Metal Sculptures

Art deco panther sculpture France Materials Bronze and marble Technique: electroplated Excellent overall condition, little wear on the spine. ...

Art deco sculpture circa 1930. Regulates silver and gold cold patina. All on a portor marble base. Small restoration on a cymbal. Signed on Limousin ...

This is a cold painted bronze figurine of a Turkish dancer with a Parrot, by or after Paul Philippe, made in France in the Art Deco period, circa 1920 ....

A Wonderful Franz Bergman Standing Dachshund Vienna Austria Bronze Dog Sculpture With Wonderful Patina This Has Been Cold Painted With A Red Colla...

We offer this fantastic set of four spheres circa 1990 chromed metal by Diego Matthai in perfect vintage conditions. The three spheres inscribed 'Mattai'.

Wooly Chaps, a cast bronze sculpture after American artist Frederic Remington on marble base. A variation of his most famous sculpture, The Broncho Buster, Wooly Chaps is filled with a tremendous dramatic tension and depicts a scene from the American Old West...

Curtis Jere Modernist metal table sculpture with granite base made in 1989, in vintage original condition with some wear and patina due to age and use.

A Pair of Artistically created birds for table decor, silver-plated peacocks - ideal for a coffee table or bookends. These figures are Classic Hollywood Regency! They are each unique...

Very large vintage brass seashell nautilus planter. Very detailed. Good overall condition, hand polished. Can be used inside or out. Measures an impressive 11" wide x 6.5" deep x 6”...

Green patinated bronze sculpture of an archer by Michel Decoux (1837-1924). This petite Art Deco sculpture beautifully captures the elegant formal language of the period. Crafted in ...

American bronze figure on horse gong down a steep incline on green oval-shaped base (later 20th Cent.recast of "Mountain Man" by Remington) Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age...

A life size Art Deco patinated bronze figural dog sculpture, most likely Italian, early/mid-20th century. Fine quality, exceptionally execute...

The surface of these hand-made animals-sculptures still wears the traces of their prototype – purposely crafted, by nature and art-loving Kai Linke, who has a soft spot for non-linea...

Khadim Diop, the Senegalese artist renowned for his bronze sculptures that adorn many private collections worldwide, has crafted two captivating and expressive pieces that showcase his mastery of the medium, a rare find in the market outside Africa! The first sculpture portrays a dynamic figure playing the Djembe drum...

Truly a museum quality piece, this giant meteorite is a completely solid, natural Muonionalusta Meteorite sliced & polished which boasts its be...

Life sized brass and copper sculpture of a walrus created by Sergio Bustamante of Mexico circa 1960’s. Part of his magical menagerie of polished brass creatures. Very good condition ...

Sculptural Parrot bird on metal perch, made of mixed metals (copper, brass). This 1970s piece follows the style of Sergio Bustamante. The mix of metals adds vibrancy and depth to the...

An 18K gold, diamonds, amethyst, tourmaline, bloodstone, carved emerald, opal and jasper toucan bird resting on a gold tree branch, mounted on a carved malachite base. A very rare and unique gold-mounted jeweled object...

1930s Art Déco chryselephantine bone and bronze mounted knight sculpture with marble base by Alexandre Kéléty, France By: Alexandre Kéléty Material: bronze, bone, marble, stone, met...

A stunning green-patinated bust of Beethoven, sculpted by Pierre Le Faguays for Max Le Verrier. A masterpiece of French Art Deco from the 1920s, it captures the composer lost in the ...

Large Bertoia Studios 12-rod 'Time-Change Through sound B-2348' brass sculpture. A lyrical and musical sound sculpture with certificate of authenticity signed by Val, the artist and son of the original designer, Harry Bertoia. Hand made at the original Bertoia...

The red and gold marine lady is inspired by many cultural reminiscence of Italy. Corals inspired by our mediterranean see, gold elements for luxury art. A gentle reinassance face emb...

Vibrant, sleek and full of character, this vintage pedal plane was once the prized possession of children all across America. A popular toy since the late 19th century, pedal cars an...

Heavy, brass seal figurines with beautiful patina. Handsomely made in a style that is reminiscent of the elegant work of French artist J.A. Mercie (1845 - 1916) whose acclaimed monum...

This beautiful young woman is a fine example of the creations of the noted French sculptor, Emmanuel Villanis (1858-1914). You will find his works to be predominantly art nouveau wo...

Sculptural 18th century Italian figure of Christ and metal sword with large red and white crystal quartz clusters and phantom quartz. The figure of Christ was originally part of a c...

Matched pair of a female & male guinea hen bird sculptures by Archimede Seguso. They are made of opalescent glass which has been infused with delicate 24K gold powder which creates a...

FRANZ VON STUCK (German, 1863-1928) There is a tension between the Apollonian and Dionysian in Stuck’s work. Nietzsche’s contemporary and a kindred spirit, Stuck valiantly searched f...

Maurice Bouval (French 1863 - 1916), Patinated Bronze Figure Of An Art Nouveau Woman Bronze on Marble Plinth.

Demetre Haralamb Chiparus (French/Romanian 1886 - 1947), Art Deco Dancers, Bronze Sculpture On Marble Plinth. Demétre H Chiparus Antique Bronze Art Deco Dancer...

Design inspired on an artwork by Salvador Dali´: Interpretation project for a stable-library, 1942 Stuffed lamb, elaborated with a technique by a taxidermist. Drawer and table top i...

Art Deco style panther sculpture BAGHERA by Max Le Verrier. Signed Le Verrier and with foundry mark Le Verrier Paris. Designed around 1920. Posthumous contemporary cast. Patinated ...

Standing doe deer sculpture made of solid brass, from the circa 1970s. Adorable and decorative piece - a brass sculpture of a standing doe. Dimensions: height: 31 cm / 12.2 in; width...

MAGNIFICENT! BENIN OBA 19TH CENTURY BRONZE WARRIOR SCULPTURE! SUPERB EXAMPLE OF OBA METALWORK! DIMENSIONS: APPROXIMATELY 13" TALL CIRCA 1860-1900 Offered is a rare 19th cen...

Bronze sculpture with wooden base, Homage to Marino Marini 1950s/60s

BABY SUMO, welcome to the world! The legendary Helmut Newton SUMO in a spectacular new edition The Helmut Newton SUMO was overwhelming in every respect: a ...

A rare and superb depiction of modern dance in the era of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and modern dance pioneers such as Martha Graham, this figure of a modern male dancer, his ar...

Super rare and hard to find black finish "Birds in Flight" desk sculpture by Curtis Jere for Artisan House, circa 1969. The piece is in very good vintage condition and has great colo...

19th Century Fernando De Luca, After Furietti, Bronze Centaur Sculpture is a fine example of the Grand Tour tradition. Furietti, an Italian sculptor, was known for his skill in creat...

A rare and very fine bronze corpus of Christ after a model by Michelangelo, cast ca. 1597-1600 by Juan Bautista Franconio and painted in 1600 by Francisco Pacheco in Seville, Spain. The present corpus reproduces a model attributed to Michelangelo. The best known example, lesser in quality, is one on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET). The association of this corpus with Michelangelo was first brought to light by Manuel Gomez-Moreno (1930-33) who studied the wider circulated casts identified throughout Spain. The attribution to Michelangelo was subsequently followed by John Goldsmith-Phillips (1937) of the MET and again by Michelangelo expert, Charles de Tolnay (1960). While Michelangelo is best known for his monumental works, there are four documented crucifixes he made. The best known example is the large-scale wooden crucifix for the Church of Santa Maria del Santo Spirito in Florence, made in 1492 as a gift for the Prior, Giovanni di Lap Bicchiellini, for allowing him to study the anatomy of corpses at the hospital there. In 1562, Michelangelo wrote two letters to his nephew, Lionardo, indicating his intention to carve a wooden crucifix for him. In 1563 a letter between Lionardo and the Italian sculptor Tiberio Calcagni, mentions this same crucifix (a sketch of a corpus on the verso of a sheet depicting Michelangelo’s designs for St. Peter’s Basillica [Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille] may reproduce this). That Michelangelo was working on small corpora in the last years of his life is further evidenced by the small (26.5 cm) unfinished wooden crucifix located at the Casa Buonarroti, considered his last known sculptural undertaking. Michelangelo’s contemporary biographer, Giorgio Vasari additionally cites that Michelangelo, in his later years, made a small crucifix for his friend, Menighella, as a gift. Surviving sketches also indicate Michelangelo’s study of this subject throughout his career, most notably during the end of his life but also during the 1530s-40s as he deepened his spiritual roots. The occasional cameo of crucified Christ’s throughout his sketched oeuvre have made it challenging for scholars to link such sketches to any documented commissions of importance. All the while, in consideration that such objects were made as gifts, it is unlikely they should be linked with commissions. Nonetheless, a number of theories concerning Michelangelo’s sketches of Christ crucified have been proposed and some may regard the origin of the present sculpture. It has been suggested that the corpus could have its impetus with Michelangelo’s work on the Medici Chapel, whose exclusive design was given to the master. It is sensible smaller details, like an altar cross, could have fallen under his responsibility (see for example British Museum, Inv. 1859,0625.552). Others have noted the possibility of an unrealized large marble Crucifixion group which never came to fruition but whose marble blocks had been measured according to a sheet at the Casa Buonarroti. A unique suggestion is that Michelangelo could have made the crucifix for Vittoria Colonna, of whom he was exceedingly fond and with whom he exchanged gifts along with mutual spiritual proclivities. In particular, Vittoria had an interest in the life of St. Bridget, whose vision of Christ closely resembles our sculpture, most notably with Christ’s proper-left leg and foot crossed over his right, an iconography that is incredibly scarce for crucifixes. The suggestion could add sense to Benedetto Varchi’s comment that Michelangelo made a sculpted “nude Christ…he gave to the most divine Marchesa of Pescara (Vittoria Colonna).” Of that same period, two sketches can be visually linked to our sculpture. Tolnay relates it to a sketch of a Crucified Christ at the Teylers Museum (Inv. A034) of which Paul Joannides comments on its quality as suggestive of preparations for a sculptural work. Joannides also calls attention to a related drawing attributed to Raffaello da Montelupo copying what is believed to be a lost sketch by Michelangelo. Its relationship with our sculpture is apparent. Montelupo, a pupil of Michelangelo’s, returned to Rome to serve him in 1541, assisting with the continued work on the tomb of Pope Julius II, suggesting again an origin for the corpus ca. 1540. The earliest firm date that can be given to the present corpus is 1574 where it appears as a rather crudely conceived Crucifixion panel, flanked by two mourners in low-relief and integrally cast for use as the bronze tabernacle door to a ciborium now located at the Church of San Lorenzo in Padula. Etched in wax residue on the back of the door is the date, 27 January 1574, indicating the corpus would have at least been available as a model by late 1573. The Padula tabernacle was completed by Michelangelo’s assistant, Jacopo del Duca and likely has its origins with Michelangelo’s uncompleted tabernacle for the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels in Rome. The impetus for the Padula tabernacle’s Crucifixion panel begins with a series of late Crucifixion sketches by Michelangelo, depicting a scene of Christ crucified and flanked by two mourners (see British Museum Inv. 1895.0915.510; Ashmolean Museum Inv. 1846.89, KP II 343 recto; Windsor Castle RCIN 912761 recto; and Louvre Inv. 700). A faintly traced block possibly intended for sculpting the sketch of the crucified Christ on its recto was discovered by Tolnay on a version of the composition at Windsor Castle. The Windsor sketch and those related to it appear to have served as preparatory designs for what was probably intended to become the Basilica of St. Mary’s tabernacle door. Vasari documents that the project was to be designed by Michelangelo and cast by his assistant, Jacopo del Duca. Michelangelo died before the commission was complete, though on 15 March 1565, Jacopo writes to Michelangelo’s nephew stating, “I have started making the bronze tabernacle, depending on the model of his that was in Rome, already almost half complete.” Various circumstances interrupted the completion of the tabernacle, though its concept is later revitalized by Jacopo during preparations to sell a tabernacle, after Michelangelo’s designs, to Spain for Madrid’s El Escorial almost a decade later. The El Escorial tabernacle likewise encountered problems and was aborted but Jacopo successfully sold it shortly thereafter to the Carthusians of Padula. An etched date, 30 May 1572, along the base of the Padula tabernacle indicates its framework was already cast by then. A 1573 summary of the tabernacle also describes the original format for the door and relief panels, intended to be square in dimension. However, a last minute decision to heighten them was abruptly made during Jacopo’s negotiations to sell the tabernacle to King Phillip II of Spain. Shortly thereafter the commission was aborted. Philippe Malgouyres notes that the Padula tabernacle’s final state is a mixed product of the original design intended for Spain’s El Escorial, recycling various parts that had already been cast and adding new quickly finished elements for its sale to Padula, explaining its unusually discordant quality, particularly as concerns the crudeness of the door and relief panels which were clearly made later (by January 1574). Apart from his own admission in letters to Spain, it is apparent, however, that Jacopo relied upon his deceased master’s designs while hastily realizing the Padula panels. If Michelangelo had already earlier conceived a crucifix model, and Jacopo had access to that model, its logical he could have hastily employed it for incorporation on the door panel to the tabernacle. It is worth noting some modifications he made to the model, extending Christ’s arms further up in order to fit them into the scale of the panel and further lowering his chin to his chest in order to instill physiognomic congruence. A crude panel of the Deposition also follows after Michelangelo’s late sketches and is likewise known by examples thought to be modifications by Jacopo based upon Michelangelo’s initial sculptural conception (see Malgouyres: La Deposition du Christ de Jacopo del Duca, chef-d’oeuvre posthume de Michel-Ange). Jacopo’s appropriation of an original model by Michelangelo for more than one relief on the Padula tabernacle adds further indication that the crucifix was not an object unique to Jacopo’s hand, as few scholars have posited, but rather belongs to Michelangelo’s original...

Pair of Extra Large Brass Deer by Sarreid, Spain 1970s

Sculpture gold dragon all made in porcelain and gold-plated in 24-karat. With gold-plated polished brass whiskers. Exceptional piece.

This striking vintage bronze rooster sculpture is a fine example of African tribal artistry, originating from the cultural regions of Ife and Benin in Nigeria. Crafted with a primiti...

Vintage MCM large brass and light wood angel fish sculpture by Frederick Cooper, circa 1970s. The piece sits on a brass pole on a wood base and is in good vintage condition; it measu...

Impressive Bronze Sculpture - "Imperial French Cuirassier 1804" mid 19th Century. A beautifully detailed bronze sculpture of a soldier mounted on his horse bearing the insignia of Napoleon with silver and gold gilt and polychrome patina. On an onyx base (some small losses and chips). Plate mentioning "Corazziere Imperiale Francia 1804 64/200". This piece is a limited edition and numbered 64 out of 200 made. The phrase "Corazziere Imperiale Francia 1804" appears to be Italian. It translates to "Imperial French Cuirassier 1804" in English. Cuirassiers were heavy cavalry units in European armies, and "Imperial French Cuirassier" refers to a specific type of cavalryman serving in the French Imperial Army during the Napoleonic era, particularly around the year 1804 when Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned Emperor of the French. The Imperial Guard...

Tyrannosaurus Rex Tooth in Fossil Matrix. Late Cretaceous, circa 65 Million years before present. Lance Formation, Marchant Ranch Quarry, Niobrara County, Wy...

Austrian Jugendstil bronze centerpiece with country girl figure, circa 1900. Step into the poetic world of late 19th-century Austria with this captivating bronze jardinière, an exqu...

Multi-dimensional Industrial style welded and painted steel sculpture, "Mother and Child", by Philadelphia based artist David Tothero. This colorful piece has strong graphic and tex...

This abstract sculpture was made in Los Angeles, California, in the 1980s. It was handcrafted and hand-painted by an artist. The sculpture is made of foam, a metal spoon, a metal fau...

Brutalist SA I Sculpture by Hiroshi Koyama, Japan, 1990s. Diabase (subvolcanic rock) and bronze

Bronze sculpture of a Gaulish chief, signed FREMIET. Bronze sculpture signed FREMIET, representing a Gaulish chief, 19th century, Napoleon III period. H: 37cm, W: 26cm, D: 8,5cm

Patinated bronze statue of a falconer after the original model by Adolphe Martial Thabard (1831-1905). A winner of multiple medals at the Paris Salon, this particular model won the ...

A circa 1960's Italian silver plated horse head. Measurements: Height: 8" Length: 6" Width: 2.5"

Extremely rare, modular, sculptural large wall lamp BT1 in stainless steel with low-voltage lights with magnetic, movable Perspex/Lucite cylinders and a movable cube, that can be det...

Beautifully handcrafted and meaningful religious plaque. This heavy and high quality bronze wall plaque depicts Christ with a realistic crown of thorns and a stylized Art Deco halo ...

Midcentury Swedish fire screen by Olle Hermansson for Husqvarna made in cast iron. It can both be placed either as a fire screen or a sculpture. The fire ...

A remarkably fine example of Archaic sculpture.  A figure of a discophoros, or discus bearer, standing with his right leg forward, gripping a discus in his right hand, the left arm raised with an open palm. Described with admiration in Münzen und Medaillen's 1961 auction, "The figure is a masterpiece and illustrates with rare vividness the essence of good Etruscan sculpture...

A beautiful patinated Art Nouveau bronze study of a young Art Nouveau beauty sat upon a wall wearing chains with excellent variegated rich brown patina and excellent hand chased surf...

Circa 1970. We offer this Pal Kepenyes Lion Sculpture made in steel and black marble signed. Pal Kepenyes was a Hungarian artist and jewelry designer known for his unique and innova...

Bronze sculpture of man sitting