Renaissance Revival Wall-mounted Sculptures

A midcentury Italian style mosaic art panel. A female portrait is executed in small glass tiles on a solid concrete panel. Illegibly signed and dated ...

Large antique crucifix with superb workmanship oak corpus of Christ, Mid 1800s. In the course of the past three years we have offered and sol...

Antique Embossed brass decorative wall shield is a wonderful expression of historical conflict, martial arts, overseen by Mars, the God of War. Fully emboss...

From Italy, in the Renaissance Revival style, a carved and painted wooden plaque with crest, circa 1870s. A unique piece, carved and painted b...

One of a kind, near-lifesize wooden corpus of Christ. The meaning of this antique sculpture obviously needs no explanation. However, not everybody looks at the corpus of Christ with the same ideas and emotions. And each individual may also have different emotions and ideas depending on his or her state of mind at a certain moment in the day or at a certain time in his or her life. Besides that, every artist/sculptor may also have his or her own ideas of what he or she is trying to express and communicate. What is important to us, is that a work of religious art speaks to us. If it speaks to us then almost always there will also be someone else who sees the beauty, deeper meaning, quality, style and uniqueness. Apart from its truly large size this particular hand carved corpus of Christ has the best ever details when it comes to the human anatomy. One could say that whomever sculpted this piece had a god given talent, because (especially) for a piece this size the quality of the carvings and therefor the realistic look and feel of this corpus is right up there with the work of some of the old masters. This marvelous church sculpture of Christ also stands out for its exceptional and calm facial features. It is often said that one can also recognize the level of the workmanship of a painter or a sculptor by the quality in the detials of the hands and feet. Unfortunately most of the fingers of this top quality carved antique sculpture are missing, but the ones that are there are indeed exceptional. Fortunately the feet are almost entirely intact and they too are truly great. At some point in time this work of religious art was 'leached' and we therefor don't know if this piece originally was polychrome painted or patinated. Given the quality of the carvings and the way it acquired its new patina, we feel it has given this amazing corpus a truly ancient look and feel. Almost as if it was a weathered Renaissance original. We have owned this antique for some six years and He will be missed, but now have decided it is time that He should be worshipped again in a house of prayer. Perhaps in a church or a monastery. This unique antique was once part of a very large church crucifix, but with the one strong hook that is in the back (see image 15), safely mounting this divine corpus on your wall will take no more than a few minutes either. Mind you, if this unique and top quality carved antique church corpus had been completely intact, it would have cost at least three times our price. Whether this Christian antique...

OUTSTANDING Antique French Cast Iron FIREBACK with Armorial Coat of Arms, Crown, and Sun Face~~Fireplace Hearth~~19th century Perfect decorative foca...

Austrian Hungarian style (20th Century) silver wall plaque with carved double eagle head design.

A set of three decorative antique European Medieval Renaissance figural wall attachments. Dating to the early 20th century, the finely detailed, richly hand painted, protruding metal...

Antique Spanish wall crest with crossed sword display is perfect for the masculine decor! Forged in storied Toledo, each sword has been hand-crafted, wit...

Possibly the largest and certainly the most impressive antique door knocker on 1stdibs. This marvelously handcrafted and amazing condition Neo-Re...

Stunning and deeply carved, 19th century Renaissance Revival swan bracket. If you are a collector of rare and striking antiques then this bracket could be the perfect addition to yo...

Charles Faust was a brilliant artist who mastered casting techniques in sand and was responsible for the impressive enclosures in San Diego zoo. As an ar...