"Aphrodite, " Masterful Marble Bas Relief Rondel by Flanagan, Sculptor for Mint

This rare and important relief sculpture honors Algernon Sydney Sullivan, one of the most admired and respected attorneys and civic leaders active in New York in the late 19th century. Born a Hoosier, he moved to New York by 1860, and though an ardent abolitionist, felt honor-bound to step forward to defend the sailors of the Confederate ship Savannah, captured by the Union early in the Civil War. He served in the public sector for a decade and fought the Tweed gang. Later, Sullivan created two of the more important and influential law firms in New York in his era -- one of them, Sullivan and Cromwell, continues today -- but he always remained supportive of the poor who could not afford to retain an attorney for legal assistance. In his honor, the Sullivan Fountain was erected in Van Cortlandt...

An extraordinary piece of American sculpture, this depiction of a young woman, dated 1930, was sculpted in white marble by John Gregory -- who executed 9 large bas relief panels for ...

Superbly sculpted and highly detailed, this very fine bronze relief dated 1892 -- designed by Lodovico Pogliaghi and sculpted by Angelo Cappuccio for Stefano Johnson in Milan -- depi...

Exquisitely sculpted, probably by an Italian artist, this lovely and beautiful marble sculpture depicts a nude Venus figure emerging from a scallop shell,...

An outstanding Italian 19th century white Carrara marble relief plaque. The circular solid white Carrara marble plaque depicts the profile of a wo...

A fine late 18th Century Grand Tour marble tondo of Athena. Italy Circa 1780.

Carrara marble bust sculpture signed H. Moreau, France, circa 1890.

A large carved oak tondo, measuring 73 cm in diameter, representing Maria Magdalene as a penitent, contemplating on a skull and with her attribute: The ointment pot. Flanders, 18th ...