Classical Roman Sculptures
CLASSICAL ROMAN STYLE
During Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 A.D., Pompeii and Herculaneum in today’s Italy were preserved as they were on the day of their destruction. Particularly at Herculaneum, furnishings were carbonized beneath volcanic ash. This was pivotal to understanding how Classical Roman furniture was designed. Archaeological investigations and printed reproductions of discoveries would influence styles evoking this ancient civilization, from the Renaissance to neoclassicism.
While knowledge of Classical Roman furniture comes from rare surviving pieces, it is also derived from frescoes and sculptures portraying Roman life. Much of Roman art, architecture and design was informed by Greece — Roman architect, military engineer and writer Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, whose timeless De architectura is taught in contemporary architecture classes and pays tribute to classical architecture, visited Greece while working under Julius Caesar and admired the country’s architectural developments. The Roman solium references the Greek thronos, a stately chair of honor with an upright form and footstool. As the Roman Empire spread across Europe and into North Africa and Western Asia, the expansion of trade for silver, silk, marble and wood allowed for more luxurious designs.
Classical Roman furniture was made from bronze, wood and stone — in particular, marble — with ornate touches like tortoiseshell veneers, bone and glass inlays and claw feet. Ornaments depicting lion heads and mythological figures were sculpted from silver, bronze and ivory. Compared to the decorative attention given to the mosaic floors and wall paintings, however, furniture for even a wealthy house was minimal. It focused on the necessities for guests arriving for both socializing and business and the rooms housing family, relatives and enslaved people.
The triclinium dining room had banquet couches, items so prized they were sometimes interred with the deceased. Tall bronze or terracotta candelabras held oil lamps for lighting. Carved marble tables reflected status, while the lararium home shrine demonstrated faith.
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Style: Classical Roman
Period: 19th Century
Grand Tour plaquette of Caesar
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Plaquette of Ceasar as a Grand Tour souvenir. The head is in Sienna marble on a base of slate stone. Inscription all around.
Category
1850s Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Siena Marble, Slate
19th Century Bronze Statue of Venus Aphrodite
By Praxiteles 1
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique bronze statue depicting Aphrodite / Venus, a goddess from classical antiquity. This bronze statue dates from circa 1870 and was made in France. The statue is not ...
Category
1870s French Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Ebonized Plaster Bust of Marcus Tulles Cicero
Located in Stamford, CT
A Bust of Marcus Tulles Cicero, Roman Consul in 63 B.C. completed in ebonized plaster, circa 1880.
Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, orator, lawyer and philosopher, who served as consul in the year 63 BC. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists. (Wikipedia)
Provenance:
Collection of Brigadier General Alfred Douglas Miller...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Pietro Bazzanti 19th Century Italian Carrara Marble Bust of Roman Woman
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Pietro Bazzanti 19th Century Italian Carrara Marble Bust of Roman Woman
Dimensions : 31" Tall X 24" Wide X 10" Deep
This gorgeous marble bust was made by Pietro Bazzanti (1842-1881...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Antique Italian Pompeii Grand Tour Bronze Statue Narcissus Michele Amodio 1862
Located in Portland, OR
Antique bronze statue of Narcissus by Michele Amodio (1817-1913) Italy, 1862.
Amodio was an Italian artist and foundry owner active in the mid to late 19th century. This Neapolitan ...
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1860s Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Plaster Faux Marble Bust
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Plaster faux marble bust of Antonia, made by D. Brucciani & Co. London, late 19th century. A woman emerging from a calyx of leaf came to represent the nymph Clytie. A copy of the mar...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
A fine pair of 19th c Classical bronzes by Henry Bonnard Bronze Co 1889
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine and rare pair of 19th century Classical Roman bronze heads of Ajax and Minerva. Done by famed American company Henry Bonnard Bronze Co . This company was started by two Frenc...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Framed Relief Sculpture, Inspired by the style of Clodion
Located in NICE, FR
This large plaster relief was inspired by Claude Michel Clodion's fresco and was crafted in the workshops of the Louvre Museum in Paris in the lat...
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19th Century French Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Italian Antique Stone Cast Bust of Marcus Aurelius Caracalla
Located in Encinitas, CA
This late 19th century carved stone bust made of "Grisaglia' in Italian, a mix of stone powder and lime stones, depicts Marcus Aurelius Caracalla, the roman emperor from 198 to 217 A...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Marble Bust of The Roman God Janus
Located in Southall, GB
A detailed and beautifully carved marble bust of the Roman God Janus. The God of beginnings, endings, time, duality and boundaries, the openings of doorways, gates and passages. The two faces portray this duality. They are both expressively carved with different detail to the curled horns. The features are clearly carved in a expression of contemplation framed...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Roman Style Marble Torso On A Black Marble Base
Located in Southall, GB
A handsomely carved male marble torso on a black marble base. The carving is detailed and realistic, clearly depicting the contours and muscles. The marble...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Roman Relief "Warrior" late 19th Century in Carrara Marble With Video
Located in Madrid, ES
Roman Relief "Warrior" late 19th Century in Carrara Marble
Italy
45cm x 19cm
good condition for the time
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Roman Bust With Helmet
Located in Southall, GB
Exquisitely detailed carving of a Roman Bust with Helmet. The Males features are intricately carved with attention given to the shape of the nose and furrowed brow as he prepares to ...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Marble
European Life Size Cast Iron Garden Statue of the Goddess Aphrodite
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine European Life Size Cast Iron Garden Statue of the Goddess Aphrodite modeled after the Aphrodite Napels Frejus now at the Louvre Mus...
Category
1850s French Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Iron
After the Antique, Grand Tour Bronze of Aristotle
Located in Montreal, QC
The philosopher in oratorical pose, with an urn of his writings at his feet.
A 19th century casting, good crisp quality on marble base.
Category
1850s Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Ancient Wooden Wing on Iron Base
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
An angel lost a wing.. and I picked it up for Christmas time..
I cannot write the exact sizes of this wing because 1stdibs deletes every number.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
Ancient Large Wooden Wing on Iron Base
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
An angel lost a wing... and I picked it up for Christmas time...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
Early to Mid 20th Century Italian Cast Bronze Bust of Roman Emperor
Located in Middleburg, VA
Early to Mid 20th Century Italian Cast Bronze Bust of Roman Emperor. Hollow antiquity, possibly of Julius Caesar, no marks. Italy, circa 1...
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19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Augustus Caesar Bust By Antonio Frilli
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Marble Bust of Augustus Caesar by Antonio Frilli. White marble bust is on a black plinth. Antonio Frilli was a Florentine sculptor who specialized in ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Barbedienne Foundry Bronze Model of Spinario
Located in London, GB
A Mid-19th century French bronze model of Spinario, cast by the celebrated Barbedienne foundry, after the antique, with stamp to base.
This sculpture is a 19th century French copy...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Antique Cast Stone of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla Bust
Located in Encinitas, CA
Late 19th century carved stone bust of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Lucius Septimius Bassianus, 4 April 188 – 8 April 217), better known by his nickname Caracalla was Roman emperor from 198 to 217 AD. He was a member of the Severan dynasty, the elder son of Emperor Septimius Severus and Empress Julia Domna...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
19th Italian Century Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Nude Narcissus
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Italian Grand Tour bronze of Narcissus standing and gazing at his reflection after the ancient Roman original excavated at Pompeii in 1862, now at the Archaeological Mus...
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Late 19th Century Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Plaster Bust of Marianne
Located in Atlanta, GA
Marianne is the embodiment of the French Republic. Marianne represents the permanent values that found her citizens' attachment to the Republic: "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity".
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
19th Century English Diminutive Parian Bust of Apollo Belvedere
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century English diminutive Parian bust of apollo Belvedere, a well executed example, raised on a 3-inch diameter solace base. Unmarked.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Bronze Bust of Cupid by Agathon Léonard
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A finely bust of Cupido/Amor, made of patinated bronze. Fine quality casting and chiseling. Signed on the right shoulder Agathon Léonard. On the back the bronze foundry mark F. Golds...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Meissen Figurine Allegory 'The Painting' by Johann Christian Hirt, ca 1885
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely decorative full plastic depiction of a young beauty in classical style, with a bare breast, covering the bare abdomen with a large cloth held together with a shoulder strap...
Category
1880s German Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Figure of Silenus, God of Wine
By Fonderia Sommer Napoli
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This 19th Century bronze figure of Silenus, God of wine, and tutor of Dionysus, is depicted wrestling a serpent. The serpent represented wisdom and eternal life to the Ancients. It i...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Venus Medici, Head in Carrara White Marble, Late 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Venus medici - head in carrara white marble.
Late 19th century
Measures: Height 36 cm
Width 20 cm
Depth 19 cm
Weight 15 kg
Maximum projection 44 cm
Statue base 12 x 10 cm
Place where...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Roman Style Gesso over Plaster Carved Head of Jupiter on Circular Base
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Roman style gesso over plaster carved head of the god Jupiter on circular base. Emanating the grandeur of ancient Rome, this verist representation of the god Jupiter, intricately c...
Category
19th Century Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Plaster
TERRACOTTA HORSE HEAD OF SELENE'S CHARIOT end 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
TERRACOTTA HORSE HEAD OF SELENE'S CHARIOT end 19th Century
Italy
HEIGHT 25 cm
WIDTH 31 cm
the goddess of the full moon
Sculptor: Pheidias (Phidi...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
French Patinated Bronze Bust of the Greek Hero Ajax, circa 1880
Located in Dallas, TX
Grand Tour French, patinated bronze bust of the Greek hero/mythological warrior Ajax (Menelaus) on a socle base, circa 1880. Ajax wears a helmet with batt...
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Terracotta Bust of a Classical Male
Located in Houston, TX
19th century Italian terracotta bust of a classical male.
This monumental antique Italian terracotta bust sculpture of a classical Roman male is a
well executed statement piece and...
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19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
A fine 19th century French signed bronze of Victory. Parcel gilt details .
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century French bronze depicting Victory. Signed with beautiful details and parcel gilt sword and wreath.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Mid-Nineteenth Century Bronze Bust of Lucius Verus
Located in London, GB
Italian mid-nineteenth century bronze bust of Lucius Verus, circa 1860-1870, on circular waisted socle.
Lucius Verus ruled Rome alongside Marcus Aureli...
Category
1860s Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Small Classical Roman Cast Bronze Putto Statue
Located in Sheffield, MA
A 7 3/4" high petite statue of a young male figure sculpture on 3" x 3" stand -- this 19th century Italian bronze putto is partially covered with a cloth ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Women In The Antique, Bronzes, XIXth Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Antique women, two brown patina bronzes of women standing in draped dresses
Wooden bases
Patina wear (traces of old gilding)
19th century
Height 30 and 28cm
Diam 9.5cm approximately
Category
19th Century French Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Ormolu Mounted Multi-Marble Julius Caesar Coliseum Model
Located in New York, NY
A 19th Century Italian Ormolu Mounted Multi-Marble Julius Caesar Coliseum Model. This is a beautiful rendition of a Roman coliseum with a dore bronze mounted Julius Caesar standing in the middle of the marble masterpiece. The domed top is made up of multiple marble species including verde marble, carrara marble, and rough marble...
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1860s Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble, Siena Marble, Bronze
Grand Tour Gilt Bronze Roman Scholar
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Experience the grandeur of the Grand Tour with this remarkable Gilt Bronze Roman Scholar, a true testament to artistry and history. With meticulous casting and exceptional attention ...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Foot in Carrara Marble Late 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Foot in Carrara marble
late 19th century
Measures: Height 20 cm
Width 40 cm
Depth 13 cm
Perfect conditions.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Pair Grand Tour Busts on Stands Bronze Jupiter Juno, 1820
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Highly collectable pair of bronze Grand Tour busts on stands in the classical manner
The busts each depict the Roman Gods Jupiter (male) and Ju...
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1820s Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Stylish, Late 1800s Handmade Italian, Alabaster Column Pedestal or Plant Stand
Located in Lisse, NL
Wonderful Roman column for displaying a work of art.
This antique, beautiful and classical pedestal is perfect for showcasing an antique sculpture or bust. The slight wear, the shap...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
"Galata Morente" Sculpture in Bronze and Marble F. Barbedienne Fonduer
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
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F. Barbedienne fonduer
Ferdinand Barbedienne (6 August 1810 – 21 March 1892) was a French metalworker and manufacturer, who was well known as a bronze founder. The son of a small farmer from Calvados, he started his career as a dealer in wallpaper in Paris. In 1838 he went into partnership with Achille Collas (1795-1859), who had just invented a machine to create miniature bronze replicas of statues. Together they started a business selling miniatures of antique statues from museums all over Europe, thus democratising art and making it more accessible to households.[2] From 1843 they extended their scope by reproducing the work of living artists and also diversified by making enamelled household objects. With the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war in 1870 the firm briefly had to switch to cannon founding owing to the shortage of metals but resumed business afterwards. Following Barbedienne's death in 1892, he was buried in the Père-Lachaise cemetery and the firm was carried on by his nephew Gustave Leblanc until 1952. Among the principal artists reproduced by the firm were Antoine Louis Barye and Auguste Rodin.
The Dying Galata (Italian: Galata morente...
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1870s French Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
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Bronze
Italian Grand Tour Bronze Cast of Faun of Pompeii
Located in Madrid, ES
This work, cast in the last quarter of the 19th century, is a type of souvenir called GRAND TOUR, the great trip that many Europeans made as the last educational trip that brought th...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
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Bronze
Porcelain "Ariadne Riding a Panther", After Johann Heinrich von Dannecker
By Johann Heinrich von Dannecker 1
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An exquisite porcelain figural sculpture depicting a nude woman with Classical Greco / Roman features reclining atop of a panther. The woman flaunts an intricate updo that was very p...
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1870s German Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large Antique Rare Frieze in Gilded Wood
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Large antique rare frieze in gilded wood: wonderful! Rare to find.
It can gather two large tents in the center or become an elegant applique lamp...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
Bisque Porcelain a Stature of Boy and Girl Reading a Book, French, 19th Century
Located in Lantau, HK
A 19th century French bisque sculpture of a stature of boy and girl reading a book.
Biscuit porcelain with indistinct signature to base 'LIARD',
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19th Century French Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century Terracotta Statue 'Cupido Taking an Arrow' After Etienne Falconet
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique terracotta sculpture, depicting Cupid taking an arrow from his quiver to shoot with his bow. The statue is inspired by ...
Category
1890s French Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Large Antique Marble Bust of Apollo of Belvedere, 19th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique bust of Apollo of Belvedere. Finely carved carrara marble. Mid-19th century. Italian.
Presented by Joseph Dasta Antiques
# nude male greek roman mercury statue...
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19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble, Carrara Marble
Lyons by Antoine Durenne Was a French Cast Iron "Offer Free Shipping in Florida"
By A. Durenne
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
They are in Miami. We offer free shipping in Florida. They were exhibited at Palm beach "American International Fine Art Fair (AIFAF)"
In the photos you can see a pair of lions of...
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1880s French Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Large Classical Bronze 'By the Sword and Plow', by Boisseau
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Emile Andre Boisseau (1842-1923, France) bronze sculpture of a man wearing a fur loin cloth, he holds a sword in one hand and leans beside a farmer’s plow;...
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1880s French Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Bronze Figure of the Borghese Gladiator
Located in London, GB
A French bronze figure of the Borghese Gladiator, mid-19th century, cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne, after the antique.
Base dimensions: 34.5cm...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Roman / Etruscan Style Statue
Located in Sheffield, MA
Antique Roman / Etruscan style pottery partial statue. Robed figure in draped fabric. Measures: 7.5 inches in height. Exact age unknown, the pieces in t...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
French, Early 20th Century Bronze, David Beheading Goliath
Located in Montreal, QC
It is certainly David from the Old Testement. He is young handsome and brave, his harp he has set down and is about to behead the Philistine Champion, Goliath who is not shown.
He...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Cast Stone Corbels
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Classical style figural cast stone corbels. Each depicting a child supporting a shepherds shelf with garland swags.
Dimensions: Height 48", width...
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19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
Large Recumbent Giltwood Venus or Goddess Architectural Fragment
Located in Nashville, TN
A giltwood carved figure or reclining lady or goddess. Well worn with gesso and red bole showing through out.
Nicely carved and presents very well. Probably an architectural overdoor...
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19th Century French Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
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Gold Leaf
Bisque Porcelain Couple with Grapes, 19th Century French Sèvres
Located in Lantau, HK
A 19th century French Sèvres biscuit porcelain figurine of a couple seated in the garden. The gentleman is feeding grapes to the lady, whose l...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Early 19th Century Roman Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Early 19th Century Roman Stone Sculpture. Sculpture without the base measures 25 inches in height.
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Stone
19th Century Classic Chased Bronze Figure of Pan or Dancer on Carved Wood Base
Located in Miami, FL
Extremely detailed and finely chased 19th century bronze figure of pan in celebration or dance perhaps in Bacchanalia. Flutes, laurel scepter rais...
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19th Century Antique Classical Roman Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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