"Edgar Allan Poe" Bronze Portrait Relief Issued by Grolier Club, 1909

This very fine carved relief panel was sculpted by Ferdinand Levillain, France's master of bas relief at the turn of the last century. Levillain was famous for his low reliefs in med...

Beautifully sculpted and realized in bronze with a warm, deep brown patina, this relief panel by William Zorach depicts a father directly facing the viewer, embracing his son and daughter who are both engrossed in the care of a long-tailed bird. Zorach was renowned for his sculptures of the American family in different configurations, and he also loved depicting the house cat in different poses, all of which gave evidence of his love of domestic life in the 1930s. The artist was born in Lithuania, grew up in Cleveland, and spent much of his life in New England with his wife, Marguerite Zorach, an important artist in her own right. Although Zorach was a painter as well as a sculptor, he may be best known for a large female nude...

Created by one of the great masters of bas relief sculpture in America, John Flanagan, this profile depiction of the goddess Aphrodite was used as the model for the famous "Aphrodite/Swift Runners" bronze medal issued in 1932 by the Society of Medalists...

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...

A Classic example of WPA-era sculpture celebrating the worker, this beautiful bronze bas relief depicts a shirtless laborer in the fields, with a scythe in one hand and a sheaf of wh...

Large and spectacular, this bronze relief sculpture depicts a standing male nude figure on a ground that is rich with curving decorative motifs...

Abstract portrait of Edgar Allan Poe acrylic on canvas. Signed illegibly center left edge. Unframed, edge wear.

Pair of gilt bronze Grand Tour relief portrait plaques. Good patination and excellent casting. Clearly from one of the prominent foundries. Italy, c...

Marble portraits of 4 of the 12 Caesars framed in red velvet and in beautiful gilt wood frames....

Joseph Gott (1785-1860) Portrait roundel reliefs of the sculptor's mother & father. Statuary marble, original ebonised frames. Sight size: 16cm diam...

A beautiful relief portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, made in France during the 19th century. Patinated bronze. High quality of the casting. Wear consistent with age and use.

American Aesthetic Movement bronze relief plaque depicting a profile portrait of John White Mathews Jr. as a young boy. The piece was made by Beatrice Fenton...