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Item Ships From: Europe
Ultramarine Seahorse II by Chésade - Bronze sculpture, animal art, sealife
By Chésade
Located in Paris, FR
Ultramarine seahorse II is a unique bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Chésade, dimensions are 25 × 10.5 × 6 cm (9.8 × 4.1 × 2.4 in). The specified dimensions include the stand ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pomme bouche, Claude Lalanne, Design, Art, Apple, Bronze, Gold, Fruits, Lips
By Claude Lalanne
Located in Geneva, CH
CLAUDE LALANNE (1925-2019)
Pomme Bouche, circa 1975
Ed. 250 pcs
Bronze with a golden patina
13.5 x 12 x 11.5 cm
Monogrammed, signed and numbered underside : CL, Lalanne, 177/250
...
Category
1970s Art Deco Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Petite Acrobate by Yann Guillon - Dancer bronze sculpture, ballet, woman
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Petite Acrobate is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 19 × 16 × 4 cm (7.5 × 6.3 × 1.6 in). Dimensions of the metal base: 11 x 8 x 8 cm (4,3 x 3,1 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Symbole
Located in PARIS, FR
Horse "Symbole"
by René PARIS (1881-1970)
Animal sculpture in bronze with a nuanced light brown patina
signed on the base "René Paris"
and dated "1942"
Cast by "A. Valsuani" (with f...
Category
1940s French School Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Lying Figure by Pierre Yermia - Large bronze sculpture, nude torso
By Pierre Yermia
Located in Paris, FR
Monumental Lying Figure is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 110 × 310 × 60 cm (43.3 × 122 × 23.6 in).
The sculpture is signed and numb...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Leda and the Swan modernist mid century sculpture by French woman artist
Located in Norwich, GB
A unique piece: a hand modelled sculpture by French artist Jeannine Nathan (b.1924). Working in Paris, Jeannine was able to visit Picasso’s studio, and was impressed by the
Master’s ...
Category
1960s Modern Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Peacock Brass and Agate Sculpture on Black Marble Base Attributed to Willy Daro
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This amazing sculpture figures a peacock making the wheel. Each feather is made of a slice of transparent agate, soldered with brass to the rest of the wheel. The agate wheel is me...
Category
1970s Other Art Style Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass
Instant Moules V by Ondřej Oliva - wall sculpture, black & silver shells
By Ondřej Oliva
Located in Paris, FR
Instant Moules V is a nickeled and elox aluminium wall sculpture by contemporary Czech sculptor Ondřej Oliva, dimensions are 50× 35× 25cm (19.6 × 13.7 × 9.8 in).
Mollusc shells are a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Cloned Penguin with pet bottle (black)
By William Sweetlove
Located in Malmo, SE
Original sculpture 5/8 ex.
Silver plated bronze.
Acquired directly from the artist.
Free shipment worldwide.
William Sweetlove, born in Ostend, Belgium, in 1949, unites dadaism with surrealism and pop art in humoristic sculptures that at first sight may seem “kitschy”. However, closer familiarity with his works reveals their role as a creative antidote to the overproduction and overconsumption of our society. With his cloned animals William Sweetlove calls for greater ecological awareness and urges us to reflect on the consequences of the climate change challengeing humanity. His cloned dogs wear boots since the sea level rises and the penguins carry water bottles since we are runnig out of drinking water. William Sweetlove has had exhibitions at art fairs, galleries and museums all over the world. His works are found in several private art collections. He has also participated in different art manifestations worldwide together with the Italian Cracking Art Group...
Category
2010s Pop Art Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Catch me if you can!- 21st Century Dutch Bronze Sculpture of a Squirrel
By Frans van Straaten
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This squirrel is made by Dutch Artist Frans van Straaten.
Van Straaten should be called an artist of balance always searching for harmony between force and movement in combination with space. Because of the wide range in his art-education he has mastered the art of drawing, painting and sculpting technology. However, the classical plastic art of sculpture and modelling opens up the possibility for him to create his own language of sculpture in answer to his urge for art.
Due to this style of sculpting, the preference for bronze is natural.
After his study of sculpture at the Academy of Art in Rotterdam (1988), Frans van Straaten creates bronze sculptures in which he unites force and movement. Feeling and Emotion converted into Matter Sculpture is an experience of space combined with the challenge of the three-dimensional. The tension of space and movement are the themes, which Frans expresses in his sculptures. Summary it can be said that the power of life and being, the feeling and emotion by force and movement will be converted into matter. The experience of space is being expressed in the shapes and characters in each of Frans’ sculptures. His sculptures of bulls express explosive power while the horses find their strength in being elegant. Each sculpture recalls this way their own association and serves as a metaphor for a certain emotion. Feelings, which has inspired the artist for each sculpture. Powerful and Elegant Looking at the works of this artist, it becomes very clear that one of his most important sources is his background in art history. The Renaissance period as well as several Italian artists served as inspiration to Frans as a sculpture. For instance the expressions in Leonardo da Vinci’s artworks, and also Giovanni Bologna...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Apple Dancer
By Jean-Léon Gérôme
Located in PARIS, FR
Apple Dancer
by Jean-Léon GEROME (1824-1904)
Bronze sculpture with a dual patina, brown and gilded
signed on the base "JL. GEROME"
cast by "Siot-Decauville Fondeur Paris" (foundry s...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Teckio by Jacques Owczarek - Animal bronze sculpture of a dog, dachshund, black
By Jacques Owczarek
Located in Paris, FR
Teckio is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Jacques Owczarek, dimensions are 19,5 × 48 × 28 cm (7.7 × 18.9 × 11 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a li...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ai Weiwei, Coca-Cola Glass Vase - Limited Edition Sculpture, Engraved Signature
By Ai Weiwei
Located in Hamburg, DE
Ai Weiwei (Chinese, b. 1957)
Coca-Cola Glass Vase, 2023
Medium: Cast vase in translucent red glass
Dimensions: ⌀ 19 cm x 21 cm x 21.2 cm (7 1/2 × 8 3/10 × 8 3/10 in)
Edition of 300: ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF CRISTO MORTO ATTR. G DELLA PORTA, ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Located in Milan, IT
Circle of Guglielmo Della Porta
(Porlezza, 1515 circa – Rome 1577)
CRISTO MORTO, Italy, mid 16th Century
Gilt bronze
54 x 48 cm
21 1/4 x 19 in
Provenance:
M. Barbagli Private Collec...
Category
16th Century Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lion and snake
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in PARIS, FR
Lion and snake n°3
by Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875)
Bronze sculpture with a nuanced dark greenish brown patina
signed "Barye" on the base
old edition cast – probably from the Bary...
Category
1860s French School Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cherry II by Nando Kallweit. Elegant figurative sculpture.
By Nando Kallweit
Located in Coltishall, GB
Cherry II is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture by Nando Kallweit.
This evocative bronze sculpture captures the serene grace of a figure in a lotus yoga pose, projecting a power...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
ANCIENT ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT
Located in Milan, IT
ANCIENT ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT
Rome, 1st Century b.C.
marble
23 x 15 x 5 cm without base
9 x 6 x 2 in
Category
15th Century and Earlier Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Unique Female Architectural Cement Sculpture - "LarA 003", Intense Blue Tinteds
By Jose Perozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"LarA 003" is a unique sculpture from the LarA series, created by Spanish sculptor José Perozo in 2024. Measuring 21 x 29 x 17 cm and hand-tinted in an intense blue tone, this piece ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Arms Raised Monumental Standing Figure I by Pierre Yermia - Outdoor sculpture
By Pierre Yermia
Located in Paris, FR
Arms Raised Monumental Standing Figure I is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 250 × 60 × 60 cm (98.4 × 23.6 × 23.6 in).
The sculpture i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
''Elysian Hare'', Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of Hare Beige Blue
By Nichola Theakston
Located in Utrecht, NL
Nichola Theakston (1967) has established herself as one of the UK’s foremost contemporary sculptors working within the animal genre.
With the ''Elysian Hare'' Nichola shows how exq...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
''Stretch'', Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Hare
By Ans Zondag
Located in Utrecht, NL
After studying Fine Art in the Netherlands Ans Zondag (1959) spent several years abroad in order to explore different artistic areas and to establish which technique suited her best....
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Apollo Marble Bust Sculpture of Grand Tour Mythological subject 1850'
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in white Carrara marble of Apollo bust .
Category
20th Century Academic Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
16th century Italian carved wood sculpture - Saint Robert - Gilded Painted
Located in Varmo, IT
Carved wooden sculpture - San Roberto. Italy, 16th century.
54 x 30 x h 112 cm.
Entirely in carved and painted wood with traces of polychromy and gilding.
- Work registered at the...
Category
16th Century Renaissance Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Piggy Bank
By Grayson Perry
Located in London, GB
Grayson Perry
Piggy Bank, 2017
White ceramic piggy bank painted in blue and glazed, with a rubber stopper, contained in the original cardboard box....
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
The Group by Martine Demal - Bronze sculpture, group of human figures, harmony
By Martine Demal
Located in Paris, FR
The Group is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Martine Demal, dimensions are 40 × 21.5 × 5.5 cm (15.7 × 8.5 × 2.2 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is par...
Category
1990s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Laid Back" figurative bronze table sculpture dog relax carefree boy enjoy life
By Mireia Serra
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
When was the last time you broke yourself from the hustle and bustle of the daily routine, spent quality time with yourself and enjoyed the ease of mind and soul?
"Our lives are com...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
African art tribal maternity figure, Lobi peoples Ghana - Ivory Coast
Located in Norwich, GB
A delightful African maternity figure from the Lobi peoples of the Ivory Coast/Ghana. With a serene yet feisty expression, the mother is carry...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Arletty, Leonie Bathiat by Mario Napoli - Bronze 50x60x28 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Bronze sculpture by Mario Napoli, Swiss artist from XXth century. His works was sold 12 times in auctions since 2022. Work signed in the bronze. Edition ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Elegant Brass Sculptures of Greyhound Dogs
Located in Rome, IT
Fine pair of gilt bronze Greyhound dog sculptures.
The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting.
Excellent condition.
Category
1990s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Aquila Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone Contemporary In Stock
By Wim van der Kant
Located in Utrecht, NL
Aquila Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone Contemporary In Stock - Sculpture without Stone is 57 cm high
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Vierge en majesté assise romane. Sedes Sapientiae.
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare Vierge romane en majesté en pierre calcaire sculptée en très haut-relief. La Vierge tient l’Enfant entre ses deux genoux dans une parfaite frontalité, une caractéristique des pr...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Medieval Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Great Standing Figure II by Pierre Yermia - Contemporary sculpture, human, long
By Pierre Yermia
Located in Paris, FR
Great Standing Figure II is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 140 × 26 × 24 cm (55.1 × 10.2 × 9.4 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Le fantome de la liberte - Statue of Liberty, Contemporary, Iron, Sculpture
By Fernandez Arman
Located in Malmo, SE
Edition of 8 ex.
Publisher GKM.
Acquired directly from the artist.
Free shipment worldwide.
Arman wrote, “The bow on the strings releases an explosion of sounds,” in the book Trio à...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Untitled 06 - 21st Century, Sculpture, Installation Art, Organic, Black, Metal
By Zsolt Berszán
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Untitled 06, 2016
Mixed media on metal sheet
(Signed on reverse)
31 1/2 H × 70 9/10 W × 39 2/5 D in
80 H × 180 W × 100 D cm
Zsolt Berszán’s work speaks of repulsion and fascination and at the same time speaks about shapes that lie on the border between hallucination and obsession wherein the identity and order were disrupted.
Themes such as the double and the metamorphosis, otherwise put, themes of atrophied characters are all representations of the abject.
Berszán’s creation is located at the fine border between the representation of identity and its dissolution thusly aiming to represent the non-symbolized. The dynamic separation and the transitional object...
Category
2010s Abstract Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
Raksh le cheval indomptable - Horse Bronze Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
Born in 1996, Thomas Waroquier lives and works in Paris. He obtained his diploma in metal sculpture with the congratulations of the jury in 2017 at the National School of Applied Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Insilit Bronze Marble Stone Nude Contemporary Sculpture Boy Jumping In Stock
By Wim van der Kant
Located in Utrecht, NL
Insilit Bronze Marble Stone Nude Contemporary Sculpture Boy Jumping In Stock - Sizes of sculpture, without Stone pedestal : 40 x 32 x 22 cm
Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a sel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Monumental Italian Rationalist Marble Sculptures of Young Athletes
Located in Rome, IT
This monumental pair of sculptures in "Bardiglio" marble represent Greek Athletes figure , on a cylindrical base . Exaltation of the male strength and beauty, inspired by the trend i...
Category
1960s Modern Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Corpus Christi
Located in Wien, Wien
MUSEUM CORPUS CHRISTI
Spain/Catalonia or Asturias
Around 1250
Corpus hardwood, arms softwood
Remains of the original polychrome setting
Height 109.5...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Stag IV by Pierre Yermia - Contemporary animal sculpture, elegant, slender, grey
By Pierre Yermia
Located in Paris, FR
Stag IV is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 87 × 39 × 20 cm (34.3 × 15.4 × 7.9 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dies Irae - Boxwood Sculpture
Located in Milano, IT
Magnificent boxwood sculpture from the late 18th century, an extraordinary allegory of human transience. The work, 60 cm high, features a refined composition of two carved skeletons ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian School Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Jacob Epstein, 1950, Madonna and Child, lead sculpture, signed, British
By Sir Jacob Epstein
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jacob Epstein (British / American 1880 – 1959)
Madonna and Child, 1950
Sculpture (lead with bronze halos)
34cm.
In a bespoke carved oak devotional niche
Signed ‘Epstein’ (on the reve...
Category
20th Century Modern Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
"Alegria II" contemporary bronze table, mural sculpture figurative girl yoga
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Alegria II is a bronze sculpture with black patina, it is connected to a steel base. The edition size is 25. This sculpture stands on shelf as well as be hung on wall. Joan wants to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Carpeaux etnic bronze : Le chinois (1868). N1 (scetch) Observatory fountain
Located in Gent, VOV
JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX 1827 - 1875
Le Chinois N°1 (study for Asia) (1868). Model from the observatory fountain. Sketch
Height ca.60 cm
A similar copy auctioned on June 22, 2023, at ...
Category
1860s Realist Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Danseuse au Voile, Renoir, Sculpture, impressionism, naked woman, nude, bronze
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Geneva, CH
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) La Danseuse au Voile
Cast in 1964
Ed. 14/20 pcs / Conceived in 1913 Bronze with a black patina
64 x 46 x 28 cm
Signed, foundry's stamp and numbered ...
Category
1910s Impressionist Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Middle - popular contemporary nude female bronze sculpture in meditative pose
By Susanne Kraisser
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Middle" is a popular free-standing bronze sculpture, suitable both for the inside and outside from established German mid-career sculptress Susanne Kraißer. Edition 18, signed, numb...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Side effects – Hypnotic Love (R2B1)
By Philippe Huart
Located in Malmo, SE
Free shipment worldwide.
*Side effects – Hypnotic Love (R2B1) 65 ex numbered from 66/130 to 130/130 with two capsules in red and white and one in blue and white.
Total edition 130 ex...
Category
2010s Pop Art Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Dancer Satier - Martijn Soontiens, 21st Century Contemporary Sculpture
By Martijn Soontiens
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This sculpture is made out of bronze, by Dutch artist Martijn Soontiens. He made a series of sculptures for the latest exposition at Galerie Bonnard. You can check out the rest of th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Girl with a Kid / - Caresses of innocence -
By Ary Bitter
Located in Berlin, DE
Ary Bitter (1883 Marseille - 1973 Paris), Girl with Kid, around 1930. Green patinated bronze with cast plinth loosely mounted on a white-veined dark green marble base. Dimensions of the plinth: 5 cm (height) x 80 cm (length) x 24 (width), dimensions of the bronze 28 cm (height) x 72 cm (length) x 18 cm (width). Weight of the bronze 18.2 kg, total weight 39.2 kg. Signed “Ary Bitter.” on the plinth and stamped “L N Paris J L” by the foundry Les Neveux de Jacques Lehmann...
Category
1930s Art Deco Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Roman 18th century terracotta model for the sculpture of San Camillo de Lellis
Located in London, GB
This remarkably fluid terracotta bozetto was made in preparation for Pietro Pacilli’s most important public commission, a large-scale marble statue of San Camillo de Lellis for the nave of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Expressively modelled, this terracotta sculpture is a rare and significant work made by a major Roman sculptor at a transformative moment of European sculpture. Pacilli began his working life on the great Baroque decorative projects initiated in the seventeenth century, but he found success as a restorer of ancient sculpture working to finish antiquities for a tourist market, becoming an important figure in the emergence of an archaeologically minded Neoclassicism. Pacilli trained Vincenzo Pacetti and provided important decorative work for the Museo Pio-Clementino, at the same time he is recorded restoring some of the most celebrated antiquities excavated and exported during the period.
Pacilli was born into a family of Roman craftsmen, his father Carlo was a wood carver, and Pacilli is recorded working with him on the Corsini Chapel in San Giovanni Laternao as early as 1735. In 1738 his terracotta model of Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife won the first prize in the second class of the sculpture concorso at the Accademia di San Luca, this is particularly notable as Bartolomeo Cavaceppi came third. He worked as a carver and stuccoist completing works for the churches of San Marco and SS. Trinita dei Domeniciani Spagnoli. Pacilli operated as a sculptor and restorer of antiquities from his studio at the top of the Spanish Steps, close to Santa Trinita dei Monti, where he is listed as a potential vendor to the Museo Pio-Clementino in 1770.
In 1763 Pacilli completed a silver figure of San Venanzio for the treasury of San Venanzio. He is recorded as Pacetti’s first master and it was evidently through Pacilli that he began to acquire his facility as a restorer of ancient sculpture. Pacilli, at his studio ‘poco prima dell’Arco della Regina alla Trinita dei Monti,’ exercised, what the nineteenth-century scholar, Adolf Michaelis called ‘rejuvenating arts’ on several important pieces of classical sculpture, including in 1760 the group of a Satyr with a Flute for the natural brother of George III, General Wallmoden, Hanovarian minister at Vienna. In 1765, Dallaway and Michaelis record that Pacilli was responsible for the restorations, including the addition of a new head, to the Barberini Venus which he had acquired from Gavin Hamilton. The Venus was then sold to Thomas Jenkins, who in turn passed it on to William Weddell at Newby Hall. In 1767 Pacilli exported a series of ancient busts ‘al naturale’ including portraits of Antinous, Julius Ceaser and Marus Aurelius, also a statue of a Muse and a Venus. As early as 1756 Pacilli seems to have been operating as an antiquarian, helping to disperse the collection of the Villa Borrioni. Pacilli supplied sculpture to notable British collectors, including Charles Townley, who on his first trip to Italy purchased the Palazzo Giustiniani statue of Hecate from Pacilli. Pacilli was involved with the Museo Pio Clementino from its conception, supplying busts of Julius Ceaser and a Roman Woman as well as completing stucco putti surmounting the arms of Pope Bendedict XIV to signal the entrance to the new Museo Critiano.
In 1750 Il Diario Ordinario del Chracas announced that Pacilli had begun work on a sculpture of San Camillo de Lellis for St Peter’s. Camillo de Lellis founded his congregation, the Camillians, with their distinctive red felt crosses stitched on black habits in 1591. Having served as a soldier in the Venetian army, Camillo de Lellis became a novitiate of the Capuchin friars, he moved to Rome and established a religious community for the purpose of caring for the sick. In 1586 Pope Sixtus V formerly recognised the Camillians and assigned them to the Church of Santa Maria Maddalena in Rome. Camillo de Lellis died in 1614 and was entombed at Santa Maria Maddalena, he was canonised by Benedict XIV on June 26, 1746. It was an occasion that prompted the Camillians to make a number of significant artistic commissions, including two canvases by Pierre Subleyras showing episodes from San Camillo’s life which they presented to Benedict XIV. In 1750 Pacilli was commissioned to fill one of the large niches on the north wall of the nave with a sculpture of San Camillo.
The present terracotta bozetto presumably had two important functions, to enable Pacilli to work out his ideas for the finished sculpture and at the same time to show his design to the various commissioning bodies. In this case it would have been Cardinal Alessandro Albani and Monsignor Giovan Francesco Olivieri, the ‘economo’ or treasurer of the fabric of St Peter’s. Previously unrecorded, this terracotta relates to a smaller, less finished model which has recently been identified as being Pacilli’s first idea for his statue of San Camillo. Preserved in Palazzo Venezia, in Rome, the terracotta shows San Camillo with his left hand clutching his vestments to his breast; the pose and action more deliberate and contained than the finished sculpture. In producing the present terracotta Pacilli has expanded and energised the figure. San Camillo is shown with his left hand extended, his head turned to the right, apparently in an attempt to look east down the nave of St Peter’s. The model shows Pacilli experimenting with San Camillo’s costume; prominently on his breast is the red cross of his order, whilst a sense of animation is injected into the figure through the billowing cloak which is pulled across the saint’s projecting right leg. The power of the restrained, axial contrapposto of bent right leg and outstretched left arm, is diminished in the final sculpture where a baroque fussiness is introduced to the drapery. What Pacilli’s terracotta demonstrates, is that he conceived the figure of San Camillo very much in line with the immediate tradition of depicting single figures in St Peter’s; the rhetorical gesture of dynamic saint, arm outstretched, book in hand, head pointed upwards was perhaps borrowed from Camillo Rusconi’s 1733 sculpture of St. Ignatius...
Category
18th Century Baroque Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Vincent III - Sculpture by Dutch Artist Romee Kanis Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh
By Romee Kanis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
You can rightly call Romee Kanis an old acquaintance of the gallery, her work was regularly seen at the gallery until a few years ago. We restore this trad...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
ANTIQUE ITALIAN 18TH CENTURY BOXWOOD SCULPTURE OF CHRIST
Located in Milan, IT
Boxwood figure of Christ
Category
18th Century Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
A 19th century French animalier bronze of a greyhound
By Joseph Francois Victor Chemin
Located in Bath, Somerset
A late 19th century bronze figure of a greyhound, his front leg raised and head turned backwards as he grooms his coat. A finely detailed figure with a dark brown patina, mounted on ...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Together by Martine Demal - bronze sculpture, standing human figures, textured
By Martine Demal
Located in Paris, FR
This work is a bronze sculpture by Martine Demal which dimensions are 88 x 55 x 30 cm (4.6 × 21.7 × 11.8 in). It weighs 20 kg and is part of a limited edition of 8 editions and 4 art...
Category
1990s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
ANCIENT ROMAN BRONZE SCULPTURE FIGURE OF A ROMPING DOG
Located in Milan, IT
"Roman Bronze Figure Of A Romping Dog"
Roman Empire, circa 1st Century B.C.- 1st Century A.D.
Bronze
width 7 cm
width 2 3/4 in
Provenance:
Leo Mildenberg (1913-2001) Private Collection, Zurich, prior to 1986
American Private Collection, acquired in 1991
Literature:
A.P. Kozloff, et al., More Animals in Ancient Art...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ian Edwards - Surrender - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
By Ian Edwards
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Ian Edwards - Surrender - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
Dimensions: 32 x 60 x 60 cm
Edition of 9
Edwards’ practice expresses the power and determination of human endeavour. He
draws inspiration from natural forces, with his powerful masculine figures often
bearing the surface texture of time enduring landscapes. Edwards uses this external
inspiration to explore very internal themes of fortitude and self-discovery.
Edwards’ sensitive hand as a sculptor incorporates classical ideas about the
sculpting process. In both Self Made Man and Creation of Self, a figure carves
himself out of a mass of rock, reminiscent of Michelangelo's idea of seeing a form
within a piece of marble and ’setting him free'. This is deeply metaphorical, reflecting
timeless themes of purity, effort and self-belief. Poetic concepts such as these run
throughout Edwards’ practice, with each piece subtly informed through mythological
storytelling, creation beliefs and philosophical thinking.
Edwards served a five-year apprenticeship at the world renowned G&H Studios...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Neoclassical Terracotta Bust of Emperor Caracalla and Cicero
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of 19' century Italian Marble imitation painted Terracotta .
Bust of Emperor Caracalla and Cicero .
Measurements : cm 71 H x 60
Available also a pair marble imitation colum...
Category
1870s Academic Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
A lady. Contemporary bronze sculpture, Abstract & figurative, Polish art
By Stanisław Wysocki
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary bronze sculpture on marble base by Polish artist Stan Wysocki. Artwork comes from limited edition of 8. Sculpture depicts female figure filtered through geometric, synth...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Julian Opie, Female Walker (Brown): British Contemporary Pop Art, Sculpture
By Julian Opie
Located in Hamburg, DE
Julian Opie (British, b. 1958)
Female Walker (Brown), 2020
Medium: Laser cut acrylic, two-part statuette
Figure measures: 24.3 x 12 x 0.5 cm
Base measures: 7.5 x 5 x 1 cm
Edition si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Europe - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer