the stone. Turquin marble was used in ancient Rome for flooring , bathtubs etc. It was used often in the Fren...
Category
1870s Italian Grand Tour Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Italian Ancient Marble Sculpture Fountain, Late 16th Century
Located in Milano, IT
Sea monster
Carrara marble mouth fountain
Italy, late 16th century
It measures 13.8 x 31.5 x 18.9 in (35 x 80 x 48 cm)
State of conservation: some small evident gaps and widespread signs of wear due to outdoor exposure. The gray marks crossing it do not come from restoration, but are rather the natural veins of the marble.
This work has some morphological characteristics typically associated with the iconography of the sea monster: an elongated muzzle, sharp teeth, protruding eyes, elongated ears, and a coiled serpent's tail.
An in-depth series of studies on artistic depictions of the sea monster attempted to verify how this symbol evolved in antiquity in the European and Mediterranean contexts and how it gradually changed its image and function over time. The iconography itself is mutable and imaginative and its history is rich with cultural and artistic exchange, as well as the overlapping of ideas. This occurred so much that it is difficult to accurately pinpoint the "types" that satisfactorily represent its various developments.
However, we can try to summarize the main figures, starting from the biblical Leviathan and the marine creature that swallowed Jonah (in the Christian version, this figure was to become a whale or a "big fish", the “ketos mega”, translation of the Hebrew “dag gadol”). Other specimens ranged from the dragons mentioned in the Iliad (which were winged and had legs) to "ketos” (also from Greek mythology), the terrifying being from whose Latinized name (“cetus”) derives the word "cetacean". See J. Boardman, “Very Like a Whale” - Classical Sea Monsters, in Monsters and Demons in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds, in Papers presented in Honor of Edith Porada, Mainz am Rhein 1987, pp. 73-84).
In Italy the monster underwent yet further variations: it can be found in Etruscan art on the front of some sarcophagi representing the companion of souls, while among the Romans we find the “Pistrice” (cited by Plinio in Naturalis Historia PLIN., Nat., II 9, 8 and by Virgilio in Eneide: VERG., Aen., III, 427), which appeared in the shape of a stylized hippocampus or a very large monstrous cetacean and evolved into a hideous being with a dragon's head and long webbed fins.
During the Middle Ages, the sea monster was the object of new transformations: at this time, it is often winged, the head is stretched like a crocodile, the front legs are often very sharp fins - sometimes real paws - until the image merges with dragons, the typical figures of medieval visionary spirituality widely found throughout Europe (on this topic and much more, see: Baltrušaitis, J., Il Medioevo fantastico. Antichità ed esotismi nell’arte gotica, Gli Adelphi 1997).
In Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries, the revival of classicism - representative of the humanistic and Renaissance periods - led to a different reading of these "creatures". Indeed, the sea monster was also to find widespread use as an isolated decorative motif, especially in numerous fountains and sculptures where dolphins or sea monsters were used as a characterizing element linked to water (on this theme see: Chet Van Duzer, Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps, London, The British library, 2013).
From the morphological point of view, the "sea monsters" of this period are mostly depicted as hybrid figures, in which the body of a mythological or real being (a hippocampus, a sea snake, a dolphin), is joined to a head with a rather indistinct appearance. It was usually characterized by large upright ears, an elongated snout, sharp teeth and globular, protruding eyes; a complex and indefinite figure, both from the symbolic point of view and from that of its genesis.
The work we are examining is placed as a cross between the medieval sea serpent and the Renaissance dolphin, with stylistic features which recall the snake as often used in heraldry (such as the "snake" depicted in the coat of arms of the Visconti - the lords and then dukes of Milan between 1277 and 1447 - and which, for some, may be derived from the representations of the “Pistrice” that swallowed Jonah).
In the search for sources, Renaissance cartography and in particular woodcuts should not be neglected. See for example the monsters of Olaus Magnus, from the editions of the “Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus” (“History of the peoples of the north”) and the natural histories of Conrad Gesner, Ulisse...
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16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
French Mid-19th Century White Carrara Marble Statue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and monumentally scaled French mid 19th century white Carrara marble statue. The most impressive and statement making statue ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
An Impressive Early 20th Century Italian Figural Sculpture Lamp by L. Gremigni
By Libero Gremigni
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Very Impressive Early 20th Century Italian Marble, Onyx and Alabaster Figural Sculpture Lamp by Professor Libero Gremigni
The beautiful Art Deco figural lamp depicting an Egyptian...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Alabaster, Carrara Marble
Italian Marble Statue Sculpture by Romanelli
Located in New York, NY
Finely carved Italian Carrara marble
Title: Amore E Psiche
Artist: Pasquale Romanelli (1812-1887)
Origin: Italian
Date: 19th century
Signature: Signed Prof. P. Romanelli/Fire...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Italian 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Marble Statue of Venus De Milo
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful and very high quality Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. white Carrara marble statue of Venus de Milo, signed G. Pettini & Figli Pisa. The statue is raised by a wonde...
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Pietro Bazzanti, Italian 19th Carved Marble Figure Semi-Nude Young Bather Girl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pietro Bazzanti - Barzanti (Italian, 1825-1895) "After the Bath" - a very Fine and large carved white Carrara marble figure of a semi-nude young maiden standing by the sea-shore. The smiling and posing young beauty, with bare breasts and back, her right arm juxtaposed over her head, while holding a blanket over her waist with her left hand and standing barefoot by a rocky seawall and wavy shoreline. Signed 'P. Barzanti/Florence' (on reverse) and raised on a cylindrical swiveling carved verde antico solid marble pedestal. circa: Florence, 1880-1890.
Pietro Bazzanti or Barzanti (Italian, 1825-1895) was a 19th Century Italian sculptor born in Florence. Together with his brother, Niccolò Bazzanti (Firenze, 1802-1869) who was also a sculptor, they both worked the sprawling Florentine studio 'Pietro Bazzanti e Figlio' a hugely successful sculpture studio, operated within the family at their gallery on Lungarno Corsini until the mid-twentieth century. The studio was a place where many talented professors and apprentice sculptors specialized in sculpting marble...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Greco Roman Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
$198,750 Sale Price
27% Off
Shell Natural Specimen White and Marble Pedestal Victorian Style 20th Century
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Beautiful and elegant shell on pure white marble pedestal
It has an ornament of a bronze bird, but you can remove it if you don't like it and leave the shell alone.
Its condition i...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Other Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
$478 Sale Price
66% Off
Statue in Alabaster and Marble Representing Helen and Paris, 20th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Statue in alabaster and marble representing an embracing couple, probably Helen and Paris. In order to create a contrast, the bodies of the figures...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Carrara Marble Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Carrara Marble
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