Neoclassical Sculptures
NEOCLASSICAL STYLE
Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.
Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.
The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.
Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.
Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.
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Style: Neoclassical
Pair of 19th Century Italian Painted Statues of Cherubs
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of 19th Century Italian Painted Statues of Cherubs feature a mirrored image effect, with the cherubs depicted in a kneeling stance holding up a golden bowl. The painted finish o...
Category
1880s Italian Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Classical Antique Bronze Statue of a Young Maiden Reading a Book
By Paul Duboy
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 19th century bronze statue of a young maiden reading a book. Signed; Paul Duboy
Paul Duboy (French, 1830-1887), a bronze figure Cast in the form of a semi naked class...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Barbedienne Bronze Washington Bust
Located in New York, NY
Life size bronze bust of George Washington on square shaped black marble base (signed BARBEDIENNE) 19th Cent.
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century Carved Wooden Representing Christ on the Cross
Located in Miami, FL
Carved wooden representing Christ on the cross.
Category
Late 18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Classical Style Italian Green Marble Ewer Vase with Pedestal
Located in London, GB
Classical style Italian green marble ewer vase with pedestal
Italian, 19th Century
Height 114cm, width 38cm, depth 37cm
This decorative Italian ewer has b...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Marble
19th Century Relief Bronze Masterpiece with Cherubs in a Barrel-Organ
Located in Miami, FL
This very fine carved relief panel was sculpted by Grau Foundry, Spanish master of bas relief. Medallic work and finely-detailed bronze objects. This unique piece, depicts five cheru...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Gilt Carved Wood and Painted Cherubs , Circa 1820
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of Italian gilt carved wood, gesso, and painted hanging wall cherubs . Early 19th Century.
Category
1820s Italian Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Carved Cork Column Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
19th century Italian neoclassical cork carved model of a classical column with a Corinthian capital and resting on a stepped square base.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Cork
Large Bust of the Pieta, Ralph Wood Jr, circa 1790
By Ralph Wood Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A large and impressive bust, taken from Michelangelo’s Pietà. Creamware, modelled and made by Ralph Wood, with enamelling.
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
19th Century Neoclassical Bronze Musician
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An impressive 19th century bronze statue of a neoclassical musician, seated on a gilded classical chair playing a harp.
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The fountain. Polychrome terracotta. 20th century, after CARRIER-BELLEUSE
Located in Madrid, ES
The fountain. Polychrome terracotta. 20th century, following models of CARRIER-BELLEUSE, AlbertErnest (Aisne, 1824-Sèvres, 1887).
The figure shows a boy, lying down and almost totally naked, with his head enhanced by a golden leaf crown. It is shown with a shell (with touches in gold), taking water from a pitcher next to it, thus recalling the allegories of the rivers or of the birth of the same of Ancient Rome. It is necessary to compare the present work with the one entitled “La Source” by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, preserved, for example, at the Art Institute of Chicago or the Portland Museum of Art (of which there are a number of variants, changing the characters and the material used). Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse was a French sculptor and draftsman trained with David d'Angers and at the School of Fine Arts in Paris. He achieved international recognition from his participation in the Salon of the French Artists of 1861 (Third Medal), reaching outstanding works such as various busts of...
Category
20th Century European Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Antique Bronze Figures of Cherubs and Animals
Located in London, GB
Full of humour and narrative detail, this joyous set of two figural sculptures are charmingly cast in bronze to depict young boys playing with animals. One of the figures shows a boy in draped...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Classicizing White Marble Bust by J.H. Haseltine, Rome, 1870
By James Henry Haseltine
Located in New York, NY
Bust signed and dated "1870 Rome" by J.H. Haseltine, a sculptor who moved to Italy as part of a mass migration of American artists during the late nineteenth century. The sculpture i...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Marble
American Bronze Patina Gentleman Bust
Located in New York, NY
American 1940s bronze green patina bust of a gentleman wearing a jacket and tie raised on a square plinth
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gaetano Cecere Plaster Sculpture "Eunice" #11
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Gaetano Cecere N.A. was born in New York on November 26th, 1894, to Ralph Cecere and Catherine La Rocca. He studied with Hermon A. MacNeil at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design. His service during World War I earned him a Soldier’s Medal...
Category
1930s American Vintage Neoclassical Sculptures
Burmese Bronze Muscleman, Mid-20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A small bronze muscle man statue on a black wooden base.
Measures: 9 1/2" high x 4" diameter base.
Category
1950s Burmese Vintage Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Bronze Figural & Grapevine Cachepots, Circa 1830
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of Italian bronze figural cachepots with decorative grapevines, fruit trees, floral swags and gadrooning motif, Early 19th Century. Cachepot...
Category
1830s Italian Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture of Amor and Psyche
Located in New Haven, CT
A sculpture of the God Eros & Psyche on a grand conforming pedestal. One of the most classically important sculptures in history.
Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss
by Antonio Canov...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Fine Pair of Cut Rock Crystal Obelisks
Located in New York, NY
A fine and unusual pair of Art Deco hexagon form cut rock crystal obelisks, beautifully hand-cut and hand-polished, Paris.
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Silvered and Gilt Bronze Antique French Figural Sculpture of a Couple by Devaulx
Located in London, GB
Depicting a moment of tender intimacy, this antique French bronze sculpture shows a couple in a moment of calm repose. Dressed in typical Classical Roman attire, the man sits, holdin...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
'Song of Solomon' Marble Sculpture by Sylvia Hayes
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Fine sculpture in marble depicting the Song of Solomon 2:14 "O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see thy ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Neoclassical Sculptures
Pair of Lions. Bow Porcelain C1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An attractive pair of lions, in the white; possibly based on a Chinese original.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large American White Marble Bust of a Gentleman by Randolph Rogers
By Randolph Rogers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fine 19th century white carved marble bust of a gentleman with mustache wearing a Toga.
Signed: Randolph Rogers, Rome.
Randolph John Rogers (July 6, 1825, Waterloo, New York – January 15, 1892, Rome, Italy) was an American Neoclassical sculptor. An expatriate who lived most of his life in Italy, his works ranged from popular subjects to major commissions, including the Columbus Doors at the U.S. Capitol and American Civil War monuments. Born in Waterloo, New York, he spent most of his childhood in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He developed an interest in wood cuts and wood engraving, and moved to New York City about 1847, but was unsuccessful in finding employment as an engraver. While working as a clerk in a dry-goods store, his employers discovered his native talent as a sculptor and provided funds for him to travel to Italy. He began study in Florence in 1848, where he studied briefly under Lorenzo Bartolini. He then opened a studio in Rome in 1851. He resided in that city until his death in 1892.
He began his career carving statues of children and portrait busts of tourists. He was not happy working with marble consequently all his marble statues were copied in his studio by Italian artisans under his supervision, from an original produced by him in another material. This also enabled him to profit from his popular works. His first large-scale work was Ruth Gleaning...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Art by Araun Gordijn Fuel Pomp and VW Door
Located in Delft, NL
Art by Araun Gordijn Fuel Pomp and VW Door
Art, Fuel pomp connected to a VW door
Two pieces
Made of wood, plastic and glass
Made by Araun Gordijn born in 1947 Amsterdam
Hand made ob...
Category
Late 20th Century Dutch Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Charming Gilt Bronze Bust of a Woman
Located in Buchanan, MI
Charming gilt bronze bust of a woman, spectacular gilt finish.
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large Pair of Circular, Patinated Bronze Relief Plaques of Night and Day
Located in London, GB
A pair of patinated bronze antique plaques of Night and Day
French, Late 19th Century
80cm in diameter, 5cm in depth
Modelled after Bertel Thorvaldsen's iconic 'Night and Day' relie...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Giltwood Sculpture of a Female Nude
By Michelangelo Buonarroti
Located in New York, NY
This giltwood sculpture was carved in the round, probably in southern France or northern Italy in the 1760s. Her pronounced musculature speaks to the ongoing influence of Michelange...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Head of Paris Wood Sculpture after Antonio Canova
Located in New York, NY
Italian neoclassical carved olive wood sculpture depicting the head of Paris, circa 1810, after Italian artist Antonio Canova. Examples are known in marble and plaster in multiple ma...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Style, Relief Carved Walnut Panel
Located in New York, NY
19th century Italian Neoclassical style carved walnut panel with relief carvings of
dolphins and fruit with a scroll design and a center crown.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Sevres Biscuit Porcelain Groups of the Continents
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Sevres Biscuit porcelain allegorical figures of the continents, here Asia and Europe, emblematic of the Four Corners of the World. Aft...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Sèvres
One of a Kind Antique Carved Wood Group Statue Sculpture by Emile Boisseau
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique 19th century French wooden sculpture.
This large and figural group is titled 'La Defense Du Foyer' which translates as 'the protection of the spous.' This impressive sculpture is in good and original condition and this ripped hunter defenitely looks ready to fight off anyone or anything threatening his spous.
This sculpture is attributed to Emile Andre...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Marble Busts of Roman. Circa 1830
Located in Hollywood, SC
Marble Busts of Roman on pedestal. Early 19th Century
Category
1830s Italian Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Monumental Neo-Classic White Ceramic Four Seasons Statues
Located in New York, NY
Set of 4 Italian (circa 1850) Neo-classic style large white glazed ceramic (each 2 section) figures personifying the Four Seasons.
Category
1850s Italian Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Gilt and Patinated Bronze Group Dancers by S. Loveque
Located in London, GB
The intertwined dancing couple wearing neoclassical clothing, accompanied by a child putto, signed S. Loveque.
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Gilt Bronze Depictions of the Goddess Nike, circa 1810
Located in Kensington, MD
This arrestingly beautiful pair of gilt bronze depictions of Nike the goddess of victory seated on curule stools. They are near mirror images of each other. The arms are outstretched...
Category
Early 18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Painted Plaster Bust of Pierre Balguerie
By Baron François Joseph Bosio
Located in Dallas, TX
A French painted plaster bust of Pierre Balguerie after an original work by Baron Francois, Joseph Bosio.
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Pair of Bronze Ceres and Mercury Figures
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Italian Neo-classic style (19th Cent) bronze figures of Ceres and Mercury on pedestal bases with bronze scenes in relief and black marble
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century American Water Gilt Gold Hand-Carved Eagle
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century American water gilt gold hand-carved eagle.
Category
19th Century American Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Pair of Alabaster Fredrick the Great and Napoleon Busts
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Continental German (19th/20th Cent) alabaster busts of Fredrick the Great and Napoleon raised on green marble column bases (by Fritz Kochendorfer...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
18th Century Sculpted Verona Marble Putto
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Depictions of young angelic boys are also known as putti, or putto for a single one. Since the 17th century on they remained popular and are found in various forms. Perhaps the most known version is Cupid. Looking at their attributes time periods can be narrowed down. In this example we see a rose Guirlande and a medaillon which are typical for the late 18th- early 19th century. The Rosso Verona Marble...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Set of Monumental Bronze Egyptian Figures
By Charles Cameron
Located in New York, NY
Set of 4 Russian (19th Century) monumental bronze Egyptian figures emblematic of the Months on painted bases after those by C. Cameron & M. Alexandrov for the Egyptian Vestibule at P...
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gaetano Cecere Plaster Sculpture Wood Base #34
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Gaetano Cecere N.A. was born in New York on November 26th, 1894, to Ralph Cecere and Catherine La Rocca. He studied with Hermon A. MacNeil at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design. His service during World War I earned him a Soldier’s Medal...
Category
1930s American Vintage Neoclassical Sculptures
Gaetano Cecere Plaster Sculpture Wood Base #33
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Gaetano Cecere N.A. was born in New York on November 26th, 1894, to Ralph Cecere and Catherine La Rocca. He studied with Hermon A. MacNeil at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design. His service during World War I earned him a Soldier’s Medal...
Category
1930s American Vintage Neoclassical Sculptures
Gaetano Cecere Plaster Sculpture Wood Base #36
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Gaetano Cecere N.A. was born in New York on November 26th, 1894, to Ralph Cecere and Catherine La Rocca. He studied with Hermon A. MacNeil at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design. His service during World War I earned him a Soldier’s Medal...
Category
1930s American Vintage Neoclassical Sculptures
Large Heavy Rectangular Carved Marble Relief of Madonna and Baby Jesus
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a large heavy rectangular carved marble relief of the Madonna and Baby Jesus. It depicts a caring Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus with her ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Old or Antique French Bronze Bust of President George Washington after JA Houdon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine table size bronze bust.
After the iconic sculpture by Jean Antoine Houdon.
Depicting President George Washington.
Signed G. WASHINGTON in the plinth and bearing an Achille ...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Italian Neoclassical Italian Carved Alabaster Bust, Joan of Arc, C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Italian Neoclassical Italian Carved Alabaster Bust, Joan of Arc, C1900
Measures - 6.5"H x 5.75"W x 3.25"D
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Joan Shapiro Constructivist Composition Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Joan Hyde Shapiro (American, XX-XXI) mixed media sculpture with wood and acrylic panels composing a Constructivist assemblage statue in the manner of Kurt Schwitters (German, 1887-19...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Bust of Mercury in Black Basalt. Wedgwood C1820.
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Wedgwood produced a very successful line of Library Busts, of which Minerva and Mercury were the longest in production, running right up into the 20th century - they make a good pair...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Bust of Minverva in Black Basalt. Wedgwood C1880.
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Wedgwood produced a very successful line of Library Busts, of which Minerva and Mercury were the longest in production, running right up into the 20th century - they make a good pair...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Terracotta Female Italian Bust, Circa 1870
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand-carved Italianate Terracotta Female Bust, Circa 1870
Sourced from Italy by Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Fitted with Mounted Adjoining Base
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Dancing Tivoli Goddess Statue
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This Tivoli dancer's bust is a fragment of an original statue dating back probably to the 4th century BC and is conserved in the archeological museum of Rome.
This sumptuous, large, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Composition
Sculpture 'Diana the huntress' Marble
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sculpture (Diana the huntress) marble
marble material
origin Italy without signature
perfect condition without restoring.
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Terracotta Male Italian Bust, Circa 1870
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Italianate Terracotta Male Bust, Circa 1870
Sourced from Italy by Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Hand craved, and fitted with adjoining terracotta mount
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Parisian Male Apollo Torso
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Large Apollo Torso
Sourced from Paris, France, by Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Fitted with Mount and original hand-painting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Epoxy Resin
Basalt Portrait Medallion, Tiberius Augustus, Wedgwood, circa 1775
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine large self-framing portrait medallion of the Emperor Tiberius Augustus, second emperor of Rome.
Unmarked, as were many of these medallions.
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Karl Springer Attr. Chinese Guanyin Bust Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Karl Springer (German/American, 1931-1991) attributed Chinese wooden carved sculpture depicting Guan Yin with a peacock atop her coiffure, in the style of the Northern Qi dynasty, pl...
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Flora" and "Grapevine", a French 19th Century Pair of Putti
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Les Enfants de Bacchus"
A French 19th century Charming Pair of Putti
Natural wood hand carved in full round
One symbolizing Flora, the other one the Grapevine.
Resting on circular...
Category
1870s French Antique Neoclassical Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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