19th Century Sculptures
Period: 19th Century
Color: Gold
French 19th Century Bronze Signed Waagen of Dog with Huntsman's Kit
Located in Wells, ME
French 19th century bronze of a large dog, possibly a mastiff, with huntsman's kit sheltering under his large body, as if he is protecting his master in absentia. This substantial br...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Bronze Antique Putto Sculpture Candelabra Lamps, circa 1870-1890
Located in Shippensburg, PA
SUPERB PAIR OF DORÉ AND PATINATED BRONZE SEVEN-LIGHT CANDELABRA WITH PUTTO FIGURALS
France, circa 1870-1890
Item # 007LTX30A
An incredibly fine pair of ...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Sculpture of 'Kabyle au retour de la chasse' by Waagen
Located in London, GB
Kabyle au retour de la chasse
By Arthur Waagen
A rare example retaining its original cold-painted details in harmony with the patinated bronze; the impressive model of an Arab hu...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Period Bronze Statue of the Borghese Gladiator
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality Italian 19th century Grand Tour Period patinated bronze statue of the Borghese Gladiator. The statue is raised by a rectangular base where the handsome...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique Bronze Sculpture Paperweights Wounded Stag and Wild Boar
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Pair of figural bronze paperweights over cararra marble bases.
circa early 19th century; models of "Il Porcellino" and "Wounded Stag"
Item # C104009
A superb pair of 19th century p...
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Patinated Bronze Statue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and very high quality French 19th century patinated bronze statue. The statue is raised by an oblong shaped base with ...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
True Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Belle Époque Period Busts
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period patinated bronze, ormolu, Rouge Griotte, and black Belgian marble busts attributed to F...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Bronze Study of a Merry Young Couple Dancing, Italian, circa 1870
Located in Central England, GB
A most amusing 19th C Italian bronze study of a young couple dancing.
This unusual fine quality Italian bronze depicts an 18th-century rural young man and woman dressed typically ...
Category
Italian Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Lion Animal Bronze by Fratin
Located in Marseille, FR
Lion animal bronze patina 19th century medallion signed Fratin on the terrace dimension 53 cm long 31 cm high 15 cm deep
Additional information:
Materi...
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Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Patinated-Bronze Sculptures of Voltaire and Rousseau
Located in London, GB
Pair of French patinated-bronze sculptures of Voltaire and Rousseau
French, Mid 19th century
Measures: Height 47/48cm, width 17cm, depth 17cm
These excellent sculptures depict the Enlightenment philosophers Voltaire and Rousseau, and are made in the model of works by Jean-Claude-Francois Joseph Rosset (French, 1706-1786). Rousseau, the philosopher of course famous for this discourses on inequality and social justice and similar areas, is shown standing with a scroll in his right hand and a cane in his left, wearing a shirt with frills, waistcoat and frock coat. Voltaire, the great defender of tolerance, freedom of speech, freedom of religion...
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French Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fine Bronze Statue "The Winning Love" by Adolphe Itasse After Bouguereau
Located in New York, NY
Fine bronze figural statue "The Winning Love" by Adolphe Itasse after a model by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Artist: Adolphe Itasse (1829-1893)
Date...
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French Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Important Ormolu and Silvered Bronze Figural Wine Cooler, Possibly Russian, 1860
By Pavel Sazikov
Located in New York, NY
Important ormolu and silvered bronze figural wine cooler, possibly Russian, 1860
Gilt and silvered bronze wine cooler. Modeled with two Russian polar bears at the handles and with a young gunmen holding a rifle seated with a sea otter...
Category
Russian Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze and Rouge Marble Bust
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Finley cast bust of lady on beautiful rogue marble plinth with a dore bronze accent ring at the base.
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Bronze Entitled "Old Man Odry" by Christophe Fratin
Located in London, GB
Exquisite mid 19th century French bronze study of an anthropomorphic bear sitting on a barrel playing a violin, the barrel can be opened halfway to form a container. The surface with excellent mid to dark brown patina and very fine hand chased surface detail, signed Fratin and titled Le Père Odry
Additional Information
Height: 17.8 cm
Width: 8.6 cm
Depth: 7.2 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1845
Materials: Bronze
Book reference: Bronzes of the 19th Century by Pierre Kjellberg
About
Le Père Odry
Le Père Odry is a character in one of Balzac's novels, Unconscious Comedians which is one of the lesser known novels in the series La Comédie Humaine. The novel tells the story of a famous painter who takes his provincial cousin on a trip of Paris to open his eyes to what really goes on in the city behind the respectable façade. Le Père Odry appears in the novel as a dissolute actor.
Christopher Fratin, French 1801 ~ 1864
also known as Christophe Fratin, was a noted French sculptor in the animalier style, and one of the earliest French sculptors to portray animals in bronze. Fratin was born in Metz, Moselle, France the son of a taxidermist. He first studied drawing under Pioche in Metz and later worked in Paris at the studio of Théodore Géricault.
He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1831–1842 and 1850–1862, as well as at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. Fratin never signed his bronzes but instead used a stamp showing his last name in straight block letters. One of the stamps he used (pictured) showed the "n" reversed, not by design but due to an error on the part of the maker of the stamp. Bronzes bearing this stamp have the appearance of not seeming to be genuine when in reality this foible is actually an indicator of authenticity.
Fratin received monumental commissions in France and elsewhere, including the Deux Aigles Gardant Leur Proie (Eagles and Prey, created 1850) displayed since 1863 in New York City's Central Park. Many of his small bronzes—including his miniature bronzes which were more affordable due to their smaller size—were sold commercially to the general public during his lifetime. Today, Fratin's sculpture is on permanent display in the Louvre, the city museums of Metz, Lyon, Strasbourg, Nîmes and at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. The Georg Eisler...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rench 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and Bronze Statue Signed by Moigniez
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking and very high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and patinated bronze statue signed by Jules Moigniez. The statue is raised by an elegant mottled oblong ormolu base below the wonderfully executed patinated bronze ground design with rocks where the signature is displayed. Above is an impressive bird with open wings standing on a branch amidst richly chased leaves and berried designs with an intricately detailed snake standing in defense. Wonderful subject matter and exceptional attention throughout.
Jules Moigniez was a renowned French sculptor. Born in 1835 in Senlis and died in Saint-Martin-du-Terte (Seine-et-Oise) in 1894. He was the student of Cornolera and started to exhibit his work in 1855. There is a famous sculpture of his called 'Chien D'arret avec faison' 'Dog with Pheasant...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Belgium Bronze Busts by Georges Van Der Straaten
Located in Belmont, MA
The Belgium artist Georges van der Straaten (born 1856) designed the two bronze busts at the end of the 19th century. One is titled "Bergere" (shepherdess), the other one "Pierette"....
Category
Belgian Aesthetic Movement Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Two European Blanc De Chine Porcelain Figures Of Elephants
Located in Essex, MA
One on a marble base and the other on a bronze base. Nicely detailed .Bellevue Ave, Newport RI collection.
Category
European Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Farm Girl, 1890
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century (Meiji period 1868-1912) Japanese bronze statue of a farm girl holding a Hoe and wearing a wide brimmed w...
Category
Japanese Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare Bust of Alexander II in Gilded Bronze on a Malachite Base from the 19th Cen
Located in Madrid, ES
Bust of Alexander II. Rare bust of Alexander II in gilded bronze on a malachite base from the 19th century The quality of the bronze is excellent with man...
Category
French Baroque Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Antique Set of Viennese Cold Painted Bronze Cats
Located in London, GB
This set of seven antique bronze cats are each posed differently, and are cast using the highly collectible Viennese cold painted bronze technique. ...
Category
Austrian Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Bronze Sculpture of Husky Dog by Emmanuel Fremiet
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EMMANUEL FREMIET
French, 1824-1910
Chien loulou couché
Nuanced brown patina on sand-cast bronze Signed in base "E. FREMIET" a Charles More cast numbered 213
Item # 202FPP12G
A good lifetime casting by Charles More numbered 215, it captures the entirely relaxed spirit of the recumbant husky dog...
Category
French Romantic Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th-c. French Bronze Woman Leaning on Column
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century French bronze woman leaning on column with embossed foundry stamp.
Category
Unknown French Provincial Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lost-Wax Bronze Sculpture by Théodore Rivière, Titled 'Carthage'
Located in London, GB
A lost-wax bronze sculpture by Théodore Rivière, titled 'Carthage'
French, Late 19th Century
Height 41cm, width 23cm, depth 18cm
This superb lost...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze entitled "Famille de Cerf" by Antoine Barye
Located in London, GB
A delightful late 19th century animalier bronze group of a family of resting deer including alert Stag and resting Doe & Faun. The subject modelled with wonderful intuition and skill. The surface has a rich green patination and excellent hand chased detail. Raised on a stepped bronze base, signed Barye and inscribed F Barbedienne Fondeur.
Additional information
Height: 22 cm
Width: 25 cm
Depth: 14 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Foundry: Barbedienne
Circa: 1870
Materials: Bronze
Book Ref BARYE Catalogue Raisonne des Sculptures by Michel Poletti – Alain Richarme
Page no. 301
Description
Antoine Louis Barye
“The Michelangelo of the Menagerie”
These are the words of Théophile Gautier in praise of Barye’s genius. Throughout his life Barye endeavoured to capture the fundamental nature of the animal kingdom in all its diversity, wild or tame, exotic or familiar, cruel or gentle, bringing to life the roaring, trembling, living beasts.
The son of a goldsmith, apprenticed to a steel engraver at a young age, Barye found himself making moulds for ornaments, acquiring knowledge that he would later build on to produce his exquisitely chased bronzes. When he was called up at seventeen, he joined the army’s topographic brigade where he used clay to model raised relief maps...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century, Bronze Lovers
Located in Dallas, TX
Intricate lovers in bronze statue. From the late 18th century. This piece stands at 23 in high 7 inches wide. Perfect addition for your study or reading room.
Category
European Baroque Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Grant Tour 19th Century Bronze Statue of Silenus Cradling the Infant Dionysus
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century Grand Tour bronze statue of Silenus cradling the infant Dionysus after the antique;
Marble.
Roman copy of 1st-2nd cent. CE after a bronze Greek original of ca 300...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Animal Bronze Deer at Rest Bronze with Medal Patina by Robert Bousquet 19th C
Located in Marseille, FR
Deer at rest bronze by Robert Bousquet XIXth century, height 15 cm for a length of 21 cm and a depth of 11 cm.
Additional information:
Material: Bronze.
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Bronze Animal Sculptures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of finely chaste bronze and dore bronze of dog and cat. Very life like.
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Stunning Signed by Barye Strong Large Lion Bronze Statue
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
This intimidating lion takes a break and relaxes. He lies down and looks as if he puts his paw in paw and waits patiently for the next encounter. He is the gate keeper he stays alert at all times and watches for any unknown creatures to cross into his territory. The features on the lion are magnificent and are very life like. His undercoat is long and you can see the fur stringing off of his underside while he puts his legs to the side. His mane is grand and he has gigantic paws which will take anyone or thing out in one swift swipe. You can see the details beautifully. This lion has a brown patina and was casted using the “Lot Wax Method” it is mounted on a black marble base. This sculpture is signed by Barye...
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Antique Bronze Guillaume Coustou Marly Horses Statues as Seen the Louvre
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of Guillaume Coustou bronze “Marly Horse” statues as seen in The Louvre Paris
These are a very good looking and nicely executed pair, they are in solid bronze and have been wonderfully sculpted
The original Marly Horses are two 1743–1745 Carrara marble sculpted groups by Guillaume Coustou, showing two rearing horses with their groom. 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...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Spirit of Ecstasy (Bronze) on a Marble base
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Small statue in Bronze which represent the Spirit of Ecstasy made by Jean Patoue (1887-1936), which stand on a grey Marble base.
This object could b...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Auguste Rodin Replica L'eternal Printemps 'Eternal Springtime', 1884
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a bronze statue Auguste Rodin Eternal Springtime reproduction. It is based on the couple, Paolo and Francesca, the passionate lovers from the fifth canto of Dante's Inferno. ...
Category
Romantic Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Christ in Bronze, Late 19th Century
Located in Marseille, FR
Bronze christ 1880 golden patina. Dimension height 20 cm for a width of 16 cm and a depth of 10 cm.
Additional information:
Material: Bronze.
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair Classical 19th Bronze Putti Seated on a Rock
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of patinated 19th century bronze statues of seated putti on a rock, one feeding Doves, the other by a flower with Lizards at their feet.
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"The cossack's kiss" bronze sculpture signed LANCERAY
By Lanceray
Located in Paris, FR
Evgueni-Alexandrovitch LANCERAY (1848-1886)
"Le baiser du cosaque"
Bronze signed
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Victorian Quality Bronze Figure of a Cossack on Horseback
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality bronze figure of a Cossack on horseback kissing his wife farewell with his sword and rifle at his side and mounted on quality bronze horse
A splendid ex...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French 1st Empire Period Dore Bronze Grouping of Lovers, Att. Thomire A Paris
Located in New York, NY
An Exceptional Antique French 1st Empire Period Dore Bronze Grouping of Lovers, Attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire a Paris. Exceptionally cast, hand-chiseled and further burnished and matted with two-tone gold, this dore bronze grouping of two neoclassical lovers is of the upmost quality and craftsmanship. As Pierre-Philippe Thomire is regarded as one of the greatest bronzier's of the late 18th century and early 19th century, this dore bronze piece could only be made by someone with his artistic talents. The lovers are seen with the man seated on a cushioned bench with tasseled...
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture of Satyr with Wineskin After an Antique Original, 19th Century
Located in Bagshot, GB
Bronze sculpture of Satyr with Wineskin in step position sitting upon a heavy marble base.
marble base is 30cm Deep and 31cm Wide.
Category
European Classical Greek Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
1900 Bronze Paperweight
Located in Marseille, FR
Bronze paperweight 1900 1st half of the 20th century representing a crying baby's head on an alabaster base in the spirit of Carries unsigned. The dimensions are 8 cm high, 10 cm wid...
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Bronze Grand Tour Statue of Pan
Located in New York, NY
Standing figure of nude pan playing pipes. After the antique.
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Bronze Gothic Revival Tripod Base Banner Stand with Eagle Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and beautiful Gothic base for a church flag or banner.
If you have a Gothic style (inspired) interior or if you work in a Gothic Revival church or ...
Category
French Gothic Revival Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Two Inseparable Parakeets Bronze by Georges Gardet
Located in Paris, FR
Two inseparable parakeets by Georges Gardet (1863-1939).
Bronze with golden patina.
Signed G. Gardet and inscription of the founder "F. Barbedienne".
Category
European Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Gilt Bronze French Chenets
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a stunning pair of French fireplace bronze doré chenets from the 1800’s. Each chenet has a putto standing on a large cluster of curled acanthus leaves. Beneath the leaves are thick bases with cavetto molding adorned with a series of C-scrolls. Grapevines and wheat husks emanate upwards from the leaves, giving the chenets some additional height. One of the putti is pulling a grapevine over his shoulder, while the other one has a sickle in his hand.
French chenets...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Figures
Located in New York, NY
Each figure beautifully cast and chased bronze on a Rosso Antico base.
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Continental Patinated Bronze Figurine, Girl Smelling Boot, 19th Century
Located in Gardena, CA
Continental Patinated Bronze Figurine, Girl Smelling Boot, 19th Century
The figurine depicts a little girl picking up a boot and holding her nose because of the smell.
Addition...
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Stunning Antique French and Finest Bronze Sculptural Candle Chandelier / Pendant
Located in Lisse, NL
Remarkable bronze chandelier from 19th century France with striking masks of Zeus.
This top quality crafted, antique French chandelier is another great example showing that the French in those days were leading when it came to creating the best quality and detailed candle chandeliers. This particularly elaborate and sculptural specimen is extra special, because it could not be in better condition. In all our years of buying and selling antiques we don't think we have ever seen a bronze pendant or candle chandelier that is still as perfect and straight as this bronze work of beauty. Apart from being remarkably detailed and in mint condition and 'straight as an arrow' it also has grown the most warm and beautiful patina. It may be relatively small in size, but that does not make this rare chandelier any less impressive. You will rarely come accross a chandelier that is more elaborate and detailed than this bronze chandelier in the Style of Louis XIV. Mind you, Sun King Louis XIV was responsible for building the grand palace of Versailles and that grandness too can be found in this exclusive bronze chandelier. This excellent condition and top quality made antique of practical size is an absolute joy to own and look at. Both with the candles 'lit' and 'not lit' this chandelier will create just the right atmosphere in a small room or for example in a corner of a larger room over a smaller table. However, with the candles lit some of the old gilding comes back to life and that makes the bronze Zeus...
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Unsigned 19th Century Animal Bronze with Lions
Located in Marseille, FR
Unsigned 19th century animal bronze with medal patina lions. No foundry mark. Dimension height 21 cm width 31 cm depth 11 cm.
Additional information:
Material: Bronze.
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Detailed Bronze Study of Van Dyck by J.J Salmson circa 1860
Located in Central England, GB
A bronze study of Van Dyck, Signed Salmson
A superbly detailed fine cast bronze study of Van Dyck by the French sculptor Jean Jules Salmson (1823...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Grand Tour Sculpture Bronze Greco-Roman Uffizi Wrestlers Barbedienne
Located in Rochester, NY
Grand tour circa 1860s bronze of the Wrestlers. Rich fine dark brown patina. Marked "F. Barbedienne Fondeur." The Wrestlers also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers...
Category
Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
19th century bronze study of a grey hound, by Joseph Chemin circa 1860
Located in Central England, GB
A 19th Century Bronze Study of a Grey Hound, by Joseph Chemin
This splendid mid 19th century bronze study was sculpted by the noted French artist Joseph Vi...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Japanese Miyao Bronze + Gilded Sumo Wrestlers, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful, fine quality pair of Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) Miyao tsukuru signed figures of two Sumo wrestlers, each bare chested with kimonos thrown over their shoulders, holding aloft cyclindrical covered censers, one wrestler wearing a 'kesho masashi' (ceremonial apron)the other wrestler holding an over sized tobacco pouch...
Category
Japanese Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture of the Venus de Milo by F. Barbedienne
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This cast bronze sculpture of the Venus de Milo dates to the 1860s-1880s and was cast by the F. Barbedinne foundry in Paris started in 1838 by Ferdinand Barbedienne and Achille Colla...
Category
French Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Statue of Venus of Milo
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A very fine Grand Tour bronze study of the famous Venus de Milo with excellent rich brown patina and good hand finished surface detail. The casting is unusual in that it does not pretend to hide the many imperfections on the original.
It is signed on the base with "Reduction Mechanique Ronald Collas, and for the foundry F.Barbidienne Fondeur. Foundry stamp on the base
Considered by any to be the most beautiful Hellenistic statue to survive fro antiquity, the Venus of Milos...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Animaliers Bronze entitled 'Gazelle Et Faon' by Christophe Fratin
Located in London, GB
A very fine Animalier bronze study of a feeding gazelle with her fawn reclining at her feet. The bronze with rich brown patina and excellent detail raised on a naturalistic base, signed Fratin and engraved with title to the fore ‘Gazelle’
Additional information
Height: 10 cm
Width: 17 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1860
Materials: Bronze
Book reference: Bronzes of the 19th Century by Pierre Kjellberg
SKU: 4934
ABOUT
Christopher Fratin
(1 January 1801 – 16 August 1864), also known as Christophe Fratin, was a noted French sculptor in the animalier style, and one of the earliest French sculptors to portray animals in bronze. Fratin was born in Metz, Moselle, France the son of a taxidermist. He first studied drawing under Pioche in Metz and later worked in Paris at the studio of Théodore Géricault.
Work
He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1831–1842 and 1850–1862, as well as at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. Fratin never signed his bronzes but instead used a stamp showing his last name in straight block letters. One of the stamps he used (pictured) showed the "n" reversed, not by design but due to an error on the part of the maker of the stamp. Bronzes bearing this stamp have the appearance of not seeming to be genuine when in reality they are.
Fratin received monumental commissions in France and elsewhere, including the Deux Aigles Gardant Leur Proie (Eagles and Prey, created 1850) displayed since 1863 in New York City's Central Park. Many of his small bronzes—including his miniature bronzes which were more affordable due to their smaller size—were sold commercially to the general public during his lifetime. Today, Fratin's sculpture is on permanent display in the Louvre, the city museums of Metz, Lyon, Strasbourg, Nîmes and at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. The Georg Eisler...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Doré Byzantine Style Angels on Lucite Stands
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of bronze doré Byzantine style angels with original green color over bronze on the wings. Mounted on lucite stands.
Category
European Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Russian Ormolu "Dancing Bear" Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Russian Ormolu "Dancing Bear" sculpture, finely cast figure of a bear holding a twig, standing on a roped revolving, iron pedestal.
The simp...
Category
Russian High Victorian Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron, Ormolu
Rare French Antique Bronze Sculpture “Seated Lion No.4”After Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE
French, 1796-1875
"Lion Assis no. 4"
Dark-green patinated sand-cast bronze Signed in cast "BARYE" cast after 1875
Item # 204XDG15S ...
Category
French Romantic Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Statue of a Panther Eating an Alligator
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning French 19th century patinated bronze and ormolu statue of a panther eating an alligator signed by Jules Moigniez. The statue is raised on an oblong base with a wonderfully executed ground like design. The wonderfully executed ormolu panther is clutching at the alligator while attacking it. The richly chased alligator has its tail wrapped around the panther's neck and displays exceptional attention to detail.
Jules Moigniez was a renowned French sculptor. Born in 1835 in Senlis and died in Saint-Martin-du-Terte (Seine-et-Oise) in 1894. He was the student of Cornolera and started to exhibit his work in 1855. There is a famous sculpture of his called 'Chien D'arret avec faison' 'Dog with Pheasant...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
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The dealer and curator has spent the past 50 years amassing a collection of exceptional art, furniture and architectural elements that trace the cultural influence of the Spanish empire from Europe to the Americas and beyond.
Misha Kahn Is the Millennial Maker for Our Anxious Times
The Study catches up with the Brooklyn designer as he prepares for his second solo show at Friedman Benda.