Baroque Sculptures
BAROQUE STYLE
The decadence of the Baroque style, in which ornate furnishings were layered against paneled walls, painted ceilings, stately chandeliers and, above all, gilding, expressed the power of the church and monarchy through design that celebrated excess. And its influence was omnipresent — antique Baroque furniture was created in the first design style that truly had a global impact.
Theatrical and lavish, Baroque was prevalent across Europe from the 17th to mid-18th century and spread around the world through colonialism, including in Asia, Africa and the Americas. While Baroque originated in Italy and achieved some of its most fantastic forms in the late-period Roman Baroque, it was adapted to meet the tastes and materials in each region. French Baroque furniture informed Louis XIV style and added drama to Versailles. In Spain, the Baroque movement influenced the elaborate Churrigueresque style in which architecture was dripping with ornamental details. In South German Baroque, furniture was made with bold geometric patterns.
Compared to Renaissance furniture, which was more subdued in its proportions, Baroque furniture was extravagant in all aspects, from its shape to its materials.
Allegorical and mythical figures were often sculpted in the wood, along with motifs like scrolling floral forms and acanthus leaves that gave the impression of tangles of dense foliage. Novel techniques and materials such as marquetry, gesso and lacquer — which were used with exotic woods and were employed by cabinetmakers such as André-Charles Boulle, Gerrit Jensen and James Moore — reflected the growth of international trade. Baroque furniture characteristics include a range of decorative elements — a single furnishing could feature everything from carved gilded wood to gilt bronze, lending chairs, mirrors, console tables and other pieces a sense of motion.
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Style: Baroque
Base for sculpture. Polychromed wood.
Located in Madrid, ES
Gallon base. Carved and polychrome wood. Inspired by models from the 17th century.
Rectangular base with a similar cushion on the top (decorated with plant elements) and complex line...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Other
Figurative Knob in Iron 1600 Italian Handle with Bust of Boy
Located in Milan, IT
Iron Bust From 1600 depicting a boy with curly hair, dressed in a tunic that leaves one shoulder uncovered. Made of cast iron, the pommel has a dark patina and is in good condition, ...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Figurative Knob in Bronze 1600 Italian Handle with Bust of Boy
Located in Milan, IT
Bronze Bust Of 1600s, cast depicting a young boy with curly hair and a gathered robe over his neck ending in an oval section with beaded border. This antique bronze knob of Italian ...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Baroque Style Capadimonte Porcelain Figure of Lady With Fan, 1900s
By Capodimonte
Located in Lisbon, PT
A Capadimonte's charming porcelain figure depicts a baroque styled woman dressed in pink and holding a fan.
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Antique Dancing Putto on a base
Located in Encinitas, CA
This piece is an 18th century dancing putto marble statue, now available for purchase.
The sculpture features a small dancing Angel 'Putto" supported on...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair Of Flemish Baroque Carved Oak And Ebony Figural Caryatids
Located in Essex, MA
Likely from a piece of furniture. Featuring a well carved male and female over an ebony panel. Now used as candlesticks.
Category
1670s Dutch Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Ebony, Oak
18th Century Italian Antique Dancing Putto small on a base.
Located in Encinitas, CA
This piece is an 18th century dancing putto marble statue, now available for purchase.
The sculpture features a small dancing Angel 'Putto" supported on...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Marble
High Relief Representing Battle 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
High relief representing battle
carved on white Carrara marble
dimensions
28.5 x 22 x 4 cm
weight 6" kg
very good condition
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Large Meissen Pair Of Gardener Figurines, By Kaendler & Schoenheit, Ca 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Gardener couple consisting of two individual figures.
The female gardener wears rural rococo clothing: a dress with elaborate floral decoration and pinne...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Sculpture of a Faun's Head Made of Cleopatra Yellow Marble Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Sculpture of a Faun's Head Made of Cleopatra
yellow marble
base in Port st. Laurent marble.
Height base included 38 cm,
weight 12.5 kg.
very good condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Rosso Di Verona Marble Shell-Shaped Sink Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
ROSSO DI VERONA MARBLE SHELL-SHAPED SINK early 20th Century
Red Verona pink vein marble.
Handmade
WIDTH 36cms
LENGTH 39cms
INTERNAL DEPTH OF THE BASIN 12 cm
THICKNESS 15cm
WEI...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Late 18th Century dancing couple figurine by Volksted
Located in Lisbon, PT
A charming translucent soft-paste german porcelain figurine of a dancing couple of the Volkstedt, Muller & Co, Dresden manufacturing of the late 18th century, mark on the base
Category
18th Century German Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Animal Figure, Rooster On Wood Pile, by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
A life-size rooster crowing and sitting on a pile of wood in an extremely naturalistic depiction. Impressive due to its rich sculptural details and flawless, hand-painted staffage, t...
Category
Late 20th Century German Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Baroque Madonna and Child Sculpture, 18th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A 18th Century superb italian sculpture of a draped Madonna with a veil, base with richly carved relief with cherubs and a baby Jesus on her lap in carved polychrome and gilded wood....
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Italian 17th Century Baroque Period Giltwood And Patinated Wood Putti Statue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and extremely decorative Italian 17th century Baroque period Giltwood and patinated wood Putti statue. The statue is raised by a Giltwood plinth with a Coeur-de-Rai carved...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
High Relief Representing Battle Skull -""Memento""
Located in Madrid, ES
High relief representing battle in classical style.
carved on white Carrara marble
dimensions 46 h x 45 x 10 cm,
weight 35.5 kg
Skull -""Memento"" sculpted in the smallest anatom...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Porcelain Figure Woman In Armchair By Capodimonte, 1834
By Capodimonte
Located in Lisbon, PT
A Capodimonte porcelain painting from 1820 shows a woman in a swinging armchair. Mark near Capodimonte - 1771 to 1834. The first use of the Neapolitan "N" covered with a 5-pointed cr...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Capadimonte Porcelain Figure, Lady With Roses, 20th Century
By Capodimonte
Located in Lisbon, PT
A charming italian porcelain figure of a lady carrying roses
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Musketeer & Lady Porcelain Statues, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A pair of large polychrome porcelain figurines of a musketeer his beloved lady with a fan in hand, dressed in the style of the 18th century with a removable porcelain base.
Dimension...
Category
20th Century German Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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 Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Early Italian Carved Figure Of A Seated King
Located in Essex, MA
Figure seated on rock work wearing a crown.
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Vintage "Anatomy Of Man" Sculpture
By Pierre Puget
Located in San Carlos, CA
Wonderful little reproduction statue in plaster after Pierre Puget's sculpture "Anatomy of Man" depicting a muscled man in all his flayed glory. Or...
Category
1990s French Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
St. John the Baptist, Polychromed Boxwood, Baroque, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Stylistically, and to appreciate the stylistic differences, compare with the San Juan Bautista of the "Altarpiece of San Juan Bautista" by Juan de Juni and Inocencio Berruguete, dated in 1551 and today in the National Museum of Sculpture of Valladolid, or with the Sanint John the Baptist by Alonso...
Category
17th Century European Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Boxwood
Italian Head of the Farnese Hercules in Terracotta End 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Head of the Farnese Hercules in Terracotta end 19th century
Italy
Base in serena stone
Measures: Height 48 cm
Length 31 cm
Depth 34 cm
Weight 28 kg
Square base - side x side 33 x 33 ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Small Italian 17/18th Century Baroque Carved Wooden Coat of Arms
Located in Buisson, FR
Gorgeous small hand carved wooden coat of arms with several lions heads, a crown and a standing bull,
Italy, circa 1650- 1750.
Weathered, small losses and old repairs. Measurement ...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
After Francisco Ruiz Gijon, St. Francis, Spanish Baroque Wood Sculpture, 17th C.
Located in New York, NY
Baroque
After Francisco Ruiz Gijon
Saint Francis of Assisi
Polychrome and Parcel Gilt Carved Wood, Insert Glass Eyes
Spain, Late 17th Century
Francisc...
Category
17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
Jesus Christ Crucified Portuguese Sculpture 18th Century H: 109cm
Located in Madrid, ES
Jesus Christ Crucified Portuguese Sculpture 18th Century
Crucified figure with the head turned to the right side, face with well-defined features, beard and long hair finely carved ...
Category
18th Century Portuguese Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Italian Terracotta Dog - A King Charles Spaniel
Located in Free Union, VA
A good sized Italian terracotta sculpture of a dog- a King Charles Spaniel, seated on a plinth, featuring wonderfully detailed and rather extravagantly arrayed fur, the design very m...
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
18th Century Italian Gold Leaf Candlestick with Chalcopyrite and Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian candlestick mounted on chalcopyrite and adorned with baroque pearls.
This fragment was originally part of a candlestick from a historical church in I...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Metal, Gold Leaf
Beautiful Italian Holy Water Late 18th Century Marble
Located in Madrid, ES
Beautiful late 18th century marble stoup
Copy of the stoup located in the Romanesque church of the first century AD. of San Clemente in Rome.
Body wit...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Two 1930s Baroque Style Stone Sicilian Angels
Located in Catania, Sicilia
Two sculptures of angels heads in stone mixture made in 1930s in Sicily, they were used as decorations in a villa, they are in original conditions and patina with signs of use and ag...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sicilian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Composition
French 17th Century Baroque Carved Wood Figural Sculptures, a Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful pair of French 17th Century Baroque carved wood figural sculptures. Amazing carving details with fabrics and faces being perfectly detailed. Each is made of solid wood in a...
Category
17th Century French Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large Meissen Figurine 'King August III In Roman Harness' by J.J. Kaendler, 1924
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and impressive porcelain statuette:
Like all Baroque rulers, Augustus the Strong and his son Augustus III cultivated demonstrations of their power to represent and legitimi...
Category
Early 20th Century German Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Immaculate Conception Baroque Sculpture, 18th Century - Religious Art
Located in Lisbon, PT
A rare and unique baroque Spanish sculpture of the Immaculate Conception in polychromed chestnut carving wood and a silver crown, with a original wooden podium...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
ANTIQUE KAOLIN BATHTUB ART DECO began 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
ANTIQUE KAOLIN BATHTUB ART DECO began 20th Century
Ancient kaolin tub from the early 1900s, Tuscany.
Italy
It could be by Richard Ginori but we couldn't f...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Wooden Madonna with Child Baroque Art Italy 17th Century with Export Certificate
Located in Madrid, ES
A Wooden Madonna with child Baroque art, Southern Italy, 17th century.
Measure: H: 71cm
Good condition for the time.
With Export Certificate to USA.
Category
Early 17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
A 17th Century Mounted French Limestone Carving of a Winged Angel
Located in Dallas, TX
Originally part of a larger architectural from a French building in the 1600s, this hand-carved limestone fragment of a winged angel has been mounted more recently to a painted black...
Category
17th Century French Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Stone, Metal
A 1930s Baroque Style Sicilian Hand-Crafted and Painted Terracotta Putto
Located in Catania, Sicilia
A painted terracotta putto hand-crafted in Sicily in the first half of 20th century in the town of Caltagirone world famous for hand-crafted ceramics....
Category
Mid-20th Century Sicilian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Baroque Brazilian Sculpture by Antonio Francisco Lisboa “Aleijadinho” 18th centu
Located in London, GB
A very rare Baroque wooden carved sculpture by the Brazilian sculptor Antônio Francisco Lisboa, known as “Aleijadinho” (1738-1814)
Original polychrome detailing
Circa 1790
Height 1...
Category
18th Century Brazilian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Amazing Italians Sculptures "Minotauro" 17th Century Carrara Marble
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of amazing Italians Minotauro Sculptures
Minotaur, large marble figure,
Italy, 17th century,
figure with a human body and the head of a bull, baroque style, white slightly sp...
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Dutch 17/18th Century Baroque Carved Wooden Coat of Arms
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful and very rare hand carved wooden coat of arms with a crowned lion standing on the water reaching to a star.
The Netherlands, circa 1650- 1750.
Weathered, small losses and...
Category
17th Century Dutch Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Meissen Large Allegorical Group 'The Earth' by M.V. Acier, Germany Around 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain group of the 19th century:
Depiction of the goddess Kybele, the great Phrygian mother of the gods 'Magna Mater', seated with a mural crown on a reclining lion, holding a cornucopia on her lap, symbol of wealth and abundance, behind her standing on a rock a female cupid presenting a key, surrounded by further three cupids with flowers, crops and rake, symbolising agriculture and the cultivation of the earth.
The group is based on an irregular earth and rock base with a gold rim.
Kybele usually wears a crown in the shape of a city wall on her head as an attribute and is depicted in castles, monasteries and baroque gardens, especially in the 18th century. In cycles showing the four elements, she embodies the earth. That is why she is often presented with the sun and moon to her right and left. In the other hand she may carry a staff of office, a sceptre, as a symbol of rulership complementing the mural crown. In the other hand she carries a small kettledrum, which may symbolise the noise of her madness or the festivities held in her honour. Often Kybele rides on a lion or a pair of lions, or she rides on a chariot drawn by two lions. Spikes of corn, poppies, flowers or fruit in bowls may also be shown. wikipwdia.
Designer:
MICHAEL VICTOR ACIER (1736 Versailles - 1799 Dresden)
Trained as a sculptor in Paris, he received a call to the porcelain factory in Meissen in 1762: he created a large number of groups in the Watteau style...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Corpus Christi in limewood
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Corpus Christi in polychromed limewood.
Category
1710s European Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Baroque Angel with Scroll, Late 17th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Large baroque wall sculpture in the shape of an angel with curly hair and a transfigured gaze. He holds a scroll in his hands and sits on a cloud. The polychrome paint is rubbed and ...
Category
Late 17th Century European Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
The Infant St John the Baptist, a 17th Century Sevillian school Spanish Baroque
Located in PARIS, FR
The Infant St John the Baptist,
A first half of 17th century Sevillian School
Cercle of Juan de Mesa Velasco (Córdoba, 1583 - Séville, 1627)
Polychrome and carved wood
Height: 65 cm
...
Category
Early 17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mid-19th Century Baroque Style Hand-Painted Ceramic Italian Angel
Located in Catania, Sicilia
This ceramic angel is a captivating piece of art, reflecting the ornate and dramatic characteristics typical of the Baroque period. The piece exudes a sense of opulence and drama, ch...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Amazing Royal Yellow Marble Fountain Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Royal yellow marble fountain early 20th century
Italy
Handmade
Copy of the stoup located in the Romanesque church of the first century AD. of San Clem...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Large Christ in walnut wood , France 17th or 18th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Large Christ on the Cross carved in the round in walnut wood.
With great realism, the sculptor has used the wood grain on the bust and to emphasise the shape of the legs.
The right p...
Category
Late 17th Century Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
A Set of Three Italian Painted Tassels
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A set of three carved wood & painted tassels from Italy. Their varying sizes would make them versatile for decorating bookshelves or end tables, adding a touch Italian craftsmanship...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
French, 18th/ 19th Century Plaster Angel Head Ornament
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered plaster angel head ornament that once adorned the interior of a church/ chapel.
France, circa 1750-1850.
Weathered.
Measurement includes the wooden base.
Category
19th Century French Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Art Deco Italian Ceramic Animal Figurine Macaw Parrot Porcelain Bird Figure
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Art Deco tall Italian animal Figurine Ceramic Parrot Macaw on a tree trunk
Material: porcelain, ceramic, tin glazed
Design: Cacciapuoti style...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain
18th Century Gold Processional Religious Church Cross
Located in Hastings, GB
Wonderfully ornate gilt gesso over carved wood processional cross, probably northern Italy late 18th century. The large floral wreath with carved gilt ribbons, a small cross to the c...
Category
1780s Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Porcelain dancing couple figurine by Volkstedt
Located in Lisbon, PT
A charming Baroque translucent soft-paste porcelain figurine of a dancing couple of the Volkstedt, Muller & Co, Dresden manufacturing of the late 18th century.
Marked on the base.
Category
Late 18th Century German Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
NIKE of Samotracia in Terracotta, Late 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Nike of Samotracia in Terracotta late 19th Century
Measures: Height 83 cm
Width 63 cm
Depth 54 cm
Weight 20 kg
Rectangular base side x side 29 x 23 cm
Manufacture Tuscany
Good condi...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century French Pair of Antique Limestone Cherubs - Les Anges de la Musique
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique French pair of 19th Century Baroque Style Cherubs playing instruments and facing each other, in good condition. The left is playing the flute and the right cherub is playing a violin. Beautifully hand carved limestone statues with wings...
Category
19th Century French Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Large 17th century French Hand Carved Limestone Head
Located in Buisson, FR
Amazing and large handcarved limestone head with a stunning weathered look. Unique period piece from the 17th century now placed on a wooden pedestal.
France circa 1600-1700. Weather...
Category
17th Century French Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Antique 18th century Ceramic/Porcelain Pair of Cockfighting Roosters Paris 1780
Located in Doha, QA
One of the national symbols and emblems of France is the Coq Gaulois (the Gallic Rooster) and it was decorated French flags during the Revolution (1789-1799) .
It is the symbol of French people because of the play on words of the Latin Gallus meaning Gaul and Gallus meaning coq- Rooster.
This late 18th century ceramic...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Vintage Chrome Cupid Car Mascot By AEL 1930
By A.E. Lejeune
Located in Dereham, GB
Vintage Chrome Plated Car mascot
in the form of Cupid vaulting road marker CYTHERE 22KM ,
chrome plated on brass ,
signed A.RENEVEY RD AEL
circa 1930, original car mascot.
[there ...
Category
1930s French Vintage Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Chrome
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