19th Century Sculptures

Depicting a moment of tender intimacy, this antique French bronze sculpture shows a couple in a moment of calm repose. Dressed in typical Classical Roman attire, the man sits, holdin...

A two-part tall standing cast bronze Buddha figure with jewelled, gilt-inlaid base. Original red lacquer painting in this figure and fully robed design shows throughout this figure. Gorgeous intact expression in the face and body of this female Buddhist figure with every part of her body in wonderful condition. Gilt and jewelled inlays throughout the base make this an exceptional piece in any Central Asian art collection. Circa 1900, BURMESE ART...

Barbedienne bronze of the Shepherds of Arcadia by Eugene Antoine Aizelin (French 1821-1902) Bergers d'Arcadie. Patinated bronze mounted on a rouge m...

Amazing and impressive bronze work of lighting art. This great quality and heavy bronze chandelier has the most beautiful shape and golden color. In fact, in real life the color of this unique pendant is just as golden as the chandeliers or other artefacts that you find in churches. The two stunning pairs of handcrafted mythological creatures...

Italian Grand Tour patinated bronze sculpture of a Sphynx. Measurements: Height: 6.25" Depth: 9.25" Width: 5.5".

Monumental 19th Century French Bronze Depicting Prince Hamlet & the Gravedigger, from Act V, scene i. of shakespeare's tragedy. Cast by Victor Thiebaut, Paris. Signed on base: Par Vor Thiebaut 1865. and Costa de B. Height: 51" (129.5 cm) Width: 33" (83.8 cm) Depth: 23" 58.4 cm) Victor Adolphe Thiébaut , born in 1828 and died in 1888 was one of the most illustrious founders of French art. He was the creator of the Art Foundry Thiebaut Brothers ,one of the largest and most prestigious art foundries in France during the 19th and 20th centuries. His achievements are visible throughout the world and especially in Paris. In 1849, after being associated with him, his father Charles Antoine Floréal left him the reins of the family foundry " Thiébaut & Fils ", a company manufacturing loops and medals, cylinders for printing canvas and paper, machine parts steam and other industrial objects made of bronze and copper. Two years later, in 1851, Victor Thiébaut decided to start a new activity of art foundry. He created the "Thiébaut Frères Art Foundry". It is from this time that the house will experience great prosperity and international artistic renown. Victor Thiébaut was a perfectionist. He believed that the perfection of cast iron was the main point of making a work. This way of thinking earned him the trust, the friendship and the advice of the sculptors of the time. The first works of Victor Thiébaut are exhibited throughout Europe. The London Exhibition in 1862 gave him the Knight's Cross of the Legion of Honor . That same year, he was elected mayor of the 10th arrondissement of Paris . Over the years, the fame of the Thiébaut Frères Art Foundry enabled the company to produce more and more important works in collaboration with prestigious artists. In 1860, Victor Thiébaut realized his first Parisian work: the fonts of "Agriculture" and the "Work" of Gumery. These works are visible on one of the fountains of the square-Émile Chautemps. In 1861, he produced a monumental work for the city of Paris: the bronze group "Saint Michael slaying the devil" by Duret, installed on the fountain Saint Michel. In 1863, another monumental work installed in the heart of the capital. Victor Thiebaut performs the statue of Napoleon I er , installed at the top of the Vendôme column . The statue was shot down in 1871 and repaired in 1875 by the Thiébaut Frères Art Foundry. Between 1864 and 1899, Victor Thiébaut realized many monumental works, still today, throughout the capital, including " The Triumph of the Republic ", place de la Nation , the "monument to Joan of Arc", place the Pyramids , the "Lioness of the Sahara", the Louvre palace , many works present in the Luxembourg gardens , the Tuileries gardens , the Jardin des Plantes , and in many other places. In 1878, the "Thiébaut Frères Art Foundry" cast the work " Charlemagne and its Leudes ", installed on parvis Notre-Dame . Victor Thiébaut died in 1888, leaving his sons Victor and Jules with orders for the family business. Until his last days, Victor Thiébaut worked on two monumental orders that will be completed and installed after his death. One of the most visible works made by the "Fonderie Thiébaut Frères" was undoubtedly the replica of the "Statue of Liberty", installed on the bridge of Grenelle ( Swan...

Depiction of Hippomene, a character of Greek mythology. He was the only male worthy to wed Atalanta, the famous virgin huntress of the king. Restored by Smith and Plowden, who do all...

Charming gilt bronze bust of a woman, spectacular gilt finish.

A pair of French 19th century bronzes of Napoleon the third (1808–1873) the last of emperor of France (1852–1870) and his consort the empress Eugenie. The bronzes were most probably ...

A sensitively cast pair of highly detailed 19th century Thai miniature bronze kneeling monks in the position of prayer. These monks exhibit a particularl...

Italian bronze 'Puti Di Mare' merman sculpture. Early 19th century on Sodalite Plinth.

An exceptional bronze statute by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887). The piece is inscribed "Poitevin" on the base. This gentleman served as a f...

French bronze sculpture from the 19th century, intervened with a glass sphere and Genoese velvet dating from the 18th century. One of a kind piece.

19th Century Italian large Bronze Statue by Ettore Ximines Ettore Ximines, Italy, 1855 (Palermo)-1926 (Rome) Man carrying woman on shoulderIn fabulous condition The patina of the s...

Rare & fabulous Antique Napoleon lll clock garniture with incredible quality bronze sculptures. You will rarely see a clock garniture with bronzes of this quality and detail. The bearded thinker/philosopher on top of the marble clock is simply astonishing. His natural poisture, his hair, face and hands, but also his clothes, it is all of a quality and detail that only a master sculptor can achieve. And the patina also is just perfect. The philosopher is marked on the back and it reads 'BE x'. The two bronze female (classical maiden) sculptures are in fact two stunning candle holders and they too stand on beautifully shaped black marble bases with cartouches. These majestic candle holders are marked on the sides 'L.V.E. ROBERT' (Louis Valentin Elias Robert) and on the back they read 'AD x'. The black marble clock comes with a circular dial face with gilt Roman numerals and this clock has a well working movement. The movement is stamped 'DENIERE / A PARIS' and '2165'. On the bottom it reads A.Blacher and there also is a cachet with 'MEDAILLE D'OR / Paris / 1827'. If you like this one of a kind, clock set as much as we do then you will love our price. Especially, since perfect packing (in a custom made crate) and worldwide delivery from our store to your door in just 4 days are complimentary. Maximum clock height x width x depth: 22 x 17 x 8.5 inches. The large figure candle holders...

A heavily armed Cavalier with a bowed head looking down on the ground. Extremely finely chiselled bronze. Centre engraved on the base: GIL BLAS. LEVEQUE is al...

Albert Bartholomew (b.1848-d.1928) bronze of a nude maiden covering her face, figure is known as La Pleureuse (The Mourner). Signed and foundry mark on lower base, late 19th century....

Late 19th century English gold washed sterling vanity or dressing set with chinoiserie motif. Hallmarked England. The measurement below is for the hand mirror only.

A pair of Empire gilt and patinated bronze candelabra. Each with a winged Victorian female figure carrying a torchère on their hea...

Representing two separate moments in the French Revolution, the uprising against Louis XVIth, and the fall of the monarchy in 1792. One subject being a drummer, marked a^??Avant le c...

19th century American water gilt gold hand-carved eagle.

Bronze figure of a Teutonic warrior. Paul Ludwig Kowalczewski (German, 1865–1910).

Important pair of French Empire-style five-light bronze candelabra. Each richly patinated winged victory figure rests on a serpentine base with gilt bronze mounts and holds an elabor...

Great French sculpture from the second half of the 19th century. Chiseled and patinated bronze work depicting Cupid and Psyche, of excellent quality. Princess Psyche was as beautiful...

Cast bronze prancing greyhound by Pierre Jules Mene, (1810-1879). The highly detailed bronze rests on a back granite base. Impressed signature, PJ Mene. No foundry mark, but this was...

Russian Gilt Bronze Bust of a Knight Wearing Maltese Cross, 19th century The figure depicts a bearded knight wearing a Maltese Cross and a fur lined cape. The cross suggests the f...

PIERRE LENORDEZ French, 1815-1892 "Monarque" Patinated sand-cast bronze Signed in cast "P. Lenordez" foundry inscription for Duplan et Salles cast circa 1870 Item # 305BHE24A An unusually fine example of Lenordez's work, he modeled Monarque with a surface ahead of its time through a marriage of exacting technical representation of the proud stallion and a modernistic mottled texturing of the body that is tangible. The viewer can almost feel the stylus in the artist's hand as it feverishly works the body to push and shape the wax, scuffing and scraping the skin of the horse in a chaotic fervor. This has been captured with utmost integrity by the renowned house of Duplan et Salles, the quality of the sand-casting simply above reproach with crisp replication of the artist's intent evident in every quarter. Typical of Lenordez, the towel tossed on the ground records the important details on the subject, noting: "Monarque!! né en 1852, par the Baron the Emperor ou Sting Poetess par Royal oak vainqueur de 21 prix...

Pair of bronze statuettes with brown patina representing two boxers in full combat, made by Jef Lambeaux (1852-1908). The artist admirably captures the mome...

This cast bronze of the Venus de Milo dates to the late 19th century and was acquired during the "Grand Tour" of Europe.        

A bronze plaque honoring the slain French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793) who was assassinated in his bathtub as immortalized in ...

A very fine pair of french late empire patinated bronze & well grained sienna marble grand tour twin handle Tazza of large and heavy proportions First quarter of the Nineteenth C...

A fine a very detailed small desk sculpture depicting a dachshund mother with puppies. It is signed indistinguishable to its base but we have not...

French bronze boy Ormolu match holder rouge marble Consistent with age and use please see the photos for condition  

This grand tour bronze sculpture depicts the version of Venus so important to the history of art and literature in the U.S. that the original was temporarily loaned to the National Gallery of Art from the Capital Museums in Rome in 2011. Mark Twain visited Rome and upon his return home in 1867 he published "The Capitoline Venus" and he described the work as the “most illustrious work of ancient art the world can boast of". (with credit to the National Gallery of Art catalog...

France Marius Montagne (1828-1879) Dated 1867 A fine and detailed solid bronze sculpture of a seated Hermes or Mercurius. His demeanor radiates peac...

An Exquisite and Rare French Louis XVI Style Ormolu-Mounted Bloodstone Inkwell, circa 1875. A truly exceptional and jewel like quality inkwell encrier, made with the finest ormolu, mounted on bloodstone. A true collectors and one of a kind piece. Revival of the ancient régime in the late 19th century was paramount to the French furniture and bronze casting firms of the Belle Epoque. Imitation in the highest regard and replication of those tastes and styles was prevalent throughout the Paris Faubourg, where the most talented bronziers and ébénistes established their workshops. The present inkwell encrier recalls the late 18th century's obsession with hardstones - a taste expounded above all by the duc d'Aumont and, subsequently Marie-Antoinette. Such hardstone-mounted pieces, reminiscent of Renaissance schatzkammer objects, enjoyed a revived popularity at the end of the 18th century through the impetus of both the marchands-mercier and, more importantly, the hôtel des Menus-Plaisirs, where the duc d'Aumont himself established a workshop in 1770 specializing in the cutting and polishing of precious hardstones. This exceptional inkwell encrier, sumptuously-mounted with finely chased gilt-bronzes, incorporates a highly-prized material such as bloodstone. Sometimes called the Sunstone, the meaning of Bloodstone comes entangled in fascinating history. The Ancient Greeks held the Bloodstone as a gem with glorious powers. They referred to it as Heliotrope, which directly translates to Sunstone. It was believed to have heavenly healing powers gifted by the gods and most certainly when it came to healing all things related to the blood. Even as we move forward into the Middle Ages, the Bloodstone takes another mystical story under its wing. It was believed to be formed from Christ's blood. It was said that during the Crucifixion, a few red spots of his blood dripped...

An enchanting pair of late 19th century patinated and gilded bronze reclining Bacchus influenced Putti, mounted on carved Sienna marble plinths.

Bronze sculpture of a woman, unsigned. Measures: 12" H x 4" W.

This large scale bronze sculpture of Narcissus dates to around 1890s and was created by the G Anodio foundry of Naples, Italy. Note: S...

Pair of French bronze portrait plaques of Voltaire & Rouseau, Signed Marie F, Each one finely cast of a profile portrait of e Arouet de Voltaire, one Jean Jaques Rouseau.  

Pierre-Jules Mêne, French, 1810-1879 Three dogs burrowing ‘Chase au Lapin’ French sculptor and animalière. He is considered one of the pioneers of animal ...

An Artist-signed Art Nouveau nude figure Artist-signed A. Croisy on the base. Aristide Croisy (31 March 1840-7 November 1899) was a French sculptor. H...

19th century grand tour bronze and marble roman soldier. Great quality and detail.

Pair of antique French bronze appliqués depicting art and music, each one finely cast draped putto one holding an artists palette the other a lute. Art measures: 10.5" H x 6" W Mus...

A palatial, extremely rare, and important Napoleon III French ormolu and patinated bronze regulateur de parquet clock, by Louis-Constantin Detouche, Paris, circa 1850. The clock case made form the finest French ormolu, with 2 very large patinated bronze seated putti The white enamel dial Signed C. DETOUCHE/ PARIS. The clock movement is numbered 7064 and stamped with maker’s stamps C. Detouche RUE st. MARTIN and C. DETOUCHE 158 R. St MARTIN 160, with medaille d’argent stamp, on a serpentine part ebonized mahogany plinth. At over six feet tall, the present clock is impressive in scale and rare in Detouche’s oeuvre. While other large clocks were produced by the firm, few of this scale are so overtly decorative and usually incorporate greater mechanical complication. For example, a gilt bronze astronomical regulator clock...

This compelling, small scale bronze sculpture depicts ‘The Rape of the Sabines’, after a monumental work by the Renaissance artist, Giambologna (152...

Pair of orientalist bronzes of standing Turks, signed Guillot, Anatole-Jean-Thomas Guillot French (1865-1911) Each one intricately dressed holding weapons, raised on Belgian black ...

"Girl with flowers on a basket". Sculpture in white marble and bronze, on base, Spain, 19th century. The pedestal, in the shape of a column with a smooth shaft, elevates the sculpture and highlights it with its elegance of lines and lack of exaggerated decorative elements (aside from some moldings in what would be the capital and the marbled marble change in the upper piece, on which the sculpture is located). The figure of the girl, carved in a white marble of great quality, is sitting, looking towards the distance, and with a bouquet of flowers in her arms and a medal hanging from a cord around her neck. When sitting on a basket with flowers the figure is softened, in addition to enhancing it with the chromatic contrast existing between the flowers and the basket (patinated bronze) and the figure. The hair of the girl, with a pictorial waves without a powerful chiaroscuro, contrasts with the detail of the dress, perfect both in the ruffles of the neck and in the embroidery of the fabric and with which, in addition, an "informal" touch has been added to show fallen a strait and the skirt wrinkled. This lack of formality fits perfectly with the theme, and is slightly accentuated by presenting the figure with socks (or stockings, dropped) and without shoes. The realism of the face (attenuated with a slight idealization) suggests that it is a child portrait. The pictorial treatment of the figure and the roses relate it to artistic approaches that emerged during the 19th century and with a certain aesthetic and skill level. Stylistically, it is possible to relate it to the environment and the influence of two key figures of 19th-century Spanish art for their invoice, traits, technical mastery and originality: Agustín Querol...

Bronze stylized sculpture of a stork holding a branch in the beak, with additional branch detailing below and on hooved feet.

Classical bronze bust of Greek dramatist Euripides. In high relief with a wonderfully worn patina. Original bust in the Vatican Museum, Rome.