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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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Classical Greek
Classic Greek Bust
Located in Atlanta, GA
Classical and substantial bust of a figure of Greek and Roman mythology, Laocoon.
Category
Late 20th Century European Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Composition
Bronze Sculptured Athenian Scribe on Variegated Agate Pen Tray
Located in Asheville, NC
Bronze sculpted figure Athena, Goddess of Wisdom, is seated with two scrolls, one in hand the other placed upon nearby column, is classically dressed in robe with empire bow and hair...
Category
20th Century Italian Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
After Michelangelo's 'non-finito' Series Classical Nude Bronze, Green Patina
Located in Chicago, IL
This is an extraordinary bronze sculpture of a Classic male nude by artist Dean Kugler. Attention to detail and complete understanding of the human figure are evident. The figure stands with most of his weight on one foot, contrapposto, and his arm stretched overhead revealing a powerful, muscular physique. With inspiration from Michelangelo's unfinished series of sculptures housed at the Galleria Dell'Acadamia Museum in Florence, displayed in the hall leading to Michelangelo's David sculpture, this figure too is bound within its own material symbolizing the eternal human struggle to free themselves from material trappings. The sculpture is beautifully custom mounted on a stone base.
Dean Kugler
Slave (after Michelangelo)
bronze
Measures: 20 H x 5 W x 5 D in
50.80 H x 12.70 W x 12.70 D cm
DK0035
Kugler uses scale and the juxtaposition of disparate elements in order to engage and challenge the viewer. He combines elements such as strength and weakness or beauty and damage to be experienced simultaneously within the same piece of work to create a tense energy. Kugler also incorporates the technical skill of tight rendering with the dynamism of abstraction to create this energy to add additional excitement and intrigue to his aesthetic.
Dean Kugler is a seasoned interdisciplinary artist, painter, and figurative sculptor. His 3D work is featured primarily at Gallery Victor Armendariz in Chicago. In the last three years, Dean has also been featured at Abend Gallery in Denver, The Figge Art Museum, and Bereskin Gallery in Iowa. He has shown at SOFA Chicago in 2017, 2018, and 2019 and participated in ArtPrize in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
He sees himself primarily as a sculptor due to the challenges he finds and thrives on within the process. In all its beauty, crudeness, and subtleties, the figure offers infinite opportunities to express feelings and emotions. There is also a physicality to sculpture that requires the work to be experienced through movement in order to reveal more about the piece.
Dean has always been drawn to the interactive nature of large-scale sculpture that is available to the public - he loves the idea that his work entices the observer to go beyond what they can see and add tactility to the experience. By using both realism and abstraction, he creates a visual that challenges the viewer to resolve what they are seeing. Therefore, providing a greater connection between the artist and the viewer.
Education
1993 – AA from Blackhawk College.
1995 – BFA from Western Illinois University.
Texts
1995 – “Drawing: Skills, Means, Freedom”. Jan Clough / Ann Mullin. pub. 1995.
1993 – “Images” College publication featuring multiple pieces.
1992 – “Images” College publication featuring multiple pieces.
Bibliography
Dec 2022 - American Art Collector. “Room to grow”. Pages 48 and 49.
1 Oct 2018 – River Cities Reader. Article discussing a group show titled “Earth, Wind, and Fire” at Bereskin Gallery.
18 Aug 2018 – River Cities Reader. Article by Mike Schulz about my show titled “Relic” at the Quad City Arts.
1 Nov 2017 – Dispatch-Argus and QCOnline, Coverage of my showing at SOFA.
16 Dec 2016 – River Cities Reader. Article by Rick Martin about one-man art show titled “It Figures” at Black Hawk...
Category
2010s American Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bisque Leo Statute By Pia Langelund For Royal Copenhagen
Located in Doraville, GA
Beautiful bisque, matte white, statue of a man designed by Pia Langelund for Royal Copenhagen. The statue is one of the zodiac figures and this statue represents Leo. Designed probab...
Category
1990s Danish Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bisque Scorpio Statute By Pia Langelund For Royal Copenhagen
Located in Doraville, GA
Beautiful bisque, matte white, statue of a man designed by Pia Langelund for Royal Copenhagen. The statue is one of the zodiac figures and this statue represents Scorpio. Designed pr...
Category
1990s Danish Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Acteon Greek Hunter by Adrien Etienne Gaudez French Bronze Statue Sculpture 46"
Located in Dayton, OH
A remarkable French Bronze sculpture of Acteon by Adrein Etienne Gaudez. The statue is sculpted in lifelike detail, featuring Acteon with a bird in his outstretched arm, standing on ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Head of Minerva Carved in White Marble, 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
Petite sculpture of the head of Minerva carved in white marble, on a parallelepiped base, 19th Century Greek.
Minerva is the Roman goddess of poetry, medicine, commerce, weaving, t...
Category
19th Century Greek Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Marble
French Patinated Bust Sculpture Of A Classical Male
Located in Houston, TX
French Patinated Plaster Bust Sculpture Of A Classical Male.
Our handsome French classical Greek plaster sculpture is the perfect table accessory, bookcase accessory or placed on a p...
Category
1920s European Vintage Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
White Alabaster Bust of Hermes
Located in New York, NY
A white alabaster marble bust of ancient Greek god, Hermes. A great decorative object depicting the original sculpture. Piece may work we...
Category
Late 20th Century Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Stone Mythological Figural Sculpture
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Vintage Peach Stone Abstract Sculpture depicting a Greek Mythological Figure. Greece, circa 1960. Signed by an unknown artist on a contemporary black stone base.
Category
1960s Greek Vintage Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Stone
1980s Italian Bronze Riace Warrior Sculpture Statue Signed Pintoneilo
Located in Miami, FL
1980s Italian Bronze Riace Warrior Sculpture Statue Signed Pintoneilo
Offered for sale is a circa 1980s bronze statue of the older Riace Warrior sculpture. This bronze is extremely ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Bronze Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
19th century French bronze sculpture of a Classical Greek.
This meticulously executed antique French bronze sculpture is of a handsome male figure holdi...
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
The Black Road: Iron, Classical Male Bust, Resin Sculpture with Rust Iron Patina
Located in Chicago, IL
This extraordinary sculptural portrait head takes its beginnings from classical antiquity. Attention to detail and complete understanding of the human figure are evident. The sculpture, which is made of resin and patinaed with a rusted iron can be shown on a base or lying down.
Dean Kugler
The Black Road: Iron, 2021
Resin and Iron Patina
20h x 16w in
60.96h x 40.64w cm
DK0041
Dean Kugler is a seasoned interdisciplinary artist, painter, and figurative sculptor. His 3D work is featured primarily at Gallery Victor Armendariz in Chicago. In the last three years, Dean has also been featured at Abend Gallery in Denver, The Figge Art Museum, and Bereskin Gallery in Iowa. He has shown at SOFA Chicago in 2017, 2018, and 2019 and participated in ArtPrize in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
He sees himself primarily as a sculptor due to the challenges he finds and thrives on within the process. In all its beauty, crudeness, and subtleties, the figure offers infinite opportunities to express feelings and emotions. There is also a physicality to sculpture that requires the work to be experienced through movement in order to reveal more about the piece.
Dean has always been drawn to the interactive nature of large-scale sculpture that is available to the public - he loves the idea that his work entices the observer to go beyond what they can see and add tactility to the experience. By using both realism and abstraction, he creates a visual that challenges the viewer to resolve what they are seeing. Therefore, providing a greater connection between the artist and the viewer.
Education
1993 – AA from Blackhawk College.
1995 – BFA from Western Illinois University.
Texts
1995 – “Drawing: Skills, Means, Freedom”. Jan Clough / Ann Mullin. pub. 1995.
1993 – “Images” College publication featuring multiple pieces.
1992 – “Images” College publication featuring multiple pieces.
Bibliography
Dec 2022 - American Art Collector. “Room to grow”. Pages 48 and 49.
1 Oct 2018 – River Cities Reader. Article discussing a group show titled “Earth, Wind, and Fire” at Bereskin Gallery.
18 Aug 2018 – River Cities Reader. Article by Mike Schulz about my show titled “Relic” at the Quad City Arts.
1 Nov 2017 – Dispatch-Argus and QCOnline, Coverage of my showing at SOFA.
16 Dec 2016 – River Cities Reader. Article by Rick Martin about one-man art show titled “It Figures” at Black Hawk College.
22 June 2016 – Dispatch-Argus. Coverage of my one-man show titled “Animal Farm.”
22 Sept 2015 – Quad-City Times. “Body of work”. Article by David Burke about a one-man art show at Black Hawk College.
30 October 2014 – WVIK radio and online. Coverage of the ribbon-cutting for “Gravity” installation at the Rivercenter in Davenport, IA.
28 Sept 2014 – TV interview on WZZM13 in Grand Rapids covering ARTPRIZE and my sculpture, Gravity at the Gerald Ford...
Category
2010s American Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Vintage Cast Bronze Green Marble Spartan Helmet Paperweight Bookend 4.5
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage paperweight or book end featuring a bronze metal Greek / Corinthian / Spartan helmet adorned with a snarling animal, set on a translucent g...
Category
Late 20th Century Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Solid Patinated Bronze Sculpture Statue Nude Male Greek Orpheus
Located in San Diego, CA
Solid Patinated Bronze Sculpture Statue Nude Male Greek Orpheus nice interesting piece of conversation solid patinated bronze circa 1970's.
Category
20th Century Greek Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Cast Bronze 9" Dante Dantes Alighieri Bust Sculpture Statue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Cast Bronze 9" Dante Dantes Alighieri Bust Sculpture Statue. Circa Late 19th Century. Measurements: 9" H x 11" W x 6"
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mario Villa Carved Wood Fruit
By Mario Villa
Located in Austin, TX
These fanciful and imagined spiky fruit are truly a work of art, by artist and collector, Mario Villa. These whimsical shapes have an air of Central American objets d'art.
Mario Vill...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Bust of Hermes
Located in New York, NY
A plaster bust of ancient Greek god, Hermes. Piece is plaster with a gold overlay on bust and a matte black overlay on base. A great decorative depicting the original ancient sculptu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Composition
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...
Category
Early 20th Century French Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A fine 19th century large bronze " Allegory of the Arts by Henri Honore Ple
By H. Ple
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine 19th century French large patinated bronze Entitled Allegory of the Arts By Henri Ple. Finely cast large important bronze . Pedestal i...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th C. Carved Head of a Man in the Antique Style, Wearing a Crown of Laurels
Located in New York, NY
This marble head showcases a man in the antique style, wearing a laurel crown. It is presented on a square stone base, emphasizing its classical elegance and symbolizing achievement....
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Hand Made Solid Bronze Greek Sculpture by Aohna Spartan Warrior
Located in San Diego, CA
Solid patinated bronze sculpture of spartan warrior made in Greece, circa 1970s.
Category
20th Century Greek Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Marble Simulated Bust of "Artemis", Greece, circa 1950s
Located in Incline Village, NV
Bust of Greek goddess "Artemis"; made from compressed marble composite and cast from a mold in accordance with the original example from Ephesus,...
Category
1950s Greek Vintage Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Composition
Stepped Obelisk Brown Fossil Tower
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Greek/ Egyptian Influence.
Martyn's signature.
Category
Late 20th Century Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Stepped Obelisk Fossil Stone Tower
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Egyptian/ Greek Influence
Category
Late 20th Century Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Sandstone
Antique Classical French Bronze Bust on a Marble Base
Located in Houston, TX
Antique classical French bronze bust on a marble base.
This gorgeous well executed French classical Greek male bronze bust on a stunning block marble base.
Stunning!
Category
1920s French Vintage Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Marble Torso of an Athlete, after the Antique, 19th Century or Earlier, Italian
By Polykleitos 1
Located in Kensington, MD
An antique Greek style fragmentary male torso in the Polykleitan tradition, from mid-leg to shoulders, depicting an adolescent male athlete with defined musculature and hairless. He stands contrapposto with the weight on his left leg.
The present torso is loosely based on a figure of a young athlete, shown standing contrapposto and leaning against a tree trunk (now at the British Museum). Named after its previous owner, the sculptor Sir Richard Westmacott...
Category
19th Century Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Antique Parian Sculpture of a Seated Classical Woman & Dove 19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique parian porcelain statue offers portrait of a seated Classical woman and a dove, 19th century
Measures- 11''H x 4.25''W x 4.25''D.
Category
19th Century Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
After Hiram Powers, Grand Tour Marble Sculpture of “the Greek Slave”
By Hiram Powers
Located in Atlanta, GA
After Hiram Powers (American, 1805-1873), “The Greek Slave”. A finely carved white marble sculpture after the antiquity which is currently held in the col...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Maiden by Auguste Joseph Peiffer
Located in Doylestown, PA
Magnificent patinated bronze sculpture by Auguste Joseph Peiffer, 19th Century, signed.
The piece features a seated maiden draped in Classical Greek attire. It is mounted on an eleg...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Roman Classical Nude Male Marble Sculpture
Located in New Haven, CT
This beautiful example of the Greek boxer was hand carved of Statuario Marble in Florence during the Grand Tour period after the antique original. The subject has a victorious pose f...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Marble
French Classical Male Stone Torso Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
French classical male stone torso sculpture. This handsome stone torso sculpture can be used indoors on a pedestal or outdoors in a garden or on a patio.
G...
Category
1940s Unknown Vintage Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Stone
19th Century Italian Marble Bust of Aphrodite
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Italian marble bust of Aphrodite.
Our antique Italian Carrara marble bust of Aphrodite is expertly carved and rests on a...
Category
1890s Italian Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Marble
The Riace Warriors, A Fine Pair of Cold-Cast Copper and Resin Replica Figures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Riace Warriors, a fine pair of cold cast copper and resin figures of the Riace Warriors, reduced replicas of the original bronze sculptures currently located at the Museo Naziona...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Mid Century Modern Brass Statue of a Greek Woman
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
In all of our years of collecting, we've never come across anything like this beautiful brass goddess statue. The piece is created from brass and is quite heavy. It depicts a Greek a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Brass
French Classical Cast Hard Stone Panier de Fruits Garden Ornament, 20th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
A French Classical garden ornament offers cast hard stone statue depicting Panier de Fruits (Basket of Fruit), 20th century
Measures- 12''H x 10.5''W x 10.5''D.
Catalogue Note: Ask...
Category
20th Century European Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Relic, Classical Male Nude Torso Fragment in Amber Resin by Dean Kugler
Located in Chicago, IL
This is an extraordinary amber colored resin sculpture of a Classic male nude fragment by artist Dean Kugler. Attention to detail and complete understanding of the human figure are evident. The sculpture is beautifully custom mounted on a steel base with a rust patina.
Dean Kugler
Relic 1
resin
23.50h x 20w x 6d in
59.69h x 50.80w x 15.24d cm
Kugler uses scale and the juxtaposition of disparate elements in order to engage and challenge the viewer. He combines elements such as strength and weakness or beauty and damage to be experienced simultaneously within the same piece of work to create a tense energy. Kugler also incorporates the technical skill of tight rendering with the dynamism of abstraction to create this energy to add additional excitement and intrigue to his aesthetic.
Dean Kugler is a seasoned interdisciplinary artist, painter, and figurative sculptor. His 3D work is featured primarily at Gallery Victor Armendariz in Chicago. In the last three years, Dean has also been featured at Abend Gallery in Denver, The Figge Art Museum, and Bereskin Gallery in Iowa. He has shown at SOFA Chicago in 2017, 2018, and 2019 and participated in ArtPrize in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
He sees himself primarily as a sculptor due to the challenges he finds and thrives on within the process. In all its beauty, crudeness, and subtleties, the figure offers infinite opportunities to express feelings and emotions. There is also a physicality to sculpture that requires the work to be experienced through movement in order to reveal more about the piece.
Dean has always been drawn to the interactive nature of large-scale sculpture that is available to the public - he loves the idea that his work entices the observer to go beyond what they can see and add tactility to the experience. By using both realism and abstraction, he creates a visual that challenges the viewer to resolve what they are seeing. Therefore, providing a greater connection between the artist and the viewer.
Education
1993 – AA from Blackhawk College.
1995 – BFA from Western Illinois University.
Texts
1995 – “Drawing: Skills, Means, Freedom”. Jan Clough / Ann Mullin. pub. 1995.
1993 – “Images” College publication featuring multiple pieces.
1992 – “Images” College publication featuring multiple pieces.
Bibliography
Dec 2022 - American Art Collector. “Room to grow”. Pages 48 and 49.
1 Oct 2018 – River Cities Reader. Article discussing a group show titled “Earth, Wind, and Fire” at Bereskin Gallery.
18 Aug 2018 – River Cities Reader. Article by Mike Schulz about my show titled “Relic” at the Quad City Arts.
1 Nov 2017 – Dispatch-Argus and QCOnline, Coverage of my showing at SOFA.
16 Dec 2016 – River Cities Reader. Article by Rick Martin about one-man art show titled “It Figures” at Black Hawk College.
22 June 2016 – Dispatch-Argus. Coverage of my one-man show titled “Animal Farm.”
22 Sept 2015 – Quad-City Times. “Body of work”. Article by David Burke about a one-man art show at Black Hawk College.
30 October 2014 – WVIK radio and online. Coverage of the ribbon-cutting for “Gravity” installation at the Rivercenter in Davenport, IA.
28 Sept 2014 – TV interview on WZZM13 in Grand Rapids covering ARTPRIZE and my sculpture, Gravity at the Gerald Ford...
Category
2010s American Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Resin
70" Egyptian Pharaoh Statue Floor Lamp
Located in Pasadena, TX
70" Egyptian Pharaoh Statue Floor Lamp
Floor lamp
13W x 13D x 70H
Lamp wired and tested.
Good Condition.
No lamp shade.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Plastic, Polystyrene
Fine 19th Century Porcelain Capodimonte Group of Cherubs and a Goat
By Capodimonte
Located in Dallas, TX
This bright Capodimonte porcelain group of four putti and a goat symbolizes abundance and the spirit of life. Capodimonte was originally an 18th century Italian porcelain...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Greek Cycladic Idol 47" Tall Plaster Figure on Stand Statue Figurine Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Greek Cycladic Idol 47" Tall Plaster Figure on Stand Statue Figurine Sculpture. Item features cast plaster figure on metal stand with wooden base, unmarked, great style and form. Lar...
Category
Late 20th Century Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Magnificent Pair of Late 18th C Large Terra Cotta Busts of Apollo and Diana
Located in Dallas, TX
A large monumental pair of late 18th century Italian terra cotta busts of Apollo and Diana on jadeite and gilt bronze mounted pedestals. 77'' H overal...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Classical Gilt Metal Portrait Sculpture, Grecian Woman, c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Classical portrait sculpture offers gilt cast metal figure of a Grecian woman with horn and pheasant, c1890
Measures - 8.5''H x 8.25''W x 3.5''D.
Catalogue Note: Ask abo...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Metal
A Large Italian Carved White Marble Figure of Venus De Milo
By Praxiteles 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This elegant Italian hand carved marble figure was made on early 20th century, and is a copy of the famous Venus De Milo marble sculpture (Aphorid...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Whimsical White Glazed Porcelain Group of Four Putti Playing with a Goat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A charming Continental 19th/20th century whimsical white glazed porcelain group of four putti playing with a goat, probably after the depiction of The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, (Italian, 1598-1680), depicting four playful putti, one riding the goat, another feeding it, a third one holding on to it and the forth one, Jupiter, feeding from it. Stamped (unknown). Probably Italian. Circa: 1900.
Measures: Height: 14 3/4 inches (37.5 cm)
Width: 15 3/4 inches (40 cm)
Depth: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Myth
The goat of Amalthea is a divine goat who fed the baby Zeus with its milk. Its name is translated from the ancient Greek and means “gentle goddess.” Zeus’ father, Kronos (Cronus, Cronos), fearing to lose his power, swallowed up all his newly born children. His wife Rhea suffered greatly from this, and when the next child was born, she slipped a stone wrapped in diapers instead of Kronos.
Kronos swallowed the stone, not suspecting anything, so the kid had to hide. Rhea hid him on the island of Crete in the cave of Mount Ida...
Category
Early 1900s European Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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 ?
Category
Mid-20th Century American Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Marble, 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...
Category
1890s French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Marble Sculpture of Satyr
Located in New Haven, CT
Masterfully executed marble sculpture of Marsyas with lover.
French after the Greek Antique
Ca 1780
Category
1780s French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Marble
20th Century Dancing Satyr in Terracotta Clay, Italian Decor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Italian terracotta clay statuette of the famous dancing Faun or Satyr which is well known in the Hellenistic and Roman art, in good condition. The original was placed in th...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Academic Study Plaster Hand Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
20th century Academic study plaster hand sculpture.
Monumental 20th century academic study plaster hand sculpture. A stunning coffee table acce...
Category
20th Century Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
KPM Figure of a Lady Warrior Holding a Spear and a Shield with a Face with Wings
Located in Boston, MA
I would like to offer you this amazing KPM porcelain figurine of a lady warrior with her shield and spear. I believe she is Athena. As you can s...
Category
1890s German Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Striking Plaster Sculpture of Hermes Foot
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A plaster cast sculpture of the foot of Hermès, after the antique, signed on the side “D Brucciani & Co London" and numbered 2504. Hermes is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religi...
Category
1950s English Vintage Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Adolpho Cipriani 'Italian, Active 1880-1930' Alabaster Figure
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The shy semi-nude maiden, her hair in ringlets with rosette ornaments, is dressed in a loincloth with wings in relief and chains. She is wrapped in a long cloak that she holds out to...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury Mythological Winged Sculpture on Stone Base
Located in Houston, TX
Midcentury mythological winged sculpture on stone base.
Unusual midcentury silver plated mythological winged creature with jeweled eyes mounted on a s...
Category
1960s Unknown Vintage Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
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...
Category
1910s American Vintage Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Grecian Copper Clad over Gesso Sculpture
Located in Bronx, NY
This oversize and rare 19th century patinated copper clad sculpture is designed with a beautifully rendered Grecian girl. This girl, costumed in a flowing garment, is positioned in f...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Copper
19th Century Italian Classical Marble Bust of Venus Chiurazzi
Located in New York, NY
Psyche of Capua. White marble bust of Venus, after antique.
Italy, late 19th century.
Inscribed, 'Chiurazzi.'
Measures: 21 in. (53.3 cm) height.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
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