Large Roman Style Bronze Figural Architectural Element

19th Century European Hercules Herm Architectural Carving Hand-carved wood, 42" high × 4" wide × 3.5" deep A finely carved wood architectural fragment in the form of a Herm of Hercules, dating to the 19th century and drawing upon Renaissance and Baroque precedents. The sculpture shows the muscular torso of a mature, bearded male figure with a deeply furrowed brow, curling hair, and a voluminous beard. His body is rendered in tapering herm form, with a draped cloth across the midsection leading into a long rectangular plinth decorated with foliate carving. The herm derives from classical antiquity, where stone posts surmounted by the head or bust of Hermes (and later other gods or heroes) served as boundary markers and architectural supports. During the Renaissance and Neoclassical revivals, this form was adapted into decorative architecture, furniture, and garden ornaments, often featuring heroic or mythological figures such as Hercules to convey strength and guardianship. The stern expression, powerful musculature, and prominent beard allude to Hercules, the archetype of heroic masculinity. Such carvings were often installed as newel posts, pilaster ornaments, or architectural appliqués...

Pair of Grand Tour-Style Bronze Male Caryatid Column Candlesticks  Italy, 20th century  A large pair of architectural Grand Tour-style bronze male caryatid column candlesticks from Italy, made in the 20th century, Each candlestick stands 16 inches high, 5 inches wide, and 2 inches deep, with a finely cast, aged patinated bronze. The architectural column form features a muscular mythological male god...

Exceptional antique French bronze architectural element used as decorative object of art. Beautiful oxidized green-turquoise patina, lion heads vines and Greek key motif. one of a ki...

Very unusual Val D'Osne statue with lighted globe. This figure is bronze over iron.