Pair of Antique Italian Carved Alabaster Figural Lamps Venus & Cupid

Art Deco carved alabaster figure of a posing nude lady France, circa 1920 Hand-carved depicting a nude lady wearing a necklace and head band on the original carved marble base.  

This very fine life-size patinated bronze figural torchere modeled as a classically clad female musician holding a mandolin and a torch. This symbolic representation of Music, falls within Coutan’s allegorical work. The sculpture stands on a period carved wood pedestal. Inscribed on base: Coutan, Thiébaut Frères, Fondeurs. Total Height: 101″ (259 cm) Bronze height: 67″ (170.1 cm) Pedestal Height: 34" (86.3 cm) Jules-Félix Coutan (22 September 1848 – 23 February 1939) is considered to be one of the most gifted French sculptors and designers of the 19th and early 20th centuries Coutan studied under the renowned Pierre-Jules Cavelier at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1872; after his return to Paris he executed the fountain group France Bearing the Torch of Civilization for the Exposition Universelle (1889), one of the two prominent sculptural commissions for the Exposition grounds.[1] Later he taught at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1900, where he expressed his disdain for the researches of Rodin— fumiste—[2] and the Impressionist sculptors who followed him. Coutan was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1905.[3] Coutan is best known in the United States for the sculptural group above the entrance to Grand Central Terminal in New York City. For Grand Central Terminal, Coutan was contracted to provide a quarter-size scale plaster model of the three-figure allegorical Transportation group, which he developed from 1911 through 1914. The carving was performed by the William Bradley & Son of Long Island City.[4] Among Coutan's students were Hippolyte Lefèbvre, Raymond Delamarre...

A pair of large French Napoleon III style metal thirteen-light figural torchières.depicting two winged cherubs holding up a thirteen-light torchère, standing on bases with gold highl...

Carved Italian Alabaster sculpture of a maiden at the water fountain Italy, circa 1900. Depicting a young maiden leaning on a decora...

A circa 1920 Italian carved alabaster Venus. Measurements: Height: 20" Diameter: 6"

A White Marble Figural Group of Venus and Cupid by Henri Weigele. Signed ‘H. Weigele’ and titled ‘IL PASSEPA' Born in Schierbach, Haut-Rhin, Henri Weigele (1858- 1927) studied sc...

A good quality Leeds Pottery creamware figure group depicting Venus and Cupid with a large fish believed to date from the latter 19th century. The molded figure group stands raised on a square shaped base and is well modelled with nice detail with Venus dressed...

A fine quality alabaster sculpture of cupid with a butterfly. Nude figure of cupid with a butterfly, sitting on a rock, his bow and arrow on the ground with the flowers. Artist: After William Adolphe Bouguereau...