Italy - Figurative Sculptures

Fantastic pair of gilt bronze Cheetahs sculptures . The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting.

This contemporary plaster sculpture of a ram’s head is inspired by the art of Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece with a reference to Neoclassicism and Neoclassical period old masters, when the discoveries of archaeological sites became the focal point in art history between the 18th and 19th century. The artist is able to attribute incredible details to this work of art featuring a majestic appearance due to its large curling ridged horns. This animal figurative work of art is sculpted on the round, the artist took inspiration both from his imagination and archaic reminiscences. He modeled the inert chalk creating an animal with very real facial expression and incredible realistic features with intricate detailed head. This sculpture is the plaster cast hand modeled by the artist that served him as a reference model to create a bronze sculpture with the lost wax technique, also the bronze version is on sale on my page. So it represents the first phase of a fascinating and long process of creating sculptural art, a studio piece made as a maquette before a bronze version was cast. The present aries' head sculpture has been painted to simulate the green patina that archaeological metal sculptures take over the centuries. Two green patina sculptures...

RARE PAIR OF ITALIAN PIETRA PAESINA COLUMNS, Italy, 19th Century Pietra Paesina H 70 x Diam 9.5 cm H 27 1/2 x Diam 3 3/4 in

Antonio Maraini (Rome 1886 - Florence 1963), Annunciata Marble sculpture 54 x 15 x 10 cm signed on base.

Giovanni Nicolini (Palermo 1872 - Rome 1956), Dreams Bronze sculpture 63 x 35 x 35 cm signed and located Rome on the back; in the wooden base is a ...

Acrobat Family is an original artwork realized by Arturo Martini in 1936. Bronze sculpture with wooden base. Provenance: Pecci Blunt Collection. Published in the general catalogue...