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Art Deco Spelter Sculpture Love Message by Pierre Le Faguays and Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
Love letters are out ? Send a love message via a carrier pigeon.
Sculpture named MESSAGE
Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by “Fayral”, which is one of the pseudonyme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Gilded Bronze Sphinx Sculpture Resting on Marble Base 20th Century
Located in Milano, MI
Sculpture depicting the Sphinx in gilded bronze, resting on a black marble base, made in the 20th century
Ø cm 23 Ø cm 15 h cm 32
The Sphinx is a mythological creature that has fas...
Category
1940s Italian Baroque Revival Vintage Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$1,150 Sale Price
45% Off
Diminutive Grand Tour Bronze
Balancing Faun
on Marble Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Diminutive Grand Tour bronze 'Balancing Faun' on marble pedestal
Italy, The sculpture circa 1890, the marble pedestal later addition 20th C
A small well executed bronze sculpture...
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Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Italian 19th Century White Carrara Marble Statues
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most charming true pair of Italian 19th century white Carrara marble statues. Each statue is raised by a circular ba...
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19th Century Italian Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Fine 19th Century White Marble Sculpture of “Rebecca at the Well”
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine 19th century white marble sculpture of “Rebecca at The Well” depicting a Classical maiden wearing a robe, with one breast semi-exposed, stan...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Neoclassical Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$14,850 Sale Price
57% Off
Lorenzo de Medici Marble Sculpture After Michelangelo
Located in New York, NY
Our antique (late 19th century) white marble Grand Tour sculpture of Lorenzo de Medici, Duke of Urbino (1492-1515). Sculpture 22 by 9 by 10 inches.
The sculpture, carved from Carr...
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Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Dancer with Tambourine, Gilded Bronze Sculpture, Art Deco Period, Circa 1930.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Dancer with tambourine, gilded bronze sculpture from the Art Deco period, circa 1930.
An Art Deco gilt bronze sculpture of a dancer with tambourine, on a green marble base, circa 19...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Liberty Sculpture in Bronze and Marble, Signed: Beer
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Liberty sculpture in Bronze and marble.
French-Austrian sculptor, Friedrich Solomon Beer (1846-1912)
Friedrich Salomon Beer (1846-1912) was a promin...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Italian Marble Sculpture after Roman Original of the Wrestlers
By Eugenio Battiglia
Located in London, GB
Antique Italian marble sculpture after Roman original of the Wrestlers
Italian, late 19th century
Measures: Height 94cm, width 124c...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Classical Greek Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Naomi Feinberg "Wild Spirit" Sculpture in Italian Marble, 1970s
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Hand-carved “Wild Spirit” sculpture in Italian marble on a white lacquered wood base by Naomi Feinberg, American 1970’s. This is a stunning work by a renowned American sculptor.
Nao...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Contemporary Decor "Boom", Black
White Marble, Numbered, Handmade in Italy
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Born in 1992 in Macerata in the Marche region, the Italian artist carried out a path that between studies of Surveyor and Architecture led him to a long collaboration with a craft co...
Category
2010s Italian Industrial Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Siena Marble
$330 Sale Price / item
20% Off
A Pair French 19th Century Bronze Nude Maidens Torchere, Carrier-Belleuse Attr.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very fine and monumental pair of French 19th century patinated bronze figural torchere sculptures titled "La Nuit" (The Night) attributed to Albert Carrier-Belleuse (French, 1824-188...
Category
Late 19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$284,500 Sale Price / set
41% Off
Art Deco sculpture woman OLYMPIE by Fayral, Pierre Le Faguays
Max Le Verrier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco sculpture of a woman OLYMPIE by Fayral, pseudonym of Pierre Le Faguays.
Cast at the Max Le Verrier foundry.
Art Metal with green patina.
Belgian Black marble base.
France...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Metal
French 19th century marble, Ormolu and Bronze statue of Napoleon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and high quality French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Grand Tour Period Vert de Patricia marble, Ormolu, and patinated Bronze statue of Napoleon. This most striking statu...
Category
19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Patinated Bronze Sculpture of a Young Fisher Boy by Carpeaux
Located in London, GB
This beautiful patinated bronze sculpture was designed by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, and cast by the Susse Frères foundry. The work portrays a young Neapolitan fisherboy, who sits on a naturalistic base, crouched holding a shell to his ear. The work is signed 'J. B. Carpeaux' and has Susse Frères foundry marks, and is set on a veined green marble plinth.
This stunning antique French bronze sculpture presents a unique opportunity to collect one of the original models of the young Neapolitan fisherboy by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. The original model for this delicate antique bronze sculpture of a fisher boy...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Grand Tour souvenir, Rome stage. Trajan
s column, Italy early 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
A souvenir of the Grand Tour, Rome stage. Trajan's column.
The famous monument is representative of Rome, Caput Mundi, and the greatest empire of its time in its maximum splendor. He...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century over Life-Size Marble Statue of Bacchus after Michelangelo
Located in Essex, MA
Mid-19th century over life-size carved marble statue of Michelangelo's "Bacchus". Grand Tour copy through the "Point To Point" method directly from the original keeping its masterful proportions and Fine details in an exact size to Michelangelo's work. We have never seen a 19th century copy of this Renaissance Masterpiece of this size and are quite fortunate to be responsible for its stewardship until purchase by a discerning collector
The original "Bacchus" is a marble sculpture by the master, Michelangelo, created circa 1496 when the artist was 21. This statue was originally commissioned by Cardinal Raffaele Riario. However, it was rejected by him and eventually found its way to Jacopo Galli, Cardinal Riario’s banker and a friend of the sculptor, who purchased it in 1506. Some 66 years later it was bought for the Medici and transferred to the royal house in Florence, Italy. Currently it can be viewed at the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence. It is one of just two sculptures surviving Michelangelo’s initial period in Rome, with the other being Pieta.
The artwork:
This somewhat oversized...
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19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Biloba Medium Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Biloba Medium with metal structure
in gold finish and with grey marble base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
$539 / item
Early 20th Century Italian Gilt Bronze Sculpture of a "Centaur and Cupid"
Located in London, GB
A very fine early 20th Century gilt bronze group of cupid riding on the back of a Centaur with execellent golden patina and very fine detail, raised on a marble base
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Early 20th Century Italian Classical Greek Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Sheryl C. Benjamin Marble Nude Figure Abstract Sculpture On Marble Base
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sheryl Cannold Benjamin (American, 1924 - 2023) Marble Nude Figure Abstract Sculpture On Marble Base. Circa Late 20th Century. Weighs approximately 60 pounds. Measurements: 13.5" H x...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Art Deco Sculpture
The Little Sad One
by Demetre Chiparus, 1930
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
"The Little Sad One" by Demtre H. Chiparus (1886-1947). Patinated bronze and ivory on marble base.
Alberto Shayo (1993) "Chiparus, Master of Art Deco" p. 76.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian 19th-20th Century Life-Size Marble Sculpture Titled "Searching for Love"
By Vito Pardo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine museum quality Italian 19th-20th century life-size marble sculpture titled "Searching for Love" by Vito Pardo (Italian, born in Venice in 1872) Depicting a semi-nude life...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Rococo Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$174,500 Sale Price / set
55% Off
"Unicorns Are Real", 2021, Sculpture with Marble Powder and Resin, Ltd. Handmade
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Born in 1992 in Macerata in the Marche region, the Italian artist carried out a path that between studies of Surveyor and Architecture led him to a long collaboration with a craft co...
Category
2010s Italian Industrial Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
$1,869 Sale Price / item
20% Off
"Invocation" Art Deco Bronze
Marble Sculpture by D.H. Chiparus, c. 1920
s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sensational Art Deco bronze and marble sculpture titled "Invocation" by the renowned D.H. Chiparus, made in quality bronze and supported on a marble sculpture. It depicts an alluring...
Category
1920s French Vintage Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Marble Torso Statues
Located in Queens, NY
2 American Art Deco style life-size marble statues of female torsos wearing singlets and mounted on rectangular stands. Modern (PRICED EACH)
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$4,500 / item
Vintage Bronze Gladiator Figure Statue
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This bronze sculpture captures a moment of intense motion, portraying a classical warrior mid-throw with a spear in hand and shield raised. The finely detailed musculature and dynami...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Emile Louis PICAULT - Bronze, The Thinker
Located in Beaune, FR
Bronze sculpture signed "E. Picault" entitled "The Thinker". This bronze represents a man sitting on a rock holding in his hand a book with the inscription "It is on the high peaks t...
Category
19th Century French Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Seated Greek God Hermes Patinated Grand Tour Cast Bronze Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large and substantial cast bronze sculpture is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in circa 1880 for the Grand Tour. The sculpture depicts the Greek god Hermes...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Greek Revival Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Art Deco Bronze
Bender
Sculpture by J. de Roncourt, France circa 1930
Located in Regensburg, DE
Rare, very large Art Deco Bronze Sculpture depicting a muscular man bending an iron stem by J. de Roncourt from France about 1930.
Bronze (stamped), dark patinated
Signature on the o...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Bronze Figure By Emile Carlier (1849 -1927) Of The Little Violinist
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine and attractive bronze of a young boy playing the violin, " the little violinist " By Emile Carlier (1849 -1927) resting on a molded stepped marble circular base, signed E...
Category
Late 19th Century French Other Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Arnolfo di Cambio "St Peter" Bronze Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
After Arnolfo di Cambio (Italian, 1245-1302) "St Peter" Bronze Sculpture, 19th century, after the sculpture of St. Peter, circa 1300 in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, the saint ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French 19th century Bronze, Ormolu and marble statues, signed Carrier Belleuse
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An important and high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated Bronze, Ormolu and marble statues, signed Carrier Belleuse. Each exceptional statues is support...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Motorcycle Bronze with Driver Desk Piece Sculpture
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Fantastic detailed motorcycle bronze desk piece. Very nice Automobilia sculpture. Figure with brown patina. Mounted over a Portoro Italian marble. Pe...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Ancient Feet Statue with Compressed Marble Powder
Istanbul Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Measures: Height: 26.3'' / Weight: 60 kg
Heroes in Mythology were men and women of special features and charachteristics. These feet are anonymous but they looks like Heracles..
Is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
Late 17th Century White Marble Carved Child Nude Cupid Sculpture on Gilded Base
Located in Brescia, IT
This exceptional white marble of the Sleeping Cupid sculpture, lying on a finely carved giltwood base, was created by the well known Florence artist Gioacchino Fortini, living in Flo...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Roman Style Solid Marble Bust
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Roman style solid marble bust
This bust measures: 15 wide x 10 deep x 23 inches high
This piece is in Great Vintage Condition with minor marks,...
Category
20th Century American Classical Roman Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Marmorkopf einer jungen Frau um 1900
Located in Aachen, DE
Marmorkopf einer jungen Frau um 1900, auf rundem Marmorsockel montiert. Nicht signiert.
Category
Early 20th Century German Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$1,505 Sale Price
20% Off
Flying Mercury in green marble copied from the famous work of Giambologna
Located in Prato, IT
Green serpentine marble sculpture
Late 19th century
Height approx. 88 cm.
The flying mercury and the bronzes
While he was still busy working on the fountain in piazza Maggiore, the papal delegate Cesi asked Giambologna for a statue to be placed in the courtyard of the Archiginnasio, seat of the ancient and prestigious Bolognese university; he should have painted a bronze depicting the god Mercury with his index finger stretched towards the sky, a symbol of the divine origin of knowledge, which would have served as a warning to all students.
The project was never completed, but Giambologna elaborated a model preserved at the Civic Museum of Bologna, which is only the first of the numerous bronzes with the same subject made by the artist, defined precisely as flying Mercury. In later versions, the sculptor transformed Mercury into a much more dynamic figure reaching upwards, as if ready to take flight, giving it an unprecedented freedom of movement and lightness. When he returned to Florence, the sculptor certainly proposed it to the Medici, who enthusiastically immediately ordered one to be sent to Emperor Maximilian II of Habsburg, as a diplomatic gift for the ongoing negotiations of the wedding between Francesco and Giovanna, sister of the sovereign.
Giambologna replied with the two bronzes preserved in Vienna and Dresden and in 1580 cast the large Mercury now exhibited in the Bargello, originally intended for the loggia of the villa of Cardinal Ferdinando dei Medici to crown a fountain placed in the center of a magnificent decorative complex; the only variant with respect to the previous examples is constituted by the head of Zephyr placed under the foot of the god and from which a breath of wind blows it upwards, accentuating the sense of immateriality. In addition to the successful invention of the flying Mercury, Giambologna acquired immense fame by making numerous other bronzes for the Florentine collectors of the time; his first patron, Bernardo Vecchietti must certainly have owned many, given to him in part by the sculptor in exchange for his protection, but around the 1880s it can be said that there was no collector who did not aspire to own a work by Giambologna, especially those of small format.
The development of this trend in Florence is largely due to the artistic passions of the Grand Duke Francesco I, who with the creation of environments such as the Studiolo in Palazzo Vecchio and the Tribuna degli Uffizi, provided new criteria for the exhibition of the works, pushing all collectors to imitate his extraordinary collection. In the Studiolo, in addition to the painted tables that decorated the doors of the cupboards filled with all kinds of things, there were 8 niches containing bronze figures of divinities; Giambologna painted the one depicting Apollo (1573-75), with the characteristic serpentine pose and beautifully finished.
The placement of the statuette in the niche was no longer an impediment to the plurality of views as Giambologna endowed it with a sort of mechanism that allowed it to rotate. For the Tribune he instead created the six Labors of Hercules (1576-1589), small silver sculptures...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pierre Lefaguays : "Dancer", patinated metal sculpture - C.1930/40
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Pierre LE FAGUAYS (1892-1962, France) said "FAYRAL", Pierre LAUREL, Pierre LEFAGUAYS : "Dancer"
Green patinated metal sculpture on a shaped marble base representing a dancer on one ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
French Art Deco Sculpture signed S Melani
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
French Art Deco Sculpture signed S Melani
A well-observed sculpture by the Italian artist Salvatore Melani (1902 - 1934) depicting a reclining lady and grey...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Late 18th or Early 19th Century Bronze Bust of a Faun or Satyr
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Impressive Neapolitan Grand Tour Bust of a Faun or Satyr. Pleasing verdigris surface. Naples, Italy. Circa 1780.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Empire Bronze Napoleon Figure on a Marble Pedestal
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire style (19th Century) bronze figure of Napoleon standing with arms crossed on rouge marble pedestal base with bronze trim.
Category
19th Century Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Bronze Kneeling Nude with Fruit Basket by A. Soleau France 1930
By A. Soleau
Located in Antwerp, BE
An elegant Art Deco bronze sculpture depicting a kneeling nude woman gracefully holding a fruit basket. Created by French artist A. Soleau circa 1930, this piece exemplifies the refi...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian 19th Century White Carrara Marble Life-Size Statue of Madonna and Child
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most impressive Italian 19th century white Carrara marble life-size statue of Madonna and child. The statue signed Gria Flli Lapini 1895, is raised by a beautiful dome...
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19th Century Italian Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Model Nude Archer Mounted Sculpture Bust Bronze Stone Base Art Deco Antiques CA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Model Nude Archer mounted sculpture bust bronze stone base Art Deco antiques CA . Excellent color and details decorative Sculpture on a desk as garniture on a mantle fireplace, on a ...
Category
20th Century European Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble, Bronze
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Marble Sculpture of a Beauty by A. Batacchi
Located in New York, NY
An Italian white marble sculpture of a half nude beauty by A. Batacchi.
Batacchi was active in Florence, Italy in the late 19th century. He worked mostly with female models, usually...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Vienna Cold Painted Bronze Egyptian Attendant, Attributed to Bergman
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vienna cold painted bronze Egyptian attendant, attributed to Bergman
With exquisite detail the standing Egyptian attendant standing on a Persian rug holding a ceremonial staff...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Belle Époque Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$2,850 Sale Price
25% Off
Early 20th Century Cold-Painted Bronze Entitled "Printemps" by Gauthier
By Gauthier
Located in London, GB
"Printemps" by Gauthier
An excellent early 20th century Art Deco cold painted bronze figure of a naked dancer in an energetic pose standing on one leg and holding spring flowers i...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Statue of Artemis Mytilene 43" Roman, 4th BC, Museum Replica Cultured Marble
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
The famous Artemis is the sister of Apollo and Dionysus; It is integrated with abundance in Anatolia. Considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the temple of Artemis ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble, Metal
Very Fine French 19th Century White Marble Bust of a Young Beauty by René Rozet
By René Rozet 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large French 19th century white marble bust of a young beauty, purported to be a young "Marie Antoinette" (Queen of France 1755-1793), by René Rozet...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Siena Marble
$59,850 Sale Price
29% Off
1940s Art Deco, Pair of Very Rare Golden Sculptures
Located in IT
Elegant pair of Art Deco sculptures dating back to the 1930s, crafted in the style of Gustave Miklos. The pieces depict two standing figures, sculpted with great refinement and atten...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$18,217 / set
Bronze Sculpture, "Baigneuse", Signed A. Gory, Paris, circa 1920
Located in CABA, AR
Experience the timeless beauty of Affortunato Gory's "Baigneuse," a captivating bronze sculpture that epitomizes the elegance and grace of the Art Deco era. This exquisite piece dep...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian 19th Century Life Size Marble Group "Hebe and Eagle" by Aristide Fontana
By Aristide Fontana 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine Italian 19th century Carrara marble life-size marble sculpture of "Hebe and The Eagle"; depicting a young maiden seated on a rocky outcrop holding an urn over her shoulder and serving water from a bowl to a thirsty eagle, raised on a circular base by Aristide Fontana (Italian 19th Century - Active 1870-1890), Carrara, Inscribed to the reverse; "Aristide Fontana Sc./Carrara", circa 1870-1880. Hebe, the Greek goddess of youth, was the daughter of Zeus and Hera and was the hand-maiden and cup bearer of the gods and the symbol of youthful beauty and chastity. She is often depicted as a temptress tantalizing the eagle of Jupiter with a cup of ambrosia and her body. In her role as cup-bearer she offered nectar and ambrosia and here she holds the cup before the eagle, Zeus' messenger. This sculpture subject matter resembles Bertel Thorwaldsen's, marble sculpture of Ganymede and the Eagle, circa 1817 and currently at the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. The most notable difference between both sculptures is that, unlike in Thorwaldsen's work, this sculpture depicts a figure of a young semi-nude maiden bearing a pearl necklace centered with a charm engraved with the letter "S". This sculpture subject matter can also be attributed to Psyche, perched on a Stygian rock and threatened by dragons, is rescued from her task by Jupiter's eagle, who brings her a lekythos filled with the river's water. Although Apuleius' story of Cupid and Psyche had been a common theme in European art since the Renaissance, the particular incident of Psyche rescued by Jupiter's eagle was seldom illustrated.
Comparable to themes in mythology, Old Testament figures and heroines in particular were popular subjects of artworks in the mid-19th century. Several scenes from the Biblical (Gen. 24) story of Rebecca's meeting with Eliezer, and subsequent marriage to Isaac, were depicted in the 19th century. The most frequent representation shows Rebecca at the well with a pitcher. Other examples of the subject include those by the Italians Cesare Lapini, Giovanni Battista Lombardi and Domenico Menconi and American sculptors Brown, Mozier, and Chauncey Bradley Ives...
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
$124,500 Sale Price
32% Off
A French 19th Century Carved Marble Whimsical Figural Urn Fountain with Children
By Joseph Reynés I Gurgui
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine large, rare and charming, French, 19th century. Belle Époque carved white marble whimsical figural urn fountain depicting children climbing on an urn with flowers and garlands, influenced in the Louis XV style, by Joseph Reynés I Gurgui (Barcelona, 1850-1926). Signed: Reynes. Barcelona, circa 1890.
An almost identical Carrara marble fountain also by Josep Reynés carved in 1893 currently at the Parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona, Spain.
Measures: Overall height: 55 inches (140 cm)
Marble height: 49 inches (124.5 cm)
width: 37 inches (94 cm)
depth: 30 inches (76.3 cm)
Joseph Reynes Gurguí (Barcelona, 1850 - 1926) is a Catalan sculptor, also known as Reynesy-Gurgui, Spanish school.
He studied at the Ecole de la Llotja, studied for a time in Paris, in the workshops of the great French sculptors Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) and Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887). He devoted himself mainly to interior decoration. His works were profoundly marked by a French influence. He exhibited in Paris in 1895 where he received an honorable mention. In 1890 he obtained the first medal in Madrid for "The Violinist".
Literature:
E. Benezit Dictionaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs by Grund - Nouvelle Edition, 1976 - Volume 8, Page 714.
Cristina Mensoza, Ramon Casas...
Category
19th Century Spanish Louis XV Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$98,450 Sale Price
21% Off
French Art Deco Bronze Sculpture of an Athlete on a Marble Base
Located in Houston, TX
French Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Of An Athlete On A Marble Base.
Beautifully executed French Art Deco bronze sculpture of an athlete on...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
A neoclassic Grand Tour bronze depicting a warrior, Rome 1840.
Located in Milan, IT
Extremely refined neoclassical Grand Tour bronze sculpture, lost wax process, depicting a warrior Protesilao. Oval base made out of yellow marble from Siena. Rome, Italy 1st half od ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Carrara white marble sculpture of a young girl with flowers
Located in Houston, TX
This sculpture is carved of fine Carrara marble depicting a young
Barefoot girl holding a bunch of flowers folded into the bottom
Of her skirt. It is very white and without stains or...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
$3,290 Sale Price
30% Off
French 19th Century Patinated Bronze And Marble Statue Of Venus At The Bath
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large scaled French 19th century patinated Bronze and marble statue of Venus at the Bath. Venus is raised by a handsome mottled Sanguine Oran Cipolin marble base and is holding a d...
Category
19th Century French Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Museum Quality French White Marble Roundel Relief of Emperor Napoleon III, 1860
Located in Queens, NY
A museum quality French white marble roundel relief of Emperor Napoleon III, circa 1860.
The quality of this marble sculpture of Napoleon III is trul...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$35,000 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Rustic Hand-Carved Hexagonal Marble Sink Basin
Located in Seattle, WA
This vintage marble sink basin features a rustic, hand-carved design with a hexagonal exterior accented by subtly rounded protrusions on opposite sides and a deep, circular interior...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Marble Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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