Pair of Bronze Wall Lamps or Sconces, 20th Century

Bust of Menelaus or Ajax (Pasquino Group). Bronze. Twentieth century. Bust made of bronze that shows a man with a beard, dressed in a cloak gathered in a circular brooch and with a strap on the other shoulder, and wearing a helmet decorated with reliefs. The work is inspired by a highly appreciated sculpture known as the Pasquino Group (or Menelaus carrying the body of Patroclus or Ajax carrying the body of Achilles), made in marble copying a Hellenistic bronze and dated around 200-150 BC. C. About fifteen Roman marble copies are known of it, many “intervened” (or restored) during the 16th and 17th centuries. The earliest of these copies were first documented in Rome in the 1500s. Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, purchased an ancient marble fragment of an armored male bust supporting a dying companion, moved it to Florence (inventoryed in 1574) and Ferdinando II...

Lamp. Bronze, glass. Classical style ceiling lamp that has a central glass ceiling edged in bronze and with ram heads, from which two arms emerge ending in glass tulips in the shape...

An exquisite pair of 20th Century French bronze sconces crafted in the Empire Revival style, embodying the elegance and grandeur synonymous with French decorative art. These finely d...

A fine pair of French 19th/20th Century Empire Revival Style Three-Light Gilt-Bronze Wall Sconces (Wall lights). The gilt-bronze wall brackets, each with a set of three scrolled light...