Limewood Still Life Panel in the Manner of Grinling Gibbons

Each ebony tondo carved with Roman military scenes in low relief, set in gilt Florentine style frames. Formerly part of the front doors of a cabinet. With an old label at the back of the frame, Ernest Samson, Paris. 13 1/4in. diameter sight (the dimensions otherwise indicated include the frame). These beautifully carved panels would have been part of the doors of a cabinet made to impress in a grand room in an aristocratic or royal setting. They reflect the changing taste in the first half of the 17th century for large sumptuous pieces for grand galleries and grand state apartments in royal and courtly interiors. It was not until the 17th century that France began to import exotic timbers from the Far East and South America and ebony was one of the first of these woods to be employed in cabinet-making. However, due to its rarity and cost it was almost exclusively used for veneering. French cabinetmakers who worked with ebony became known as menuisiers en ébène and later ébénistes. The carved and engraved ornament and ripple mouldings reflect the light on the glossy ebony surface. The subject-matter of these bas-relief carvings was inspired by prints with religious, mythological or literary subjects and naturalistic engraved motifs. According to Alcouffe 'These cabinets represent the synthesis of foreign (especially German) influences and traditions expressed in French Renaissance furniture...

With right foot resting on a set of bellows and hands holding cymbals, on integrally cast circular plinth. The Hellenistic marble on which this bronze is based was moved from Rome to...

Portrait of a gentleman, pencil on paper. Bearing a signature, Ingres, Paris 1810.

Raised on an olive velvet base. Dimensions include the base. Portraiture is often seen as the quintessential Renaissance art form, and clay was used increasingly during the 15th cen...

Alabaster group of three lions playing on a naturalistic base, raised on a gilt-edged plinth. From England, Spain, and France, to the Low Countries, Germany, and Poland, alabaster w...

Each with a different flying dragon raised on a scrolling base ending in a flaming urn.

A spectacular 1970s large brass and enamel wall sculpture in the manner of Curtis Jeré. The sculpture is constructed of torch cut solid brass. The flowers are enamel and yellow and g...

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Extraordinary and unique, this gorgeous large sculptural copper panel depicting 16 charming dancing Putti, playing and amusing themselves, with 1 dog and 1 bird, after Clodion, early...

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A vintage wall sculpture, composed of soldered and reworked iron, depicting two Brutalist style abstracted mermaids, produced circa 1970s in the manner of Paul Evans. Good condition,...