Female Bust by Gustave Van Vaerenbergh, Belgium, ca 1900

A bronze Neo-Classical standing nude lady, by Felix Görling (1860- 1932) A late 19th century elegance bronze standing nude Lady, holding a goblet in her left hand by Felix Görling (1860- 1932). A bronze on a Burgundy and grey color marmer base. (corner slightly damaged) Felix Görling was a German sculptor and a painter. This sculptor is made by Hermann Gladenbeck & Sohn, Berlin Germany Since 1897 Felix Görling was at the Berlin bronze...

Italian Terracotta Bust of John the Baptist, ca 1900 An Italian terracotta bust, glazed. The bust depicts the young John the Baptist. This bust is glazed white with light blue glaze...

A small bronze statue of Venus de Milo A small French bronze statue of Venus de Milo or Aphrodite on a marble base. The original Venus de Milo statue...

A bronze statue by Charles Louchet, France (1854-1936) A standing female naked, looking up with her arms up. A beautiful graceful movement in bronze...

Alabaster woman bust, signed Antonio Frilli, Italy, circa 1890.

A very beautiful antique Art Nouveau bronzed Carrara marble sculpture bust of a young maiden circa 1900, by Gustave Van Vaerenbergh (1871-1927). The sculpture portrays a beautiful young maiden made from Cararra marble, she is wearing a laurel wreath in her hair. She wears a bronzed bodice with leaf decoration in relief and is raised on a varigated grey & white socle base. The sculpture is signed to the rear " G. V. Vaerenbergh" and numbered "1173", the bust is in excellent condition. Gustave Van Vaerenbergh attended classes at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, Belgium from 1888 to 1890. Like many artists from a modest background (he was the son of a shoemaker) , Gustave Van Vaerenbergh went to work in companies where he could use his artistic talent and education for commercial purposes. In 1901 he moved to Saint-Josse-ten-Noode , and a year later to Schaerbeek where he would live for the rest of his life. He went to work there as a " mouleur en plâtre " (modeller or maker of matrices for plaster statues) at the company A. Carli Frères in the L'Olivierstraat in Schaerbeek, a company that produced commercial statues. This successful company, which was active from the beginning to the middle of the twentieth century , initially had about 20 employees and at its peak about 100 employees. The statues were distributed worldwide. Antonio Carli, a sculptor, was the founder of the Atelier A. Carli Frères, together with family members. They came from Bagni di Lucca...

Superb carved marble bust depicting a young woman with delicate features, characteristic of the Art Nouveau aesthetic. Her gentle expression and wavy hairstyle reveal the sculptor’s...

Alabaster sculpture of a bust of a young woman with her hair held in a kerchief. Signed on the back: A. Cyprien.