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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Art Nouveau
19th Century Bronze entitled "Famille de Cerf" by Antoine Barye
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in London, GB
A delightful late 19th century animalier bronze group of a family of resting deer including alert Stag and resting Doe & Faun. The subject modelled with wonderful intuition and skill. The surface has a rich green patination and excellent hand chased detail. Raised on a stepped bronze base, signed Barye and inscribed F Barbedienne Fondeur.
Additional information
Height: 22 cm
Width: 25 cm
Depth: 14 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Foundry: Barbedienne
Circa: 1870
Materials: Bronze
Book Ref BARYE Catalogue Raisonne des Sculptures by Michel Poletti – Alain Richarme
Page no. 301
Description
Antoine Louis Barye
“The Michelangelo of the Menagerie”
These are the words of Théophile Gautier in praise of Barye’s genius. Throughout his life Barye endeavoured to capture the fundamental nature of the animal kingdom in all its diversity, wild or tame, exotic or familiar, cruel or gentle, bringing to life the roaring, trembling, living beasts.
The son of a goldsmith, apprenticed to a steel engraver at a young age, Barye found himself making moulds for ornaments, acquiring knowledge that he would later build on to produce his exquisitely chased bronzes. When he was called up at seventeen, he joined the army’s topographic brigade where he used clay to model raised relief maps...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Spanish Bronze Entitled "Girl on Chair" by Juan Clara
By Juan Clara
Located in London, GB
A charming early 20th Century Spanish bronze study depicting a young girl trying to escape from her high chair, exhibiting excellent rich brown and gilt patina and fine detail. Signe...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
German Hand Carved and Hand Painted Wood Deer Head with Antlers, Wall Plaque
Located in Barntrup, DE
Very unusual and adorable hand carved and hand painted wall hanging deer head with genuine antlers mounted on a carved wooden plaque. The wooden plaque depicts green leaves and red f...
Category
1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Antler, Wood
Early 20th Century Spanish Bronze Entitled "Girl Putting on her Shoe" by J Clara
By Juan Clara
Located in London, GB
An endearing early 20th Century Spanish patinated gilt bronze study of a young girl sitting upon a stool whilst putting on her shoe. The surface of the bronze with excellent rich ...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Alexandre Descatoire, Fauna Terracotta, Early 20th Century
By Alexandre Descatoire
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Terracotta sculpture depicting a fauna with a large beard, pointed ears and nascent horns.
Terracotta signed by French artist Alexandre Descatoire (1874-1949)
Alexandre Descatoire studied with André-Louis-Adolphe Laoust and then with Gabriel-Jules Thomas at the Beaux-arts in Paris; he became a teacher of this university in 1934
He won 2nd grand prix of Rome in 1902 and became a member of the Academie Beaux-arts in 1939.
Member of Salon des artistes français, he has won many medals, and even a scholarship to travel in 1905
His creations are mostly dedicated to WW1 soldiers...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
1900, Bronze Bust of Octave Lelièvre
Located in Marseille, FR
Bronze bust of Octave Lelièvre art nouveau period, representing a woman in a hat wrapped in her coat height 18cm.
Additional information:
Material: bronze.
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Animalier "Resting Owl" by H Sieloff
Located in London, GB
An endearing early 20th century bronze study of an owl perched upon a branch with excellent colour and very fine smooth tactile surface, signed and dated 1921
Additional information...
Category
20th Century German Art Nouveau Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Viennese Bronze, Warriors Dancing Around a Fire, by Franz Bergmann, ca 1910
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare piece of Viennese bronze art:
Two barefoot Native American warriors with horned headdresses and loincloths, and feathers around the hips and legs, with shields affixed to the forearms and weapons raised, dancing around a campfire.
On a flat rock...
Category
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Art Nouveau Patinated Spelter Sculptures
By George Maxim, Auguste Moreau
Located in London, GB
Pair of French Art Nouveau patinated spelter sculptures
French, early 20th century
Measures: Figure with lyre: Height 92cm, width 48cm, depth 38cm
Other figure: Height 90cm, width 52cm, depth 33cm
The spelter works in this pair are after two of the leading Art Nouveau period sculptors: George Maxim and Auguste Moreau. The sculptures portray young women in animated, dance-like postures, wearing flowing dress that recalls Greek wet drapery. One figure holds a musical instrument, while the other spreads her arms as if to music. The figures stand on integral rocky bases above matching marble plinths. Each piece is affixed with a plaque, one reading ‘Libellule par Geo Maxim...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Late 19th Century French Arab Water Carrier by Didier Debut
By Jean Didier Debut
Located in London, GB
Arab Water Carrier by Dieder Debut
An excellent French late 19th Century Art Nouveau bronze, of a an Arab man Carrying two jugs, one on each arm. With good detail and a rich brown p...
Category
Early 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Huge Vienna Hand Painted Terracotta Vase Orpheus with Lions
By Adolphe-Jean Lavergne, Friedrich Goldscheider
Located in Firenze, IT
This Art Nouveau hand painted Viennese terracotta decorative piece is a large exhibition vase featuring an animalier and mythological theme by Adolphe-Jean Lavergne for Friedrich Gol...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century Bronze Sculpture Entitled "Polo Players" by Isidore Bonheur
By Isidore Jules Bonheur
Located in London, GB
A fabulous late 19th Century animalier bronze group of two opposing polo players on their eager ponies going for the ball with excellent hand chased surface detail and good colour, raised on a stepped naturalistic base and signed I Bonheur
Additional Information
Height: 32 cm
Width: 67 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1880
Materials: Bronze
About
Isidore Bonheur
Isidore Bonheur, born in Bordeaux May 15 1827. Isidore was the third child of Christine Dorotheé Sophie Marquis (1797–1833), a musician, and Oscar-Raymond Bonheur (1796–1849) (a landscape and portrait painter and an early adherent of Saint-Simonianism, a Christian-socialist sect that promoted the education of women alongside men). Isidore was the brother of Auguste Bonheur...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Round Bronze Plaque Depicting a Male Profile on Wooden Stand
Located in Catania, Sicilia
Round Bronze Plaque Depicting A Male Profile On A Wooden Support From The 1900s. Particular and signed object. Not easy to find, as it was commissioned by...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Bronze Sculptural Tray Indoor Fountain with Nude by Suzanne Bizard
By Susanne Bizard
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Nouveau bronze sculptural tray indoor fountain with seated nude holding a vase signed by Suzanne Bizard.
Patinated bronze on impressive marble tr...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Entitled "Broken Jug" by Charles Anfrie
By Charles Anfrie
Located in London, GB
A very fine late 19th century bronze figure of a young lad dressed in period attire holding a broken jug, with excellent rich brown patina and fabulous hand finished surface detail, signed & titled
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 20 cm
Condition: excellent original condition
Circa: 1890
Materials: Bronze
SKU: 8279
ABOUT
Charles Anfrie...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Anamilier Bronze Entitled "Greyhound and King Charles Spaniel" by P J Mêne
By Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in London, GB
Delightful mid 19th Century French Animaliers bronze study of a playful Greyhound and King Charles Spaniel, with rich brown rubbed to a golden colour and fine hand chased surface det...
Category
1870s Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Art Nouveau Period Silvered Bronze Shield by Argenteria Broggi
By Fratelli Broggi, Milano
Located in London, GB
This wonderful piece is crafted from silvered bronze and is a fine demonstration of the Art Nouveau style. The shield is circular in form and is set with twin handles to either side ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Silver
Early-20th Century Animalier Bronze Entitled "Seated Alsatian" by Louis Riché
By Louis Riché
Located in London, GB
A striking French Animalier gilt and patina tied bronze study of a seated Alsatian in alert pose with head turned slightly and ears pricked. The surface with excellent naturalistic detail and very fine colour, signed L.Riché and stamped with foundry seal for Thiebaut Frères
Additional information
Height: 50 cm
Width: 46 cm
Condition: excellent original condition
Foundry: Thiebaut Frères
Circa: 1910
Materials: Bronze
SKU: 7528
ABOUT
Louis Riché Bronze...
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early-20th Century Bronze Vase Entitled "Fée des Bois" by Charles Korschann
By Charles Korschann
Located in London, GB
A very beautiful late 19th Century French Art Nouveau bronze vase decorated with two gilt bronze female figures sitting upon a tree stump. The surface of the vase with excellent detail and very fine colour, signed Korschann and with foundry mark for Louchet Paris
Additional information
Height: 15 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1900
Materials: Bronze
Foundry: Louchet Paris
About
Charles Korschann Biography
Charles Korschann (1872-1943). Born in Brno in Moravia, he attended the Fine Arts Academies in Vienna and Berlin. Although he frequently returned to Moravia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire but a constituent part of Czecho-Slovakia after the First World War, he spent most of his life after 1894 in Paris. He designed many small mostly Art Nouveau subjects including vases, inkwells, clocks, lamps, wall sconces, and jardinières among those with some utility, often with full figures of elegant women, nearly always with hieratic expressions or Symbolist poses. He exhibited at the Salons of the Société des Artistes Français from 1894 to 1905, and was awarded a Bronze Medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle. He worked with gilt and patinated bronze, bronze with polychrome glazed and unglazed ceramics...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Meissen Art Nouveau Hentschel Child Looking at Picture-Book Model U 149
By Julius Konrad Hentschel
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen stunning Hentschel figurine: Baby boy looking at a picture-book
Model U 149
Measures:
Height 4.33 inches (= 11.0 cm)
Depth 4.52 inches (= 11.5 cm)
Width 4.72 inches (= 12.0 cm)
Manufactory: Meissen
Hallmarked: Blue Meissen Sword Mark
model number U 149 / former's number 32 / painter's number 25
First quality
Dating: very early 20th century / made circa 1905-1910
Material: porcelain, glossy finish, multicolored painted
Technique: handmade porcelain
Style: Art Nouveau
Modelled by:
Julius Konrad Hentschel(Cologne 1872-Meissen 1907)
He studied at Academy of Arts at Munich and Dresden; since the year 1889 the sculptor has been active in Meissen manufactory as designer and modeller. - Hentschel designed the model U 149 in year 1904.
Detailed description:
Baby boy looking at a picture-book
-- the lovely baby boy having sat down on earth - he is clad in a bright and dark blue colored baby dress...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Animalier Bronze Study Entitled "Tired Hunter" by John Willis-Good
By John Willis Good
Located in London, GB
An excellent late 19th century English Animalier bronze study of a tried hunter in full tack taking a break with his neck turned and back leg rested. The bronze exhibiting very fine ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Anamilier Bronze Entitled "Ewe And Lamb" by Pierre Jules Mêne
By Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in London, GB
Wonderful 19th Century animalier bronze group of a standing ewe with her feeding lamb beneath her, the bronze with excellent rich brown patina and very fine hand chased surface detai...
Category
1870s Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Animaliers Bronze entitled 'Gazelle Et Faon' by Christophe Fratin
By Christophe Fratin
Located in London, GB
A very fine Animalier bronze study of a feeding gazelle with her fawn reclining at her feet. The bronze with rich brown patina and excellent detail raised on a naturalistic base, signed Fratin and engraved with title to the fore ‘Gazelle’
Additional information
Height: 10 cm
Width: 17 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1860
Materials: Bronze
Book reference: Bronzes of the 19th Century by Pierre Kjellberg
SKU: 4934
ABOUT
Christopher Fratin
(1 January 1801 – 16 August 1864), also known as Christophe Fratin, was a noted French sculptor in the animalier style, and one of the earliest French sculptors to portray animals in bronze. Fratin was born in Metz, Moselle, France the son of a taxidermist. He first studied drawing under Pioche in Metz and later worked in Paris at the studio of Théodore Géricault.
Work
He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1831–1842 and 1850–1862, as well as at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. Fratin never signed his bronzes but instead used a stamp showing his last name in straight block letters. One of the stamps he used (pictured) showed the "n" reversed, not by design but due to an error on the part of the maker of the stamp. Bronzes bearing this stamp have the appearance of not seeming to be genuine when in reality they are.
Fratin received monumental commissions in France and elsewhere, including the Deux Aigles Gardant Leur Proie (Eagles and Prey, created 1850) displayed since 1863 in New York City's Central Park. Many of his small bronzes—including his miniature bronzes which were more affordable due to their smaller size—were sold commercially to the general public during his lifetime. Today, Fratin's sculpture is on permanent display in the Louvre, the city museums of Metz, Lyon, Strasbourg, Nîmes and at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. The Georg Eisler...
Category
1860s French Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage German Porcelain Figurine of Dutch Girl with Egg Timer Hourglass
By Katzhütte
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful girl figurine handmade in Germany circa 1900s- 1910s. A beautiful piece for decorating your kitchen. Handmade and hand painted in beautiful colors. Marked Germany.
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glass
Museum Quality Arts & Crafts Oak Crucifix w Stylished Bronze Sculpture of Christ
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique Arts & Crafts / Jugendstil table or altar crucifix and a wonderful work of religious art.
For us the most powerful statement will always be 'the truth will set you free'. It ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Jugendstil Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Bronze Sculpture Entitled "Lion qui Marche" by J Descomps
By Joe Descomps Cormier
Located in London, GB
A large and impressive early 20th Century bronze study of a walking lion with fine deep brown, gold and orange patination and good surface detail. Raised on naturalistic bronze base,...
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hanoi School, Woman's Head, Bronze 20th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Bronze with drune patina of a woman's head wearing a traditional headdress
Wooden base Illegible mark on the back School of Hanoi / Nguyen Thanhle
A slight blow to the nose, an...
Category
20th Century Vietnamese Art Nouveau Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Bisque Porcelain Boy Figurine Lederhosen Octoberfest German, 1900
By Katzhütte
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Octoberfest Lederhosen boy figure handmade in Germany circa 1900s or older. A beautiful piece for any room. Handmade and hand painted in beautiful colors.
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Guiseppe Carli Signed, Polychrome Ceramic Bust of an Arab Head
By Giuseppe Carli
Located in Verviers, BE
Head bust face statue from Belgium by Guiseppe Carli, (1915-1987)
ceramic. Signed.
Please don't hesitate to get in touch with any further questions.
...
Category
1930s Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Japonisme Art Nouveau Heron Floor Lamp, France, circa 1900
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
An exceptional piece!
Superb sculpture floor lamp in patinated and painted bronze and brass, depicting a Japanese crane (tsuru) / heron / wading bird picking red berries in the middle of lush nature (flowers, water lily leaves).
5 lights with tulip shades in glass / opaline colors.
Art Nouveau / Japonisme style, France, around 1900.
Inspired by the productions of Meiji Japan, which was opening up to the rest of the world, Western artists, particularly the French, were inspired by them. The movement called "Japonisme" was born and from it flowed Art...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Goldscheider Terracotta "Marked, Beethoven, Austria, circa 1900
By Goldsheider
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Goldscheider terracotta "" Marked, Austria, circa 1898.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Entitled "La Jeuneuse" by Antonin Carlès
By Antonin Carlès
Located in London, GB
A delightful Art Nouveau early 20th Century gilt bronze figure of a very beautiful young lady holding a flower in her right hand, the surface of the bronze exhibiting fine detail and...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Bowl with Nymph and Girl, by P. Helmig, Meissen Germany, ca 1910
By Meissen Porcelain, Paul Helmig
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Flat oval bowl with an irregular, wavy lined and partially pierced rim, on the narrow sides two naked figures facing each other, a young girl and a young woman with long hair playing in the waist-deep, foaming water, the girl spreading...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Late-19th Century French Animalier Bronze Entitled "Turning Whippet" by L Mayer
By Louis Mayer
Located in London, GB
Delightful late19th century French Animaliers bronze study of a turning whippet looking around in an attitude to play, with rich brown colour and fine hand chased surface detail. Sig...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Griotte Marble, Bronze
European Art Nouveau Wrought Hand Forged Rust Iron Snake Sculpture Centerpiece
Located in Firenze, IT
An European Art Nouveau masterfully forged iron sculpture in the shape of a snake coiled on a tree trunk is a wonderful and original decorative element, a conversation artwork piece, an unusual antique animal sculpture...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Wrought Iron
Early 20th C French Art Nouveau Bronze Bust “Brigitte” by Van Der Straeten
By Georges Van der Straeten
Located in London, GB
A delightful Art Nouveau Bronze bust of an Art Nouveau beauty with rich red/brown patina and fine hand finished detail, signed Van der Straeten and stamped with foundry pastille.
ADD...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful Art Nouveau Biscuit Cup, DMP, 1910-1920
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Beautiful Art Nouveau biscuit cup, DMP (Duxer Porzellan-Manufaktur, Royal Dux Bohemia), 1910-1920.
Measures: H: 44 cm, W: 36 cm, D: 22 cm
base - W: 19 cm, D: 17 cm.
Category
1910s European Art Nouveau Vintage Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
F. Goldscheider - large woman bust Polychrome Terracotta - Art Nouveau signed
By Friedrich Goldscheider
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful terracotta bust from the factory of Friedrich Goldscheider from the art nouveau period. Girl with flowers.
Polychrome terracotta
It represents a female bust with her head t...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Early 20th Centrury French Bronze Entitled Art Nouveau Bust by Alexandre Caron
By A. Caron
Located in London, GB
An excellent French early 20th Century Art Nouveau bronze bust of a beautiful young woman waering an off the shoulder blouse. Raised on a slend...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Schauer Ceramic Sculpture, Sculptor Franz Sautner
By Franz Sautner
Located in Torino, IT
Sculpture in ceramics signed Franz Sautner
"Children at the fountain",
Schauer & Co.
Jugendstil, Art Nouveau.
Austria, 1920s
Origin: Austria
Period: 1920s
Author: Franz ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Alessandro Mazzucotelli Bookends Wrought Iron 1910 Italy
By Alessandro Mazzucotelli
Located in Milano, IT
Alessandro Mazzucotelli.
Category
1910s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Terracotta Sculpture Boy & Girl Playing with Goat After Pietro Balestra, 1900s
By Pietro Balestra
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Terra Cotta Group Boy And Girl Playing With A Goat After Pietro Balestra 1900s
Late 19th century beautifully detailed statue in terracotta of a boy and a girl playing with a goat pl...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Bronze Bust of a Smiling Child by Injalbert Foundry Mark Siot France 190
By Jean-Antoine Injalbert
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique bronze bust of a smiling child by Jean Antoine Injalbert. Foundry mark Siot Decauville Paris, Numbered. France 1900.
Bronze, patinated. Belgian red marble base.
Jean Anto...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Djinn" by P J Mêne
By Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in London, GB
A very fine French Animaliers bronze study of a stallion standing behind a post and rail fence exhibiting excellent hand finished surface detail and good...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Leda Art Nouveau Bronze Relief Signed by the Artist 1900s
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Spectacular bronze relief that represents the Greek motif of Leda and the swan, according to which Zeus descended from Olympus in the form of a swan towards Leda, while this queen wa...
Category
Early 1900s Spanish Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Pair of Rooster Figures 20th Century Art Nouveau Animalier Sculptures
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of antique Italian rooster sculptures, hand-made in Italy in the early 20th century, in the Art Nouveau period, inspired to the Animalier style, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Bronze Entitled "Old Man Odry" by Christophe Fratin
By Christophe Fratin
Located in London, GB
Exquisite mid 19th century French bronze study of an anthropomorphic bear sitting on a barrel playing a violin, the barrel can be opened halfway to form a container. The surface with excellent mid to dark brown patina and very fine hand chased surface detail, signed Fratin and titled Le Père Odry
Additional Information
Height: 17.8 cm
Width: 8.6 cm
Depth: 7.2 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1845
Materials: Bronze
Book reference: Bronzes of the 19th Century by Pierre Kjellberg
About
Le Père Odry
Le Père Odry is a character in one of Balzac's novels, Unconscious Comedians which is one of the lesser known novels in the series La Comédie Humaine. The novel tells the story of a famous painter who takes his provincial cousin on a trip of Paris to open his eyes to what really goes on in the city behind the respectable façade. Le Père Odry appears in the novel as a dissolute actor.
Christopher Fratin, French 1801 ~ 1864
also known as Christophe Fratin, was a noted French sculptor in the animalier style, and one of the earliest French sculptors to portray animals in bronze. Fratin was born in Metz, Moselle, France the son of a taxidermist. He first studied drawing under Pioche in Metz and later worked in Paris at the studio of Théodore Géricault.
He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1831–1842 and 1850–1862, as well as at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. Fratin never signed his bronzes but instead used a stamp showing his last name in straight block letters. One of the stamps he used (pictured) showed the "n" reversed, not by design but due to an error on the part of the maker of the stamp. Bronzes bearing this stamp have the appearance of not seeming to be genuine when in reality this foible is actually an indicator of authenticity.
Fratin received monumental commissions in France and elsewhere, including the Deux Aigles Gardant Leur Proie (Eagles and Prey, created 1850) displayed since 1863 in New York City's Central Park. Many of his small bronzes—including his miniature bronzes which were more affordable due to their smaller size—were sold commercially to the general public during his lifetime. Today, Fratin's sculpture is on permanent display in the Louvre, the city museums of Metz, Lyon, Strasbourg, Nîmes and at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. The Georg Eisler...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Entitled "Venus & Cupid" by Jean Sul-Abadie
By Jean Abadie
Located in London, GB
A very fine bronze study of Venus taking an arrow from Cupid her son, who at times would shoot his arrows without meaning or reason into the hearts of men, igniting their desire. Exhibiting excellent rich brown patina and good detail, signed Sul Abadie and stamped.
Additional information
Height: 93 cm
Condition: excellent condition
Circa: 1885
Materials: bronze & marble
SKU: 4979
ABOUT
Jean Sul-Abadie
Jean Sul-Abadie (Born 1850 ~ Died 15th April 1890) was a French artist, a pupil of Jouffroy and Falguière. Specialising in bronze sculpting in the Art Nouveau style. He made his Salon debut in 1872.
Cupid & Venus
Different tales exist about the origin of Venus and Cupid. Some say that Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, had a love affair with Mars, the god of war. Out of this relationship, Cupid was born. In the following painting you see Venus with Mars, who is being disarmed by Cupid.
Cupid has attributes from both of his parents. Like his mother he is considered to be the god of love, or more precisely, the god of falling in love. He is portrayed as an innocent little child with bow and arrows. He shoots arrows to the heart, and awakening a love that you’re powerless to resist.
In classical mythology, Cupid (Latin Cupido, meaning “desire”) is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the war god Mars, and is known in Latin also as Amor (“Love”). His Greek counterpart is Eros.
Although Eros is in Classical Greek art as a slender winged youth, during the Hellenistic period, he was increasingly portrayed as a chubby boy. During this time, his iconography acquired the bow and arrow that represent his source of power: a person, or even a deity, who is shot by Cupid’s arrow is filled with uncontrollable desire. In myths, Cupid is a minor character who serves mostly to set the plot in motion. He is a main character only in the tale of Cupid and Psyche, when wounded by his own weapons he experiences the ordeal of love. Although other extended stories are not told about him, his tradition is rich in poetic themes and visual scenarios, such as “Love conquers all” and the retaliatory punishment or torture of Cupid.
In art, Cupid often appears in multiples as the Amores, or amoriniin the later terminology of art history, the equivalent of the Greek erotes. Cupids are a frequent motif of both Roman art and later Western art of the classical tradition. In the 15th century, the iconography of Cupid starts to become indistinguishable from the putto.
Cupid continued to be a popular figure in the Middle Ages, when under Christian influence he often had a dual nature as Heavenly and Earthly love. In the Renaissance, a renewed interest in classical philosophy endowed him with complex allegorical meanings. In contemporary popular culture, Cupid is shown drawing his bow to inspire romantic love, often as an icon of Valentine’s Day.
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By Carl Scheidig
Located in Verviers, BE
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Made from glazed porcelain.
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Located in Verviers, BE
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1930s German Art Nouveau Vintage Europe - Sculptures
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Located in Vienna, AT
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Europe - Sculptures
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Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Europe - Sculptures
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Located in Verviers, BE
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1880s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Sculptures
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