French Sculptures

"LA RENOMMÉE" (FAME) AFTER MODEL BY JEAN-ALEXANDRE-JOSEPH FALGUIÈRE (FRENCH, 1831-1900) Patinated bronze; cast by Susse Freres; stamped "Copyright by Susse... J.H." and signed with f...

Jean Jules B. SALMSON (1823-1902) couple of Native American; Spelter with black and silver patina, signed. (The man's earrings and shield are missing, some wear, small accident to a ...

"The Mystic" is an enchanting cold-painted Art Deco bronze sculpture, part of the esteemed "Theater in Bronze" series. This captivating piece is numbered 357/375. The sculpture portr...

Large bronze group with brown patina signed Clodion on the base of the group, dating from the 19th century, representing a fauna with her two children, one on her knees the other lyi...

A pair of early 20th century French gilt bronze and cut crystal compotes. France, circa 1900.  Dimensions: Height 9", width 12.5", depth 9.5...

A fine pair of French 19th century gilt bronze and patinated bronze figural four-light candelabra, each modeled as a baby Bacchus, in the form of a child faun, seated on tree trunk a...

Art Deco Pair Pineapple Antique Decorative Rustic Finials Sculpture Los Angeles . Pair of Pineapples Metal Hand forged Cast and hand made Garden fini...

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A Fine Pair of French 19th/20th Century Gilt-Bronze Sculptures of "The Marly Horses" (Now turned into lamps) After the original by Guillaume Coustou (French, 1677-1746). The large pair of equestrian bronze sculptures, finished in a gold patina, each depicting rearing horses with their groom, both raised on oval a black slate and Bardiglio marble bases and fitted with modern electrical twin-light brass fittings and cream colored shades. The base on an ebonized wooden platform. Circa: Paris, 1900-1920. Sculpture & Base Height: 31 1/4 inches (79.8 cm) Base Width: 21 3/4 inches (55.3 cm) Base Depth: 12 3/4 inches (32.4 cm) Height to top of (Adjustable) shade fitting: 48 1/4 inches (122.6 cm) Shade Height: 15 inches (38.1 cm) Shade Width: 26 inches (66.1 cm) Shade Depth: 20 inches (50.8 cm) The original Marly Horses are two 1743–1745 Carrara marble sculpted groups by Guillaume Coustou. They were commissioned by Louis XV of France for the trough at the entrance to the grounds of his château de Marly. Coustou's last works, they were intended to replace two other sculpted groups, Mercury on Pegasus and Pegasus, Renown of Horses, both by Antoine Coysevox, which had been removed to the Tuileries Gardens in 1719. Louis XV chose the modellos in 1743 and the full-size sculptures were completed in only two years, being installed at Marly in 1745. They proved highly successful in reproduction, particularly on a smaller scale, and prefigured Théodore Géricault and other Romantic artists' obsession with equestrian subjects. The Marly horses were later also used as the central motif of the monochrome 819-line RTF/ORTF test card which was used on TF1 from 1953 until 1983. The originals were moved to the place de la Concorde in Paris in 1794 and Louis-Denis Caillouette (1790–1868) restored them in 1840. In 1984 it was concluded that the annual military parades on 14 July were damaging the sculptures and they were replaced by marble copies produced by Michel Bourbon in the studio of a subsidiary of Bouygues. The latter also gained the right to an extra copy, which was placed in Bouygues's social building. The original sculptures were moved to a former courtyard in the Richelieu wing of the Louvre Museum, which was renamed the 'cour Marly' in their honour, whilst Bourbon's two main copies were moved to the originals' first site near the trough at Marly, with work overseen by the architect Serge Macel. Guillaume Coustou the Elder (29 November 1677, Lyon – 22 February 1746, Paris) was a French sculptor of the Baroque and Louis XIV style. He was a royal sculptor for Louis XIV and Louis XV and became Director of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1735. He is best known for his monumental statues of horses made for the Chateau of Marly, whose replicas now stand in the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Coustou was a member of a family of famous sculptors; his uncle, Antoine Coysevox, was a royal sculptor; his elder brother, Nicolas Coustou was a sculptor, and his son Guillaume Coustou the Younger also become a noted royal sculptor. Like his older brother, he won the (Prix de Rome) of the Royal Academy which entitled him to study for four years at the French Academy in Rome. However, he refused to accept the discipline of the academy, gave up his studies, set out to make his own career as an artist. He worked for a time in the atelier of the painter Pierre Legros, and eventually returned to Paris. Upon his return to Paris, he assisted his uncle Coysevox in making two monumental equestrian sculptures, Fame and Mercury, for the Château de Marly, the new residence of Louis XIV near the Palace of Versailles, where he went to escape the crowds and ceremony of the Palace. He later (1740–1745), made his own horses, The Horses of Marly, his most famous works, to replace them. The horses reinvent the theme of the colossal Roman marbles of the Horse Tamers in the Piazza Quirinale, Rome. They were commissioned by Louis XV in 1739 and installed in 1745 at the Abreuvoir ("Horse Trough") at Marly. The horses were considered masterpieces of the grace and expressiveness of the French Late Baroque or Rococo style. After the Revolution they were moved from Marly to the beginning of the Champs-Élysées on the Place de la Concorde. The originals were brought indoors for protection at the Louvre Museum in 1984. In 1704 Coustou was received into the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. The work he made to mark his entrance was Hercules on the Pyre, now in the Louvre. It displays the special hallmark of the Baroque, a twisting and rising transverse pose, as well as highly skillful carving. He rose to become Director of the academy in 1733. Another of his major works from his later career, the statue of Maria Leszczynska, (1731)is on display at the Louvre. Coustou also created two colossal monuments, The Ocean and the Mediterranean among other sculptures for the park at Marly; the bronze Rhone, which formed part of the statue of Louis XIV at Lyons, and the sculptures at the entrance of the Hôtel des Invalides. Of these latter, the bas-relief representing Louis XIV mounted and accompanied by Justice and Prudence was destroyed during the Revolution, but was restored in 1815 by Pierre Cartellier from Coustou's model; the bronze figures of Mars and Minerva (1733–34), on either side of the doorway, were not interfered with. In 1714 for Marly he collaborated in two marble sculptures representing Apollo Chasing Daphne (both at the Louvre), in which Nicolas Coustou sculpted the Apollo and Guillaume the Daphne. About the same time he was commissioned to produce another running figure in marble, a Hippomenes designed to complement an Atalanta copied from the Antique by Pierre Lepautre...

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This expressive sculpture of a horse head is executed in the manner of Émile Antoine Bourdelle and made out of plaster.

Pair of Orientalist sculpted busts by Guillemin French, circa 1880-1890 Male figure: Height 89.5cm, width 65cm, depth 40cm Female figure: Height 79.5...

Beautiful brown abstract terracotta sculpture, 1960s, reminding works of Henri Laurens. Great patina. . France. . Dimensions : Dimensions : 30 cm x 30 cm x 25 cm . Weight : 10.5kgs....

Pair biscuit sculptures of eagles. Work from the second half of the 19th century, bearing the incised mark "Mre. Imple. de Sèvres" (not guaranteed). Important pair of porcelain bisc...

Colorful birds on gilt bronze bases. Bellevue Ave Newport estate.

Charles Artus (1897-1978) : "Lévrier" - Plâtre d'Atelier. France, Vers 1940 Lévrier / Greyhound Rare plâtre d'atelier armaturé / Rare workshop plaster armaturated France, vers 1940 / France, circa 1940 Très bon état / Very good condition Restaurations ancienne à la queue et aux pattes / Old restauration at the leg and tail Provenance : Offert par l'artiste à l'ancien propriétaire / Offered by the artist to the previous owner Commentaire / comment : Charles Artus, membre du "groupe des XII" dont François Pompon est considéré comme le fondateur, fait parti du noyau dur de ce regroupement de sculpteurs animaliers né en 1931 . Plus tard, certains sculpteurs, tout aussi talentueux, seront remplacés ou invités au sein du collectif : c'est entre autre le cas de Herbert Haseltine...

A bronze portrait bust of a young aristocratic Parisian woman by Vincent-Desire Faure de Brousse, Titled "Raphaella", the woman is depicted in a lavish blouse with lace trim adorned with a lobed broach and jeweled crown headpiece...

"Le Sanglier" The wild boar. Subject in molded crackled white ceramic. Signed Lemanceau and stamped in hollow, Clement for Saint Clément. A beautiful glossy, glazed white ceramic an...

A handsome French 19th century Patinated bronze statue of a young David signed A Gaudez. The statue is raised on a square base displaying a front scroll with ...

Gaston Hauchecorne (1880-1945, France) : "The confidants" Lost wax cats dark nuanced green-brown patinated bronze sculpture showing two chinese woman wearing traditional costumes a...

A fine pair of French 19th century Rouge-Royal marble and figural gilt bronze-mounted flambeaux urns surmounted with four ormolu figures of dolphins supporting the center urn with th...

An endearing early 20th Century gilt and patinated bronze study of a naked beauty stood beside a deer with excellent colour and hand finished details, raised on a marble base and sig...

A silver plated architecturally inspired table object. Signed Original unpolished state.

A cast bronze bird sculpture by Philippe Jean, French artist, designer and sculptor. Mounted on a black wood cube base. Signed and numbered. PhJean 8...

Sculpture Skull Vanity Sadhu Medium all hand-made with concrete, pigments and mirror glass. Exceptional and unique piece.

Large bronze (0.68m) with a medallic patina ‘La pensée’, signed H.GREBER, foundry stamp Thiébaut frères. A student of Antonin Mercié at the Beaux-Arts, he was part of a dynasty of c...

Accessorize a man's office or desk with this elegant antique bronze figure. Crafted in France circa 1895, the large sculpture features a pheasant with long tail standing on rocky grounds; the artwork is signed on the base by French artist J. E. Masson. The bird's head is lifted in full attention, with right foot forward in a walking position. The bird figure is in excellent condition, commensurate with age and use, and adorns a beautiful and rich two tone patinated bronze finish. Jules Edmond Masson (1871-1932) was born in Paris in 1871. He was the son of Clovis Masson, who was also a renowned sculptor and a pupil of Barye. J.E. Masson specialized in depictions of animals, as well as equestrian monuments...

Roman Dancer by Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet 1880 - 1950 Large chrysoelephantine sculpture in gilt bronze Marble base. Signed "C.L.J.R Colinet Measures: height 45cm (54 with base...

Decorate a shelf or a lady's desk with this adorable antique statue. Hand carved in France circa 1880, the marble statue stands on an attached square rocky form base, and depicts a y...

Patinated bronze of a gladiator. The sculpture is a famous work by Louis Leon Cugnot (1835-1894) Son of sculptor Etienne Cugnot. He entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in the 1850s under teachers Francisque Joseph Duret...

Totem N°3, monumental sculpture by Michel Lucotte. Unique piece. Bears M Lucotte’s “L” stamp. Dated 1975 on the underside. Welded and fire-blackened steel. Sold with certificate. H...

Large sculpture in patinated bronze by Henri Vidal, circa 1900, Art Nouveau period. Patinated bronze sculpture by the sculptor Henri Vidal, Art Nouveau period, circa 1900. H: 100cm,...

A superb Art Deco bronze sculpture of a striding panther by Piero Palozzolo. Signed to bronze with foundry stamp to base. Dimensions: H 29cm W 53cm D 18cm Origin: French Date: Ci...

LUTZ, Louis, (French, 1940-): "Encirclement" Patinated bronze figure of a male nude acrobat supported by steel rings, affixed to steel plinth. Signed dated and numbered 2/8, Blanchet...

Rare and Magnificent Brutalist Bronze Dolphin Sculpture, 1970s, France Can be used too, as a Paper Weight.

This bronze tiger sculpture on a stone was made in France, and will make an impressive statement in any interior space. The tiger, with open jaw...

A museum quality French white marble roundel relief of Emperor Napoleon III, circa 1860. The quality of this marble sculpture of Napoleon III is trul...

A very impressive 19th Century patented bronze Arab riding a Camel, circa 1860-80. Batch 78 62290 DNKZZ

Nègre du Soudan bronze bust with marble base after Charles Henri-Joseph. Made in France, c. 1860's. Dimensions: 39"H x 24"W x 13"D

art deco sculpture of birds on a branch with patented bronze on a black marble base signed by the artist André Vincent Becquerel

The Maison Etling was famous was famous in the Art Déco Period for the quality of its production. It produced many artists and selected the best out of them. Chiparus for the bro...

Antonine de Saint Pierre, by. Sculpture entitled “Tauride”, in blue lacquered metal. Work of a contemporary French artist. Dimensions: H 50 x W 20 x D 20 cm Reference: LS6240489P

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Art Deco sculptural Luminaire by Pierre Le Faguays titled "Les Porteuses d'Eau" ( The water carriers) depicting to females figures carrying an Alaba...

A good quality pair of 19th century French bronze statues of soldiers in their armour. 48028 BCELZE

Chrome cast bronze, marble and glass table lamp, France, circa 1930.  

Pair of antelope bookends: the antelopes are in bronze, the bases are in bronze colour patinated steel  Art Deco Wear of time on the patina Height 24 cm 14.5 x 9.5cm

Decorate a man's office or study with this heavy antique hunting dog sculpture. Created in France circa 1880 and built of bronze, the sculpture composition attributed to Jules Moigni...

A noble baroque style porcelain figurine lady designed by Alpinien Margaine (French, active after 1854) by the foundry Gibus et Cie (1853–1972) in Limoges, France in a baby blue moti...

Ceramic foot with geometric relief produced by the Jean Roger workshop in Paris. Available in different colors for the foot, and different fabrics for the oval lampshade...

A Beautiful Late 19th Biscuit Group Entitled “Le Nid” Modeled as two children fast asleep atop an upholstered armchair. Signed Croisy on the base. Croisy was a pupil of Toussaint,...

Metallic art tie designed by Pierre Cardin. Very rare metallic tie, created in Paris France by the fashion designer Pierre Cardin, back in the 1970. It was crafted as a piece of art...

This elegant totem sculpture designed by François Gueneau, features a smooth, graceful form crafted from porcelain. The upper section showcases an abstract shape looking like a torso...

A pair of large Orientalist bronze figures by Emile Pinedo and Marcel Debut French, Late 19th Century Arabe en Marche: height 65cm, width 42cm, depth 28...

A lovely brooch in gilt cast bronze made by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940s. The brooch belongs to a collection called "The moon and the starts in th...

“Dune I” Wall by Agnès Debizet, 2017 Monumental wall sculpture comprising twenty elements made of stoneware and porcelain slip with dark cracks surface, unique piece signed and da...

Shepherdess and her sheep », sculpture by Charles Korschann (1872-1943), on a fine scrolled marble base. Direct carving on alabaster, unique piece. Charles Korschann ((1872-1943) was...

A reclining bronze of Venus. There is great detail in the casting.

This superb Grand Tour bronze study portrays a bust of Diana of Versailles or Diana the Huntress, considered in Roman and Hellenistic mythology as goddess and patroness of countryside, nature, hunters, wildlife and childbirth. This fine example is French, circa 1860. It is raised onto a sophisticated base with a thin bronze foot with a turned black slate plinth and above there is a highly decorative cast...

Carrara marble sculpture by François Fernandez, known as SAVY, signed and dated 2001. Sculpture in Carrara marble and yellow lacquer by the sculptor François Fernandez, known as SAV...