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Medium: Bronze
Locomotive Engineer, Early 20th Century Bronze Laborer, Cleveland School
By Max Kalish
Located in Beachwood, OH
Max Kalish (American, 1891-1945)
Locomotive Engineer, 1926
Bronze
Signed and dated on base, foundry mark: Meroni Radice Cire Perdue Paris
15.5 x 6 x 5 inches
Born in Poland March 1, 1891, figurative sculptor Max Kalish came to the United States in 1894, his family settling in Ohio. A talented youth, Kalish enrolled at the Cleveland Institute of Art as a fifteen-year-old, receiving a first-place award for modeling the figure during studies with Herman Matzen. Kalish went to New York City following graduation, studying with Isidore Konti and Herbert Adams...
Category
1920s Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Matriarche
Located in CHAZELLES-SUR-LYON, FR
“Matriarch” – A Bronze Sculpture Honoring Wisdom and Legacy
• Material: Bronze
• Limited edition of 8 copies (5/8)
• Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Barthélémy ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Agathon Leonard Silvered Bronze Of Marguerite
Located in Dallas, TX
Agathon Leonard (French, 1841 - 1923) Art Nouveau Silvered Bronze
A French Art Nouveau gilt bronze sculpture, "Marguerite", by Agathon Léonard of Margeruite, placing a flower in her...
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1890s Art Nouveau Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Farmer Han and the Farmer
s Wife, 30" figurative bronze
By Dee Clements
Located in Loveland, CO
Farmer Han and the Farmer's Wife by Dee Clements
Figurative Bronze Pair. Excellent condition, reviewed by the artist. See condition notes. Additional images available upon request.
...
Category
1980s American Realist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
El Torso
Located in Zofingen, AG
The sculpture is dedicated to female beauty and grace. The author portrayed a beautiful girl who is a little shy about her nakedness. Her body is stylized. Polished bronze accentuate...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal, Bronze
Listen
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sculpture of a man in a business suit with his arms crossed and one hand on his chin in a contemplative pose.
Edition of 9
Category
2010s Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$16,500
Amandine Bronze Sculpture
By Ybah
Located in Pasadena, CA
After studying fine arts, a need for contact with solid material was needed. Ybah took a classic artistic path from an academic education from the Louvre reproductions, learning at t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Reaching Man 2/9
Located in Napa, CA
Maxwell Carraher is a third generation fine artist living and working in Los Angeles.
"I've been working in the medium of clay since I was a child. I often find the communication I ...
Category
2010s Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Europa en de Stier 1 Europ and the Bull Mythology Bronze Sculpture In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Europa en de Stier 1 Europ and the Bull Mythology Bronze Sculpture In Stock
Evert den Hartog (born in Groot-Ammers, The Netherlands in 1949) followed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Rose
Prose" contemporary bronze table, mural sculpture figurative reading
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Rose and Prose is a bronze sculpture connected to a steel base. The edition size is 25. This sculpture stands on shelf as well as be hung on wall.
Joan’s latest sculpture series of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Melody II by Nando Kallweit. Elegant figurative sculpture.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Melody II is a figurative bronze sculpture in a relaxed pose by Nando Kallweit.
Modelled on modern youthful postures but with a nod to the importance of heritage through the stylise...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cavendish, PEI - surrealist, abstract, figurative, male, bronze sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Roch Smith’s ‘Tree Man’ series of bronze tabletop sculptures are playful pieces that feature figures whose human limbs have been replaced by tree branches. This figure is dressed for...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Timing
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1958
Jim Rennert was born in 1958, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah. After ten trying years of working in business, Rennert was inspired to ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$125,000
Pair Bronze Greyhounds Dogs Art Deco France 20th Century
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Pair of greyhounds French sculptor
Art Deco style - 20th century
Bronze, lost wax casting
Dimensions (cm): male height 94 cm/length 106 cm/width 45 cm female: height 89 cm/len...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Torso Maschile Bronze Sculpture Torse Male Nude Torso
By KOBE
Located in Utrecht, NL
Torso Maschile Bronze Sculpture Torse Male Nude Torso
KOBE, pseudonym of Jacques Saelens, was a Belgian artist (Kortrijk, Belgium 1950 – Saint-Julien ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Intricacy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bronze by Pascal Jarrion
Born in 1961 in Perpignan, France, Pascal Jarrion was immersed in the rich Catalan culture of the region—an area whose unique light and landscape have hist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Horse and Woman Bronze Sculpture Animal Lady
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
Horse and Woman Bronze Sculpture Animal Lady
Theo Mackaay (1950)
Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and animals, with a pointer at the primal form. Archetypal motiv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Between Sky and Earth by Marine de Soos -Bronze sculpture, figurative, spiritual
Located in Paris, FR
Between sky and earth is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 112 × 29 × 21 cm (44.1 × 11.4 × 8.3 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbere...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Commute (man)
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 9
American, b. 1958
National Sculpture Society Fellow
Jim Rennert was born in 1958, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah. After ten trying years o...
Category
2010s Realist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Saint Michel
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, metal, bronze patina
Display: The sc...
Category
1970s Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Think Big, study
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 12 + APs
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Georgian Contemporary Sculpture by Irakli Tsuladze - Flying
Located in Paris, IDF
Bronze & Marble
Irakli Tsuladze is a Georgian sculptor born in 1973 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. His sculptures present a peculiar unity of substance and emotions, whe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Bronze , French Nude Girl Dancer Danseuse
By Francois Emile Popineau
Located in Miami, FL
Feminine Nude Bronze with black patina Signed on Base 31 inches Paris Listed in Major Art books Iconic pose of both arms pressed close to the body with ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gala (cold painted bronze sculpture)
By Erté
Located in Aventura, FL
Cold painted bronze sculpture. Incised Erte signature with stamp numbered edition, foundry and date. From the edition of 300.
Certificate of Authenticity is included. Artwork is in...
Category
1980s Art Deco Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,850 Sale Price
30% Off
Ian Edwards - Within Unfolding - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
By Ian Edwards
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Ian Edwards - Within Unfolding - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
Dimensions: 34 x 25 x 20 cm
Edition of 12
Edwards’ practice expresses the power and determination of human endeavo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury Bronze Bust of Man
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large, midcentury, cast bronze bust of a man mounted on a chic, veined, polished marble base of the same period.
Category
Mid-20th Century Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Young girl from Bou-Saada
Located in PARIS, FR
Young girl from Bou-Saada
by Louis-Ernest BARRIAS (1841-1905)
Bronze sculpture with a nuanced dark brown patina
Signed on the base " E. Barrias "
Cast by " Susse Fres Edrs à Paris "...
Category
Early 20th Century French School Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Female Torso - Woman
s Figurative Monumental Sculpture Polished Bronze
Located in Sofia, BG
"Female Torso" is a polished monumental bronze sculpture by the Bulgarian artist Pavel Quoitcheff.
About the artwork
NEW MOVEMENT & STYLE: Contemporary
"Female Torso" is a real ma...
Category
1980s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Burman Fisherman III by Marine de Soos - Bronze sculpture, figurative, man
Located in Paris, FR
Burman Fisherman III is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 27 × 77 × 21 cm (10.7 × 30.3 × 8.3 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Die Trinkende
By Victor Heinrich Seifert
Located in New York, NY
Victor Heinrich Seifert (1870 – 1953)
Die Trinkende, c. 1900
H 26.25 in. x W 8 in. x D 11.38 inch
Bronze with brown patina
Austrian artist Victor Heinrich Seifert is known for his ...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Janne. By Nando Kallweit. Elegant bronze figurative sculpture of a female.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Janne is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture by Nando Kallweit.
Modelled on modern youthful postures but with a nod to the importance of heritage through the stylised Egyptian-in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Elephant Dream - chasing tigers 3/8 - bronze table-top sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This delightful bronze sculpture of a walking baby elephant is highly textured and finished with an elegant sepia patina. Canadian sculptor Richard Tosczak begins his pieces with rapid pen and ink studies that evolve into dynamic three-dimensional figurative works cast in bronze. This is number 3 in an edition of 8.
“I have always liked sculptures of Ganesh (elephant-headed Hindu god of beginnings) and have thought about making images of baby elephants for years. The baby elephant, for me, symbolizes creativity and the importance of pursuing one’s truest life.” Richard Tosczak
Born in Belgium, Richard Tosczak studied philosophy and sculpture at the University of Alberta. At that time, Tosczak began working in steel and was influenced by a number of his professors who appreciated the work of a British abstract sculptor, Sir Anthony Caro considered one of the greatest sculptors of his generation. Further studies were pursued in France with another internationally acclaimed classic sculptor, Martine Vaugel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Stag IV by Pierre Yermia - Contemporary animal sculpture, elegant, slender, grey
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 Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Annalee con cavallo. By Nando Kallweit. Elegant bronze figurative sculpture
Located in Coltishall, GB
Annalee con cavallo is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture by Nando Kallweit.
A female fibute leans her head against a horses neck in a moment of tender communion
Edtion of 9
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Breath Bronze Sculpture Torse Torso Body Classic In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Breath Bronze Sculpture Torse Torso Body Classic In Stock
For years Joris August Verdonkschot decicated himself to filming. He studied Law and Cultural Science and wrote a lot of fi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Weegschaal Libra Zodiac Bronze Sculpture Contemporary
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
Weegschaal Libra Zodiac Bronze Sculpture Contemporary
Theo Mackaay (1950)
Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and animals, with a pointer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Horse XIV by Pierre Yermia - Animal bronze sculpture, light grey patina, elegant
Located in Paris, FR
Horse XIV is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 60 × 55 × 16 cm (23.6 × 21.7 × 6.3 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A la fontaine
By Émile Nestor Joseph Carlier 1
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Nice 19th-century cast with rich, brown patina by French sculptor Emile-Joseph-Nestor Carlier. Carlier frequently created large, multi-figural group sculptures. These are dramatic an...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$11,500
Bronze Lying bird of prey +by Albéric Collin (1886-1962)
Located in Gent, VOV
Lying bird of prey
A fine quality, twentieth-century bronze model of a resting eagle by Alberic Collin (Belgian 1886-1962). Cast by the Rocher Paris foundry signed, inscribed (Roche...
Category
20th Century Modern Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Early Morning by Marine de Soos - Bronze sculpture, mother and child, family
Located in Paris, FR
The Early Morning is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 24 × 17 × 11.5 cm (9.4 × 6.7 × 4.5 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
They were the Authentic Vespa Riders in Rome (Bronze with Deep Bronze Patina)
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical yet very strong piece depicting the two figures from Gillie and Marc's iconic figures of the Dog/Bunny Human Hybrid, which has picked up much esteem across the globe. Her...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rooster
Ermine
Located in Milford, NH
A monumental 19th century patinated animalier cast bronze of a rooster & ermine (weasel), with varying titles including "Coq Guettant," "Coq Attaquant une Belette," and "Cockerel and...
Category
19th Century Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
In Line by M. Demal - Bronze sculpture, group of female figures, semi-abstract
Located in Paris, FR
In Line is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Martine Demal, dimensions are 43 × 25 × 7 cm (16.9 × 9.8 × 2.8 in). These dimensions include the base which measures 11 x ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Roofvogel met vis no. 2 Bird of Prey with Fish Bronze Sculpture Animal
Located in Utrecht, NL
Roofvogel met vis no. 2 Bird of Prey with Fish Bronze Sculpture Animal
Evert den Hartog (born in Groot-Ammers, The Netherlands in 1949) followed his education to be a sculptor at th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Emesto. By Nando Kallweit. Elegant bronze figurative sculpture.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Emesto is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture by Nando Kallweit.
Modelled on modern youthful postures but with a nod to the importance of heritage through the stylised Egyptian-i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Crossing the River " contemporary bronze table sculpture girl love horse animal
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Crossing the River is a bronze table sculpture, it is connected to a steel base. The edition size is 25.
Joan’s latest sculpture series of female figures brings an out-of-the-box a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Torse d’une Femme
By Paul Gauguin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
“Torse d’une Femme” by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). Bronze sculpture on marble plinth. Edition 9/10, unsigned, numbered and with foundry mark “C. Valsuani/Cire Perdue”. Sculpture: ...
Category
Late 19th Century Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Französische Bronze Emile Louis Picault „Charity-Bien Faisance“
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze Emile Louis Picault
"Charity-Bien Faisance," a French bronze figure by Emile Louis Picault.
50 cm
Bronze signed Emile Louis Picault. With cast stamp.
Wonderful work with a ...
Category
1890s Jugendstil Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Old School Beats 1/3 - small, surrealist, figurative, wood, bronze, sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Remember the boom box? Roch Smith does. The precursor to the current generation of music devices like the ‘beats’ headphones, this boom box is huge and sits on the shoulders of a cas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Horticulture, Garden Prize relief wall hanging
Located in New York, NY
A unique wall piece that is a great gift for any avid gardener or lover of horticulture. Sit Hamo Thornycroft would become one of the youngest members of the Royal Academy, achieve the Medal of Honour at the Paris Exhibition in 1900, and be knighted in 1917. Working in a transitional style between that of the neo-classicists of his parent’s generation and the Modernist style of the 20th century, Thornycroft carved out a niche as a figurative sculptor and noted modeler of public monuments in and around London.
Toogoods and Sons, Ltd, established in the early nineteenth century, had, by the turn of the century, grown to become the largest seed company...
Category
1920s Realist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,660 Sale Price
30% Off
"Chrysalis" beautiful contemporary abstract sculpture
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Catherine Bohrman's bronze sculptures encompass gestural form with figurative elements. Her international style has been noted to possess soft edges that belie the magnitude of their density. Her sculpture "Chrysalis" is a museum quality bronze...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$16,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Petrouchka II
By Martin Glick
Located in Milford, NH
Wonderful sculpture in bronze titled "Petrouchka II" by contemporary New York City artist Martin Glick. Born in 1944, Martin Glick resides in Pomona, New York, just outside of New York City. He was taught by Conger Metcalf...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$12,000
Sailing Towards You - Figurative Bronze Iron Boat Metal Wall-Mounted Sculpture
By Mireia Serra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mireia Serra creates sensuous bronze and iron sculptures showing the beauty of snapshots caught in life which are full of emotions and feelings along the life journey. Her metal artw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Iron
LA FEMME ET LE CENTAURE
Located in Aventura, FL
Cast in bronze in 1968 in an edition of 8. Wood base. Incised 'Lobo' with edition and foundry. From the edition of 8. Sculpture size not including base 5.25 x 6.25 x 4 inches.
Artw...
Category
1960s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$28,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Young Lama by Marine de Soos - Contemporary bronze sculpture, child, portrait
Located in Paris, FR
Young Lama is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 16 × 7 × 9 cm (6.3 × 2.7 × 3.5 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ours sur la banquise
By Jorge Borras
Located in Pasadena, CA
After completing his studies at the Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts in Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Jorge Borrás moved to France1.
His works, especially his bronzes, are sold in major auctions mainly in France (Versailles, Drouot, Saint Germain En Laye, Enghien les Bains, etc. June 30, 1992, two bronzes were sold at Christie's in London) 2. They are exhibited in Parisian salons such as the Salon d'automne3, the Salon des artistes français, the Salon des Independants the exhibitions of the National Society of Fine Arts, the Salon de l'école française [ref. necessary].
He received the Arts-Sciences-Lettresn 1 Medal and is a member of the International Association of Visual Arts (affiliated with UNESCO).
In addition, he produced a series of medals and sculptures for the Monnaie de Paris, and various achievements such as the bust of Dr. Coll Colomé, a monument erected in Benicarlo (Spain) and publishing covers including the novel by Jean-Marc Roberts Vincent's friend.
The work of Jorge Borrás is a tribute to the woman [ref. necessary]. Her favorite themes are ballerinas and bathers as well as women in everyday attitudes. Wild animals, some endangered, are also very present in the work of Jorge Borrás, especially in recent years where he takes great pleasure in capturing the wild moment of his attitudes.
Passionate about drawing, he began painting at the age of ten and made his first exhibition at the age of twenty.
At the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, he discovered sculpture with Luisa Granero and studied painting and sculpture.
The students the drawing section, of the great master of Spanish painting and portrait painter Francisco Ribera Gomez...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Le cantique des pilotis by M. de Soos - Figurative bronze sculpture, dark tones
Located in Paris, FR
Le cantique des pilotis is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 65.5 × 29 × 26 cm (25.8 × 11.4 × 10.3 in).
The sculpture is signed and num...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Standing Figure VI by Pierre Yermia - Contemporary bronze sculpture, human
Located in Paris, FR
Large standing figure VI is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 148 × 26 × 26 cm (58.3 × 10.2 × 10.2 in).
The sculpture is signed and numb...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lethargie Bronze Sculpture Big Outdoors Indoors In Stock
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
Lethargie Bronze Sculpture Big Outdoors Indoors In Stock
Theo Mackaay (1950)
Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and animals, with a pointer at the primal form. Arch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Story of Joseph from the Second Baptistery Doors, Florence (“The Gates of Pa
Located in New York, NY
Ferdinand Barbedienne (Saint-Martin-de-Fresnay 1810 – 1892 Paris) after Lorenzo Ghiberti (Florence, 1378 – 1455)
Signed at the lower right of the principal relief: F. BARBEDIENNE
Provenance: Private Collection, USA.
Barbedienne’s “Gates of Paradise” reliefs are one of the triumphs of nineteenth-century bronze casting and patination. The nine panels that comprise our example are half-size reductions of the famous originals by Lorenzo Ghiberti, made for the Baptistery of Florence and now housed in the Museo del Opera del Duomo. Mounted in an impressive, mullioned frame surround, our work is an exceptional exemplar of the Renaissance Revival, the broadly influential style and movement that infused architecture, design, and artistic culture in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
The central scene, The Story of Joseph, is perhaps the most celebrated of the entire series depicting as it does seven episodes from the Biblical narrative integrated into a single composition: Joseph cast by his brethren into the well, Joseph sold to the merchants, the merchants delivering Joseph to the pharaoh, Joseph interpreting the pharaoh’s dream, the pharaoh paying him honor, Jacob sending his sons to Egypt, and Joseph recognizes his brothers and returns home. The surrounding reliefs—two vertical figures in niches, two recumbent figures, and four portrait heads in roundels—are as well faithful reductions of Ghiberti’s original bronzes on other parts of the doors.
The maker of these casts was the renowned 19th-century French fondeur Ferdinand Barbedienne. Gary Radke has recently written of this great enterprise:
“The Parisian bronze caster Ferdinand Barbedienne began making half-sized copies of ancient and Renaissance sculpture in the 1830s. His firm benefitted enormously from the collaboration of Achille Collas, whom Meredith Shedd has shown was one of numerous pioneers in the mechanical reproduction of sculpture. Their competitors largely devoted themselves to reproducing relief sculpture, but Collas devised a process for creating fully three-dimensional copies. A tracing needle, powered by a treadle, moved over the surface of a full-sized plaster cast or bronze of the original and triggered a complementary action in a cutting stylus set over a soft plaster blank…He signed an exclusive contract with Barbedienne on November 29, 1838, and won medals for his inventions in 1839 and 1844.
Barbedienne’s half-sized copies of the Gates of Paradise were famous not only for their fidelity to the original, but also for the way their gilding…suggested the glimmering surface that was hidden under centuries of dirt. Some critics even saw Collas’s and Barbedienne’s work as ‘philanthropic, an exemplary adaptation of industry to the requirements of art, the artist, the workers, and the public alike.’
At 25,000 francs, Collas’s and Barbedienne’s reduction of the Gates of Paradise was singularly more expensive than any other item for sale in their shop. All the reliefs, individual statuettes, and busts were cast separately and could be purchased either by the piece or as an ensemble. Fittingly, Barbedienne’s accomplishment earned him the Grand Prix at the 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle, along with numerous other medals.”
Three complete examples of the Barbedienne-Ghiberti doors are known. One, first installed in a chapel in the Villa Demidoff of San Donato near Pratolino, was later acquired by William Vanderbilt...
Category
Late 19th Century Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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