Classical Greek Sculptures
CLASSICAL GREEK STYLE
There is rare surviving furniture from ancient Greece, yet this classical style has informed design for centuries. Interiors of houses in antiquity were minimal, with much of a room’s color coming from frescoes on the walls and mosaics on the floors. Classical Greek furniture was sparing but finely crafted and influenced by Egyptian furniture design through Mediterranean trade.
Furnishings of the period were usually made from local wood like cypress, cedar, oak and willow from ancient Greece’s plentiful forests, although some pieces were carved from marble, such as a 300–200 B.C. throne with lion legs and a curved back now at the Getty Villa. Comfort and clean lines characterized designs during the Classical era, the symmetry and thoughtful proportions reflecting the architecture of Greek temples.
Some pieces of ancient Greek furniture were simple, rectangular platforms like the klinē, a multipurpose ancestor of today’s couches or daybeds that held cushions stuffed with wool, dry grass or down. These structures were used for both sleeping and dining, which wealthy Greeks did while reclining. At night, oil lamps illuminated rooms that frequently surrounded a garden courtyard.
Most of what scholars have learned about Greek furniture design owes to its representations in art like vases and stelae. The portable diphros stool, with its backless design and four turned legs, was one of the more common types of seating in daily Greek life — it appears as such for the gods on the Parthenon frieze. Stools without backs have been found in early Roman tombs, while benches were also common Greek seating furniture created for use in theaters. In houses of the Hellenistic period, benches seemingly functioned as tables, too.
Some designs evolved through adaptations by the Romans, including the klismos chair. After prominent archaeological excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum, the klismos chair — with its four saber legs and the elegant curves that define its back — was a source of inspiration for aesthetics in eras ranging from 18th-century neoclassicism to 20th-century Art Deco.
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Style: Classical Greek
Color: Gold
19th Century Bronze Figurine of Hermes or Mercury, Probably French
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a solid bronze figurine sculpture of Hermes or Mercury from Greek and Roman mythology respectively, and we date the figure to the 19th century, probably by a French or Austri...
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Bronze Sculpture of a Greek Warrior with Horse and Chariot
Located in London, GB
A mid-twentieth century bronze sculpture depicting a Greek warrior, mounted upon a chariot with stylised horse.
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20th Century English Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
19th Century, Silvered Bronze Sculpture with the Struggle for Life by E. Drouot
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Edouard Drouot (1859-1945), The struggle for life (La Lutte pour la Vie), Silvered Bronze and Green marble sculpture
Signed "E. Drouot"
This valuable bronze-silvered sculpture is the work of the French sculptor Edouard Drouot (1859-1945) and depicts La The struggle for life (La Lutte pour la Vie). It is the representation of a man with a statuary and classicist physique, dressed only with a thong, while struggling with a fierce panther, climbing on a rocky group. Some identify the man Milone of Crotone, ancient Greek...
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Ancient Greek Hellenistic Bronze Statuette of Satyr
Located in London, GB
Beautifully cast statuette of a satyr, Greek, Hellenistic Period, 3rd-2nd Century BC, solid cast bronze
The present work is a wonderful example of the finest Hellenistic style. The ...
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15th Century and Earlier Greek Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Silvered and Gilt-Bronze Glass Centerpiece of "Poseidon"
Located in New York, NY
A Monumental French Silvered and Gilt-Bronze and Glass Centerpiece of "Poseidon", Paris, circa 1895.
A very good quality centerpiece depicting "Poseidon and his seahorses", of mon...
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Early 20th Century French Classical Greek 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.
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Late 19th Century European Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Bronze Statue of Aurora on Her Chariot. Aug. Moreau
Located in Brighton, Sussex
The Chariot of Aurora. Aurora the goddess of dawn shown in her chariot, accompanied by the hours and heralded by Apollo; Gilded and patinated.
Signed; Auguste Moreau (1834-1917) was a famous...
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Greek Grand Tour Bronze Giorgio Sommer
By Giorgio Sommer
Located in Newark, England
Fine 19th century grand tour patinated bronze figure of a seated greek mythological male. The man full of expression with noticeable hand gestures glaring at the ground. The figure p...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Bacchus Influenced Clodion Group
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century patinated silvered bronze Bacchus influenced group.
Signed; Clodion.
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Bronze Group of Nessus Abducting Deianira
By Giambologna
Located in Dublin, IE
French Grand Tour bronze group of Nessus abducting Deianira after Giambologna on marble base.
After the model by Giambologna
Circa 1880
French
Footnote:
The first documented example of this famous bronze group was made by Giovanni Bologna...
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Bronze Bacchus Influenced Dancing Maidens on Pedestal
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive and good quality 19th century bronze study in the style of Carrier-Belleuse depicting a pair of classical Bacchus influenced dancing maidens...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Amazing 20th Century Gilt Bronze Sculpture of a Meditating King, Italy, 1940
Located in Catania, IT
The gilded bronze sculpture of this King seated on his throne, wearing his crown, while he is absorbed in reading a book is very rare and particular. The figure stands elegantly, and...
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1940s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Classical Bronze Clock / Sculpture, by Aug. Moreau
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Bronze sculpture with brown patina including a clock and signed Auguste Moreau. It features a woman wearing a flowing dress who is standing on a globe. The title printed on a small p...
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Life-Size Bronze Greek Discus Olympian Statue, 20th Century
Located in Southall, GB
A 20th century life-size, strong, bronze figure of a Greek Olympian throwing the discus during his spin. This large bronze stands over 5.5 feet tall. The quality is exceptional, with...
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20th Century European Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Ormolu Sculpture of a Baccante, by Jean-Léon Gérôme
Located in New York, NY
A gorgeous 19th century French ormolu sculpture of a Baccante, by Jean-Léon Gérôme. This incredible sculpture is by Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904), one of the most famous and i...
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1890s French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Eros, by Aug. Moreau
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century bronze statue of Eros with gilded highlights.
By Aug. Moreau
In Greek mythology, Eros Ancient Greek: is the Greek god of love and sex
Auguste Moreau, 1834-1917 the third son of sculptor and painter Jean Baptiste Moreau, Auguste initiated himself to sculpture along with his older brother...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Grand Tour Venus de Milo Bronze
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking and alluring 19th century French Grand Tour cast bronze sculpture depicting the Ancient Greek goddess Aphrodite, and named for her Roman counterpart, Venus. The original was discovered in 1820 on the island of Milos, hence the name Venus de Milo, and is now housed in the Louvre in Paris.
The Grand Tour became a right-of-passage during the 17th-19th centuries for the upper class serving to educate men and boys in classical art and architecture found throughout the European continent. Bronzes of this scale were brought back to England as souvenirs. This piece is marked "FRANCE" on the backside, and "Musée de Louvre...
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Classical 19th Century Bronze of Mother and Child
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting classical 19th century patinated bronze statue of a semi clad seated maiden feeding water to a young cherub.
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large 19th Century Classical Bronze statue of Amalthea
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality large 19th century bronze statue of a semi nude female of Amalthea in Marie Antoinette’s dairy. The original is marble from 1787..
There were different traditions regarding Amaltheia.[3] Amaltheia is sometimes represented as the goat who nurtured the infant-god in a cave in Cretan Mount Aigaion ("Goat Mountain"),[4] sometimes as a goat-tending nymph[5] of uncertain parentage (the daughter of Oceanus,[6] Helios,[7] Haemonius,[8] or—according to Lactantius—Melisseus[9]).[10] The possession of multiple and uncertain mythological parents indicates wide worship of a deity in many cultures having varying local traditions. Other names, like Adrasteia, Ide, the nymph of Mount Ida...
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century classical Bronze statue of an archer, by A. Gaudez
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century French bronze statue of a classical semi clad male archer with Doves at his feet.
Signed;
Adrien Etienne Gaudez (French, 1845-1902)
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Cherub Having His Wings Clipped, by Cumberworth
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting 19th century bronze statue depicting a seated women attempting to clip the wings of cupid.
Signed, Charles Cumberworth (English/ Fre...
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19th Century English Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Figural Statue
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinary and monumental cast-iron sculpture was likely specially commissioned to the Fonderies d'Art du Val d'Osne for an important public or private collection. Designed by celebrated Parisian sculptor Mathurin Moreau, the striking work takes the form of a beautiful young maiden clad in classical robes with an amphora gracefully held aloft in one hand. The work displays a remarkable level of detail considering its iron casting, including a wreath of laurel leaves atop the woman's head and a stunning necklace adorning her neck.
Due to its large size and subject matter, the remarkable work would most probably have been exhibited in a public or private fountain, garden, estate or hotel. French cast-iron sculptures such as this one were historically preferred over bronze for outdoor decorations...
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Silvered Bronze Statue of Cherub and Maiden, by 'Dumaige'
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century silvered bronze statue of a winged cherub escorting a young maiden holding flowers, raised on a green marble base...
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Figure "Polyhymnia" Sign. J.Walz. Muse
Located in Epfach, DE
19th century bronze figure "Polyhymnia" France or Austrian sign. J.Walz.
The figure is worked out by J.Walz (death:1922). He has worked in Paris and Vienna for Victor Tilgner.
The figure "Polyhymnia" is worked after the famous antique...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1917 Sports Trophy for IC4A by Roman Bronze Works, Two Lap Relay Race
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinarily rare -- perhaps unique -- bronze trophy was cast by America's premier art bronze foundry, the Roman Bronze Works in New York City, for the Intercollegiate Associ...
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1910s American Vintage Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Standing Female Nude Bather, Bronze Signed Fullborn
Located in Montreal, QC
This bronze figure of a nude maiden dates from the early 20th century. She crouches slightly as she enters the water, one foot on a rocky outcrop, with stylized waves at her feet. Ac...
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Early 20th Century German Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Classical Semi Nude Bronze Figures Mounted on Marble Pedestal, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive classical 19th century bronze statue of god like semi-nude figures reaching for the sky, with a hound at their feet.
Mounted on an impressive rouge marble pedestal...
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bronze Figural Group of Perseus Freeing Andromeda by Jean Louis Grégoire
Located in London, GB
The patinated bronze sculpture standing on naturalistic circular base, signed 'L. Grégoire' on base
Jean Louis Grégoire (French, 1840-1890) was born and died in Paris. Training ...
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique patinated bronze sculpture of a father and son embracing by Henri Plé
Located in London, GB
This beautiful antique French sculpture depicts a tender moment between father and son. Made of fine patinated bronze, the full length figures of father and son are crafted in the naturalistic style that is typical of Plé's work. The father is dressed in furs and leans to embrace his son in an emotional and touching manner, before he heads to battle. The two figures are set on a naturalistic square plinth, which is signed 'Henri Ple...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Patinated Bronze Antique Sculptural Group of Andromeda and Perseus by Grégoire
Located in London, GB
This fine antique French sculpture depicts a moment from one of the most famous tales from Classical mythology, that of Perseus and Andromeda....
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Bronze on Marble Greek Olympian Male Figure Bookends
Located in Ferndale, MI
What is better than a pair of two strong Greek athletes in sculpted in bronze on marble bases supporting your books ?
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Mid-20th Century American Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Classical Greek sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
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