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
17th Century Italian Candlestick with Fossil Agate Coral & Pearls on Lucite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century distressed Italian decorated church candlestick with fossil agate coral and natural forming baroque pearls on a lucite base.
The 17th century Italian distressed candles...
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Mid-17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Coral
An Intriguing 18th Century Carved Burl Wood Treen Figure, Continental Circa 1740
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A most fascinating and intriguing hand carved objet d'art of a treen figure in burl wood, exhibiting wonderful form, grain, colour and patina. The underside bearing remnants of an ol...
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Mid-18th Century European Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Burl
Early 19th Century Silver-Plated Putti On A Star-Shaped Lucite Base
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early 19th Century silver plated putti on a modern star shaped Lucite base.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Pair of 17th Century Italian Baroque Giltwood Putti Figures
Located in Cypress, CA
Magnificent and enormous pair of 17th century Italian Baroque period carved giltwood putti wall figures. The pair maintained its original gilding and co...
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17th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
Pair of Limited Edition Porcelain Swan Tureens in Meissen Style
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of Limited Edition porcelain swan form tureens. Two of 500 edition made by Chelsea House to Commemorate the 18th century Meissen swan tureen at Winter...
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1980s German Vintage Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century, Spanish Conquistador Carved Wood Figure
Located in Houston, TX
18th century Spanish Conquistador carved wood figure.
18th century Carved and painted wood Spanish Conquistador figure or sculpture. This beautif...
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18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of 18th Century Italian Carved Polychrome and Gilt Cherub Sculptures
Located in Dallas, TX
Place this beautiful pair of antique carved figurines on a mantel or a console. Crafted in Italy, circa 1780, the tall sculptures depict two chubby cherubs standing on carved gilt ba...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Bronze Figure of a Priest with Crozier, Italian, 18th Century
Located in Kensington, MD
Cast bronze figure of a priest holding a cornucopial form crozier.
Mounted on a modern turned ebonized wood socle.
The bronze figure is 9 1/2" tall. Overall height including th...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Two Rare Italian, Terracotta Sculptures
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Very rare Italian terracotta sculptures of a knight, and horse, both in repousse armor decorated with dramatic plumes. Each mounted on cu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Lucite, Terracotta
18th Hispanic Filipino Crucified Christ Carved Wood Sculpture
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind sculpture of Crucified Christ in carved wood and crystal eyes (one of them its loose), 18th century Hispano Filipino School. The crown, ...
Category
1730s Philippine Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Silver
19th Century, Pair of French Porcelain Sculptures Depicting Cupid and Psyche
Located in IT
19th century, pair of French polychrome porcelain sculptures depicting cupid and psyche
The delicious sculptures, made of hand-painted porcelain in polychrome, in Strasbourg in th...
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19th Century French Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Lamp, Table, Sculpture, Oak, Mother & Child, Naïve, Baroque
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A Mother & Child, Naïve, Baroque, oak, sculpture, upcycled into a 25” high, table lamp
- Unusual statement & conversation piece; introducing an enduring classic theme into the int...
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1680s English Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Oak
19th Century Bronze of the Heroic Putti
Located in London, GB
19th century bronze of the Heroic Putti, with traces of old gilding, modelled holding shield and sword aloft on circular Aswan marble plinth base, possibly German, after the original...
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19th Century German Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Baroque Figure of Crucified Christ
Located in Hudson, NY
This unusual Baroque figure of Christ carved circa 1670 and 1700 is in a form associated with his removal from the cross after crucifixion but before his...
Category
Late 17th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Pair of Bronze Statues Romeo and Juliet
Located in Marseille, FR
Pair of bronze statues representing the most famous and romantic lovers of Verona: Romeo and Juliet. Period 19th century by Angelo Cuglierero (...
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19th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Italian Group, "Fleeing the Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius" in Pompeii
Located in valatie, NY
18th century Italian slipware decorated Pottery Group, "Fleeing the Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79AD" in Pompeii resulting in the death of over 100 people.. No marks.
N.P. Trent has...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Marble Bust
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Impressive early 18th century hand carved life-size marble bust of a Roman man, circa 1700 Italy, possibly older.
Condition is good with minor chips and nicks consistent with age...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair of 18th Century Hand Carved Polychrome Floral Garnitures
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of generous scale Spanish or Portuguese decorative polychrome garnitures also known as porta palmas in hand carved wood.
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Terracotta Bust
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality French 19th patinated terracotta bust of a classical lady, mounted on a Rouge marble sockel.
Category
19th Century French Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Italian Baroque Style Carved, Painted and Gilded Wood Figure of a Griffon
Located in Hudson, NY
This large 18th century figure of a dramatic and animated Griffon was made in Italy in the mid-18th century. Carved in great detail then gessoed, painted and gilded the figure stands...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Wood Carving
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
18th century continental baroque style poly chrome decorated wood carving.
Category
18th Century European Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
16th Century Spanish Carved & Polychrome Painted Saint Anne with the Infant Mary
Located in Miami, FL
This sculpture represents Santa Ana (Saint Anne) with the infant Mary.
Verge.
Category
16th Century European Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Soldier Bending His Bow after Jacques Bousseau
By Jacques Bousseau
Located in Paris, FR
Large patinated bronze statuette with brown patina after the Soldier Bending His Bow, also called Ulysses Bending His Bow or Soldier Martyrisant Saint Sebastian realized in 1715 by J...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 17th Century Sculpture
Located in Copenhagen, K
Amazing Baroque sculpture of a woman wearing a crown in original paint. Her hands are missing. Colors are untouched, recently cleaned off from a thick dark coating, I have images fro...
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Early 17th Century French Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Oak
18th Century Carved Wood Santos Head
Located in London, GB
18th century carved wood Santos head
We are proud to offer a wonderful example of a fine 18th century solid carved wooden Santos or Apostles head. Of excep...
Category
1780s Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Meissen Porcelain Figurine 20th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
Meissen porcelain figurine of a man selling pastry, Germany, circa 1920. One of the street sellers of Paris series (Cries de Paris) origina...
Category
20th Century German Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Odysśee de la Mer Coral Quartz Sea Fan Bronze Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Odyssee de la Mer. A large 19th century French cast bronze fragment with a mounding growth of over 5000-carat natural citrine and black tourmaline that surround a giant black sea fan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Coral, Quartz, Tourmaline, Bronze
Emil Wünsche Hunting Sculpture of a Hound and Pheasant Prey
By Emil Wünsche 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Emil Wu¨nsche (German, 1864-1938) a large overlaid brass figure titled "JAGDHUND MIT FASAN" (A Hunting Hound-Dog with its Pheasant Prey). The beautifully executed model of a hound, d...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Angelo Basso Female Semi Nude Bronze "Vanity" Figurative Sculpture
By Angelo Basso
Located in Miami, FL
A stunning bronze figurative sculpture by Italian American artist Angelo Basso.
Angelo Basso was born in 1943 in Rimini, Italy and is an internationally ...
Category
20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Porcelain Figure, Meissen, 19th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
Meissen porcelain figure of a faun with her child. The child is sitting on a small chair while his mother is offering him to drink from a horn. Beautiful figure with passion for deta...
Category
1880s German Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Large Baroque Putti, Sweden, 1680-1720
Located in Kastrup, DK
Rare large sitting Baroque Putti.
Hand-carved pine wood figure of Putti with loin cloth in original "antique white" paint baring the original antique bea...
Category
Late 17th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
20th Century Pair of Italian Silver embossed with figures Lamps
By Liciano Sacco
Located in VALENZA, IT
Pair of "Cariatidi" lamps in 800 silver. Completely hand-carved and embossed with scrolls motifs.
Each part of the lamp has been finely embossed and chiseled by hand.
The central pa...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Baroque Limestone Lion from Solgården, circa 1700s
Located in Kastrup, DK
French carved seated lion with a ring in his mouth, carved French limestone, circa 1700s.
Provenance: The Danish author Karen Branson 1875-1936, One of ...
Category
18th Century Danish Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Baroque Period, Italian, Marble Tabernacle
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Fabulous, hand-carved and veneered, 1700's, solid marble tabernacle from an Italian church altar. The scrolling, side pillars are surmounted by a ...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Monumental Italian Stone Sculptural Group of the Rape of Proserpina
By Bernini
Located in Rome, IT
Inspired by the famous Italian Baroque Sculpture of Bernini exhibited in the Villa Borghese Museum.
Height of the sculpture cm 250 circa.
The base made in stone is new and has b...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Hand Carved Wooden Tuscan Lamp with Fruits for a Country Home
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Tuscan raw wooden lamp, entirely hand-carved, with fruits - It's perfect for a country house -
It is not necessary to change the power supply, but also use Your lamps with 110 W -
12...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large Antique Santos of St. Roche, Patron Saint of Dogs, Now Mounted as a Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Large Antique Santos of St Roche (Roch), patron saint of Dogs, now custom mounted as a lamp with custom Lucite base and custom natural colored linen shad...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Linen
Fine Pair of French 19th Century Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Candelabra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian Carved or Cast Stone Fruits: Final Price
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique Italian carved stone fruits triumph for Garden or for the top of the staircase,
ref. M/108.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Gilded Carved Wood Angels Sculptures from Venise
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/7283 - Wonderful Venetian antique angels in carved and gilded wood, with particularly expressive faces -
That's a very great quality and an interesting size, rare to find.. Wh...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Monumental Hanging Sculpture, Wood, Swedish, 17th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
Monumental sculpture in painted wood, Swedish, 17th century.
Measures: Height from head to toe 140 cm, from arm to toe 180 cm.
Category
17th Century Swedish Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
16th Century Spanish Carved & Polychrome Painted Saint Anne with the Infant Mary
Located in Miami, FL
This sculpture represents Santa Ana (Saint Anne) with the infant Mary.
Verge
Category
16th Century European Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Terracotta Sculpture Of Young Male Nymph 19th Century French
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Terracotta finished stone composite sculpture of a young male nymph resting on a rock.
Mounted on a round step molded base,
French, mid-19th century.
Category
19th Century French Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Antique Bust of a Spanish Knight, Hand Carved with Original Gesso and Paint
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Wooden bust of a knight.
A wonderful armored knight carved from lime wood. The knight is well carved with the face (with moustache) looking out of the ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Spanish Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Pine
Pair of Early Giltwood Book Stands Carved as Doves
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of early giltwood book stands carved as doves mounted upon orbs, from the late 17th or early 18th century. Nice large scale. Books are laid open across the backs of the doves' w...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Oak, Giltwood
Pair of early 18th century German Baroque Polychrome Sculptures of Musicians
Located in Troy, NY
Charming and rare pair of carved wood and polychrome figures of joyous youths playing instruments.
Category
Early 18th Century German Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
A Rare French Marble Relief of Putti Fragment, Late 17th Century
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Rare French Marble Relief of PuttiFragment
Late 17th Century Century
Height 14 in. Width 33 in.
Carved throughtout with three putti figures
Provenance:
Private Collector, Bor...
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble
Pair of Early 18th Century Carved Oak Newel Post Figures
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare pair of carved oak newel post figures
probably depicting Sir Robert and Lady Brown, circa 1735, removed from the ballroom staircase of Wiggenha...
Category
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Italian Cast Iron Standing Sculpture of Roman Lady with Torch
Located in Cathedral City, CA
An amazing vintage Italian cast iron sculpture of a Roman lady holding up a torch. There are a total of four holes in the base (one completely cut-out) for use should the sculpture b...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Pair of 18th century Wooden Gilded Corner Consoles
Located in Casteren, NL
Pair of wooden gilded consoles.
This beautiful rare ornaments were made in the south of France.
Dates circa 1740.
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Huge Antique 18th Century Italian Sculptural Wooden Barley Twisted Pedestal
Located in Odense, DK
A tremendously unique and rare barley twisted column / pedestal in solid oak, later painted in various colors. This architectural piece was made by an Italian cabinetmaker in the lat...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Oak
Large Mythological Meissen Group 'Triumph Of Venus', by J.J. Kaendler, c. 1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare and excellent porcelain sculpture:
Depiction of Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty (Greek: Aphrodite), as a young woman with her hair tied back at the nape of her neck,...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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
Very Large Oak Winged Angel, 17th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Very large scale winged angel (1.63 m high), on a sculpted sphere in the round, probably part of an altarpiece?
The whole, imposing in size, nevertheless gives an impression of light...
Category
17th Century European Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Oak
18th Century Italian Baroque Reliquary
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful and detailed reliquary holder with its original gilding,
Italy, circa 1750. Weathered and small losses.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Cross with Tangerine Crystals on a Crystal Cluster Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian cross adorned with tangerine quartz crystals on a tangerine quartz and crystal cluster base. The crucifix originally came from a church in Tuscany. The crystal quartz points replicate the original sunrays or halo around the cross.
The piece is put together by Jean O'Reilly Barlow, the artist and creative director of Interi. The date of manufacture reflects when she created the piece and the period shows that the Italian cross is originally 18th century.
The 18th century Italian cross has been preserved and transformed into a figurative, contemporary work of art. With the combination of the precious minerals, the church artifact...
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18th Century Italian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Quartz
17th Spanish Sculpture in Carved Silver Gild Wood Saint Michel, Castilia
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind Baroque Spanish St Michel sculpture. A museum piece !!
The artistic imprint shows the typical Castilian traces in the conception and interpretation of the subject. This allows us to frame the attribution to a close circle of the stela left by Gregorio Fernández (1576-1636) in the very recognized Castilian circle.
The artist responsible for the creation of this magnificent carving has undoubtedly been trained in the footsteps of Fernández in the Castilian Baroque context. He powerfully remembers the Archangel San Miguel preserved in the reliquary of the Church of San Miguel de Valladolid; belonging to the first third of the seventeenth century.
Both carvings show great parallels in the spatial conception, in the configuration of the cloths...
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1680s Albanian Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
17th Century Italy Sculpture Stone Lion Holding a Monkey
Located in Epfach, DE
17th Century sculpture stone lion holding a monkey.
This very decorative Piece was once built into a building as a striking focal point. The depictio...
Category
17th Century Antique Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Baroque sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Baroque sculptures for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Mid-20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage sculptures created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, silver and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Baroque sculptures made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original sculptures, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, and Liciano Sacco. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for sculptures differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $294 and tops out at $195,000 while the average work can sell for $3,816.