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
Period: 19th Century
19th Century French Plaster Bust Of A Classical Greek
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century French Plaster Bust Of A Classical Greek.
Beautifully patinated monumental antique French plaster bust of a classical Greek male. This statement bust would be great disp...
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Plaster
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 ...
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Late 19th Century Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Bronze
Mounted Greek Plaster Models After the Parthenon Frieze
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A collection of Greek style plaster frieze models circa 1820, later framed with glass to the front. Likely once part of a larger sequence, the plaster fragments are highlighted with black paint and depict Greek cavalry similar to that detailed on the famous 6th century BC Parthenon Frieze.
The Parthenon Frieze
Believed to date from 447 – 432 BC, the Parthenon Frieze is a continuous marble band that once decorated the Parthenon temple, Greece. Dedicated to the goddess Athena, the temple was abundant with decorative sculpture considered some high points of classical Greek art...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Plaster, Wood, Glass
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...
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19th Century Greek Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Marble
Italian Carrara Marble Nymph Figure
Located in Newark, England
Fine Italian Carrara marble of a Nymph. The figure stood upon a rocky plinth partially nude with a draped robe seen pouring water from a large urn as she looks on. The beautiful carv...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Carrara Marble
Venus of Milo in stucco, dated 1895
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Dated and numbered ('28 mai 1895 XXV') sculpture in stucco of the Venus of Milo. It is clear to see that the sculpture is composed of several parts.
Beautiful patina and in good cond...
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1890s French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Stucco
Life size Mercury + Fortuna, 19th Century, after Falconi.
By Jean de Bologne
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderfully impressive pair of 19th Century verdigri patinated bronze statues of Mercury and Fortuna, after Jean de Bologne, each raised on circular pedestals with bacchus influenc...
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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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...
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19th Century Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Marble
Large 19th Century classical bronze torches
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A large and impressive 19th Century classical patinated bronze maiden torche, raised on a pedestal plinth.
In the manner of Barbedienne.
Batch 75 SNTKZ
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Bronze
Antoine Louis Barye (1795-1875), ' Theseus fighting the centaur Bianor'
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Patinated Bronze Group, Entitled 'Thesée Combattant le Centaure Bianor' ('Theseus Fighting the Centaur Bianor'), Cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne, From the Model By Antoine Louis...
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Bronze
19th Century Bronze statue ' Le Serment' by Oscar Ruffony.
By Ruffony
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century patinated bronze statue of a classical young semi clad swordsman, titled ' The Oath'.
Signed to the base O. Ruffony
Oscar Ruffoni, whose artist name ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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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"
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Late 19th Century Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Bronze
Classical Bronze maiden resting on a rock, 19th century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century French patinated bronze statue of a classical young maiden leaning on a rock.
Signed to the base.
Batch 75 62422. YNYZ
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Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Bronze
19th Century Eagle & Serpent Brass Door Stop Needless to say a heavy piece
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
19th Century Eagle & Serpent Brass Door Stop
Needless to say a heavy piece, is age darkened, the Eagle and snake fighting symbolise two sides of a confli...
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19th Century Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Brass
Meissen Porcelain Large Figurine Group 'Zephyr & Flora' By C.G. Juechtzer C.1860
By Meissen Porcelain, Christian Gottfried Juechtzer
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent large and rare Meissen figurine group from the 19th century:
The winged Zephyr, the gentle wind god, and Flora, goddess of vegetation and blossom, loosely wrapped in cloths...
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1850s German Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French Caen Stone Architectural Fragment
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A mid 19th century French Caen stone architectural fragment reputedly from a church destroyed in WWII. With its beautiful cream tone and cr...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Limestone
French Bisque Porcelain Group of Venus and Cupid, Mid 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
An exquisite bisque porcelain figure of Venus and Cupid from the mid nineteenth century, French, with incised crossed swords mark and another device etched on the base.
Photos don't ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Porcelain
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...
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Marble, 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...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Bronze
Large Bronze Model of a Seated Mercury
By Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
Located in London, GB
Large bronze model of a seated Mercury, after Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714-1785),
late nineteenth century or early twentieth century, French.
Base diameter 27 cm.
This statue ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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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
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Bronze
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
"Narcissus" Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture After the Antique
Located in Montreal, QC
A late 19th century / early 20th century bronze figure of Narcissus, after the Antique, He wears a wreath in his hair and carries a goat skin wine sack and stands on a circular base....
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Bronze
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...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Carrara 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.
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19th Century Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Porcelain
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...
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1890s Italian Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Marble
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...
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19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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
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Marble, Bronze
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...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique 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
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 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
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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
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Marble, Bronze
Antique Apoxyomenos Male Marble Torso Sculpture, White Carrara Marble, XIX Sec.
Located in Rome, IT
Antique male marble torso, circa 1850
A copy of the roman marble statue Apoxyomenus in Musei Vaticani in Rome (I sec d.c.) copy of a greek bronze athlete statue...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Carrara Marble
Marble Sculpture by Denise Delavigne "Cupid Bound" Signed on Base
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th century Carrera marble statue of the 'Cupid bound' signed by Denise Delavigne. We have pedestals that this statue could ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Carrara Marble
Classical 19th Century Carrera Marble Nude
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting 19th century Italian Carrera marble statue of a young nude girl, standing with a sorry pose next to a broken vase.
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19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Carrara Marble
19th Century Italian Marble Statue of ' Crouching Venus'
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century carrera marble statue of ' Crouching Venus'.
Marble statue of a naked Aphrodite crouching at her bath, also ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Carrara Marble
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...
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1890s German Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Porcelain
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
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Bronze
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...
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Late 19th Century Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Metal
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
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Bronze
19th Century English Minton Parian Group of Cupid & Psyche by H. Bourne
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning and most attractive minton parian figural group of Cupid and Psyche by Hamlet Bourne, the classical lovers in passionate embrace on a bow fron...
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19th Century English Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Porcelain
Antique Italian Marble Sculpture after Roman Original of the Wrestlers
By Eugenio Battiglia
Located in London, GB
Antique Italian marble sculpture after Roman original of the Wrestlers
Italian, late 19th century
Measures: Height 94cm, width 124c...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Marble
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...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Porcelain
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
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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
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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.
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Copper
Large French 19th Century Cast-Iron Fountain Figure of a Seated Nude Maiden
By J.J. Ducel Me de Forges 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine and Large French 19th Century Cast-Iron Fountain Figure Modeled as a Nude Maiden Seated on a Rocky Outcrop Holding a Cornucopia in Her Raised Right Hand, by J.J Ducel. Cast-Signed "J.J. DUCEL Me de FORGES, PARIS". Circa: Paris, 1880.
A retailer of fine cast-iron ornaments, J. J. Ducel was recorded as supplying cast-iron works through Paris as early as 1810 in the Pas-de-Calais. The factory was sold in 1878 to the Fonderie de la Haute-Marne and all of the firm's models were subsequently bought by the Val d'Osne foundry. However, prior to the firm's sale, critics at the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle proclaimed that "Ducel is the great manufacturer of works in cast-iron, to whom Paris is so largely indebted for the grace and elegance that supply so many of the adornments of its streets". Ducel, Val d'Osne and other associated foundries produced both bronze and cast-iron statuary. Cast-iron is corrosive, whereas non-ferrous bronze does not suffer the same detrimental effects of weathering and is therefore a superior and more expensive material.
Height: 51 1/2 inches (130.8 cm)
Width: 22 inches (55.9 cm)
Depth: 30 inches (76.2 cm)
The foundry of Val d'Osne became highly regarded for the varied nature and quality of its castings in the second half of the 19th century. Commonly known after 1870 as simply Val D'Osne, the company was originally founded by J.P.V. André in Val d'Osne 1835 and developed rapidly, absorbing smaller foundries in the Haute-Marne area east of Paris. The foundry contributed to the London International Exhibition of 1851, where a bronze fountain cast with classical figures attracted much attention. André also specialised in fancy castings and architectural fittings. His Paris adress was at 14 Rue Neuve, Menilmontant.
In 1855 the Barbezat & Cie Foundry was born out of the André workshop. In 1867 Barbezat & Cie changed its name to Houille & Cie. Then, in 1870, it changed its name to Société Anonyme du Val d'Osne. With the change of name came the change of casting mark and adress: Fonderies d'Art du Val d'Osne, 58 Bd Voltaire, Paris or simply Val d'Osne.
Cast-iron had been in production during the 18th century but its inferior status to the more fashionable and delicate wrought-iron had generally confined its use to architectural work. By the early 19th century, however, rapid developments of the Industrial Revolution combined with the simultaneous burgeoning of a new middle class provided the impetus for a dramatic expansion in its application and in a short space of time a proliferation of iron foundries across Europe and America thrived on the production of everything from inkstands to railway stations. The use of cast-iron for garden ornament became particularly widespread at this time, as the possibilities for its mass-production at a fraction of the cost of bronze made it the material of choice for indoor/outdoor statuary...
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Iron
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
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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
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Marble, Bronze
19th Century Terracotta, Bacchus and Bacchantes Celebrating the Grape Harvest
Located in Paris, FR
Patinated terracotta group featuring Bacchus as a child accompanied by three Bacchantes as they celebrate the harvesting of grapes. The Bacchantes, wearing flowing stolas and grapevi...
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19th Century French Antique Classical Greek Sculptures
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Terracotta, Oak
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