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Antique Putto Statue, French, Bronze, Cherub Figure, Late 19th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique putto statue. A French, bronze seated cherub figure with small bird in hand, dating to the late 19th century and later, circa 1...
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze of a Young Barefoot Boy W/Hands in Pockets Is Whistling, Ca. 1889
By V. Szczeblewski
Located in Petaluma, CA
This famous statue always brings a smile, as a young boy with hands in pockets is whistling and is titled "Mousse Siffleur". Nicely cast, and signed by the Polish artist Victor Szcze...
Category
Polish Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,350 Sale Price
40% Off
A large Black Forest walnut wooden carving of an eagle
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large Black Forest walnut wooden carving of an eagle, perched on a fall of rocks, crouching down with wings outspread and the head turned to the left...
Category
Swiss Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Pair 19th Century Romantic Meissen porcelain groups.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This exquisite pair of 19th Century Meissen porcelain groups showcases the artistry and craftsmanship characteristic of Meissen. The figures depict a charming scene of courtship, fea...
Category
German Romantic Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of European Porcelain Figures of Sunbirds
Located in Essex, MA
Colorful birds on gilt bronze bases. Bellevue Ave Newport estate.
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$2,950 / set
Antique 19th Century French Bronze Sculpture of Diana the Huntress by A. Moreau
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 19 1/4 in W: 20 in D: 8 in
This exceptional late 19th-century French bronze sculpture by the renowned artist Auguste Moreau (1834–1917) presents an elegant and powe...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Art Nouveau Bronze
Pan of Rohallion
by Fredrick William Mac Monies, 1890 Orig
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pan boy standing on a ball supported by Fish around the base. Has the two flutes. Signed on the base Frederick William Mac Monies and dated 1890 and with the Foundry seal. Has the ...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Italian Neoclassical Stoneware Statue of Bacchus
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Italian Neoclassical buff stoneware statue of Resting Satyr, after the antique.
Dating circa 1880, this French sculpture is of a small scale in a desirable neutral tone...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
19th Century Pair of Ebony Elephants
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A charming pair of ebony elephants sculpted out of solid ebony, modelled in a striding stance, also more unusual having the textured surface giving them better effect. In good condition with no breaks, nicely patinated surface and still retaining the original carved bone tusks...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bone, Ebony
One of a Kind Antique Carved Wood Group Statue Sculpture by Emile Boisseau
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique 19th century French wooden sculpture.
This large and figural group is titled 'La Defense Du Foyer' which translates as 'the protection of the spous.' This impressive sculpture is in good and original condition and this ripped hunter defenitely looks ready to fight off anyone or anything threatening his spous.
This sculpture is attributed to Emile Andre...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Figure of Narcissus 1870, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique Grand Tour patinated bronze figure of Narcissus, dating from the last quarter of the 19th Century.
Narcissus was a hunter in Greek mythology and he was di...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century American Bronze Sculpture Wild Stag on Marble Plinth
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th-century bronze sculpture depicts a wild stag in mid-call, standing on a textured base that evokes natural elements. The piece showcases intricate detailing with except...
Category
American Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Ivory handle walking stick, depicting a portrait of Louis Philippe, France 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: ivory carved handle depicting a refined portrait of Louis Philippe, King of France. Malacca wood shaft. Silver gilt engraved ring. Metal ferrule. France circa 1870. (S...
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Ivory, Wood
19th Century Large Austrian Parrots
Flowers Cache Pot
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century Large Austrian Parrots & Flowers Cache Pot.
Height / 12 inches.
Diameter / 12 inches.
Category
Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Carrara Marble Sculpture Signed A. Batacchi, Italy, Florence, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Carrara marble sculpture signed A. Batacchi, Italy, Florence, late 19th century.
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Late 19th Century Black Forest Bronze Dog Collar Wall Rack Sculpture Bulldog
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A refined wall sculpture of a Bulldog coming out of a doghouse with a branch in its mouth. Made of brown patinated bronze. With refined casting details such as the wood grain of the ...
Category
German Black Forest Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French "Moliere" and "Cornielle" Patinated Bronzes
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of French Patinated Bronze Sculptures of "Moliere" and "Cornielle", late 19th century, each standing playwright on a black marble plinth, unsigned. 21.5" H x 7.5" W x 6.5" D.
Category
French Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Grecian Female Bronze Head Sculpture
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Classical Greek female figure in bronze. Wonderful patina.
Category
European Greek Revival Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Staffordshire Figurine "Young Lady Side Saddle on Horse", circa 1885
Located in Incline Village, NV
Late 19th century Staffordshire porcelain figurine depicts a young well-dressed lady riding a handsome white horse "side saddle". She is colorful dressed i...
Category
Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bronze Young Girl By Hippolyte Francois Moreau "Mignon"
Located in Norwood, NJ
Hippolyte Francois Moreau (1832 - 1927) French. "Mignon" young girl with mandolin. Rich brown patina. Signed original 19th century Bronze. Br...
Category
French Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
Italian Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Antique Italian Alabaster Sculpture of Leda
the Swan
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A mid-late 19th century antique Italian alabaster sculpture depicting Leda and the Swan mounted on a green marble base. This figure of neoclassical interest is brilliantly detailed, ...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Jean-Baptise Germain "La Pensee" Patinated Bronze
Located in Astoria, NY
Jean-Baptise Germain (French, 1841-1910) "La Pensee" Patinated Bronze Figural Sculpture, late 19th century, the standing figure with outstretched arm and holding a book, signed to ba...
Category
French Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large buffalo sculpture, stoneware
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This is a late 19th century or early 20th century glazed stoneware sculpture of an American buffalo… this is a large and heavy sculpture, 27 1/2 inches long 20 1/2 inches high and a...
Category
American Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Rare Late 19th C. Cast Iron Hand Molds By V. Clad
Sons Philadelphia
Located in Stamford, CT
A rare late 19th century 2 part cast Iron doll hand or candy mold by V. Clad & Sons Philadelphia. Very nice untouched color. No damage. will stand on its own. Pictured in "Out Of Han...
Category
American American Craftsman Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Iron
1876 The Family of Serbs Russian Imperial Porcelain Manufacture August Spiess
Located in Malmö, SE
Beautiful, extremely rare and valuable unglazed Bisque Porcelain group depicting a family of Serbs. An armed man is saying goodbye to his wife and little son before leaving for war against Turks.
Manufacture : Russian Imperial Porcelain...
Category
Russian Empire Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Japanese Gilt Bronze Komainu by Ishikawa Komei, Meiji Period
Located in Austin, TX
A striking pair of Japanese gilt bronze komainu by the renowned Japanese sculptor, Ishikawa Komei (1852-1913), Meiji period, Japan.
The pair well cast, and robustly modeled. They ar...
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A plaster cast: the head of Alexander the Great, Italy 1890.
Located in Milan, IT
Column-shaped plinth and rectangular cartouche engraved with the name in Greek of the depicted subject. A plaster cast of the head of Alexander the Great is set on the base. A cast f...
Category
Italian Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
19th - 20th Century European Stone Counterbalance - Antique Décor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique European counterbalance made of hand crafted stone, in good condition. The detailed décor piece is composed with a draw well. Minor fading due to age. Wear consistent with...
Category
European Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal
A Pair of Seated Italian Rosso Verona Marble Lions, Late 19th Early 20th C
Located in valatie, NY
A Pair of Italian Rosso Verona Marble Lions, Late 19th Early 20th C. Pictured from Wikipedia is a Column-bearing lion in Red Verona marble from Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo. Also pi...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Marble
19th Century Diana the Huntress Bronze Bas Relief Wall Plaque
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
19th century diana the huntress bronze bas relief wall plaque. Diana with raised bow and hunting dog near her side.
We have specialized in the sale of...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Second Empire French Doré Gilt Bronze Vases or Urns
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique French gilt bronze vases.
Decorated with an assembly of musical instruments, a gourd, and even a hat.
Extremely solid and finely cast, these urns or vas...
Category
French Empire Revival Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bronze Statue of Arlequin by René de Saint-Marceaux
Located in London, GB
A bronze Statuette of Arlequin
by Charles-René de Paul de Saint-Marceaux
Cast by Barbedienne. The mischievous Harlequin, arms crossed in contemplation, wearing a grin and a mask, tr...
Category
French Belle Époque Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique Orientalist Terracotta Busts
Located in London, GB
Pair of late 19th century Terracotta Busts featuring Orientalist figures, both busts wearing a headscarf and a necklace.
Category
Austrian Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
$3,431 / set
19th Century French Majolica Pedestal Column with Elephants
Located in Austin, TX
Rare spectacular 19th Century French Majolica Pedestal Column With 3 Elephants and leaves.
Category
French Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Bronze “Chiens de Saint-Bernard” Signed Charles Valton
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring sculptural depth and masculine elegance to a library, study, or office with this finely cast bronze animalier group. Created in Paris circa 1890, the composition portrays two S...
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
14k Gold Mounted Agate Bird on Fluorite Stone, Mounted on Black Glass
Located in Long Island City, NY
A 14K Gold Mounted Agate Bird on Fluorite Stone, Mounted on Black Glass, 20th century.
A really nice and cool object - a true collectors piece. Part of a...
Category
Unknown Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Agate, Gold
$2,475 Sale Price
44% Off
Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Streptopelia turtur) Dove on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cab...
Category
Italian Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers
19th Century Chinese Antique Wooden Figure of the Medicine Buddha Bhaishajyaguru
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large, antique Chinese figure of the Medicine Buddha Bhaishajyaguru made of hand crafted gilded, partly lacquered Tropical wood, in good condition. The sculpture is dressed in a fl...
Category
Chinese Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
19th Century Bronze Tazza Dish, Casted by Oudry, Paris
By A. Oudry
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique bronze tazza, a bowl on a high foot. The bowl is decorated with graceful flowers and dates from the late 19th century. Multicolored patina.
The bowl is signed Oudry, a well-known French designer of bronze statues and ornamental objects. The tazza is of a very fine quality and in good condition.
L. Oudry & Cie stands for Leopold Oudry...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nun Reading Gospels Patinated Plaster Statue French, Late 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Patinated plaster french statue of a religious reading the Bible.
Antique French, circa 1880s
This nun character inspires serenity.
Created in 1855, the Giscard Manufacture in Tou...
Category
French Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
$399 Sale Price
31% Off
French Palissy François Maurice Majolica Lobster Wall Plaque, Circa 1870
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Palissy School of Paris Majolica hanging wall plaque, France, modeled by François Maurice, circa 1870-1875.
Modeled from life, this extremely dimensional and realistic piece is gl...
Category
French Renaissance Revival Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Important Meissen Porcelain Groups of Caparisoned Elephants and Soldiers
Located in New York, NY
An important pair of Meissen Porcelain Groups depicting "Alexander The Great Concurring India". Modeled with Alexander the great's three warriors/soldiers riding on caparisoned eleph...
Category
German Rococo Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pietro Bazzanti, Italian 19th Carved Marble Figure Semi-Nude Young Bather Girl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pietro Bazzanti - Barzanti (Italian, 1825-1895) "After the Bath" - a very Fine and large carved white Carrara marble figure of a semi-nude young maiden standing by the sea-shore. The smiling and posing young beauty, with bare breasts and back, her right arm juxtaposed over her head, while holding a blanket over her waist with her left hand and standing barefoot by a rocky seawall and wavy shoreline. Signed 'P. Barzanti/Florence' (on reverse) and raised on a cylindrical swiveling carved verde antico solid marble pedestal. circa: Florence, 1880-1890.
Pietro Bazzanti or Barzanti (Italian, 1825-1895) was a 19th Century Italian sculptor born in Florence. Together with his brother, Niccolò Bazzanti (Firenze, 1802-1869) who was also a sculptor, they both worked the sprawling Florentine studio 'Pietro Bazzanti e Figlio' a hugely successful sculpture studio, operated within the family at their gallery on Lungarno Corsini until the mid-twentieth century. The studio was a place where many talented professors and apprentice sculptors specialized in sculpting marble...
Category
Italian Greco Roman Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
$174,500 Sale Price
36% Off
19th Century Grand Tour Roman Bronze Oil Lamp with Dolphins and Lions
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Grand Tour bronze oil lamp in the ancient Roman style with dolphin handles. The dolphin shown attacking an octopus on a rock. D...
Category
English Grand Tour Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Adjustable Dressmaker Skinny Mannequin , Austria, 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A great looking originally used by Austrian tailors and dressmakers for draping, alterations, and creating the latest fashion, this vintage dressmaker mannequin...
Category
Austrian Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Wood
French White Terracotta Majolica Rabbit Bavent, circa 1890
By Bavent
Located in Austin, TX
French white terracotta rabbit signed Bavent, circa 1890.
(Normandy).
Size / Length: 9 inches on 4.5 inches, height / 4.8 inches.
Category
French Rustic Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Italian Bronze Girl and her Puppy Sculpture by Antonio Lanzirotti
Located in Newark, England
Young Girl and Her Spaniel
From our sculpture collection, we are delighted to offer this Italians Bronze Group by Lanzirotti. The Italian Bronze stood on an octagonal bronze base w...
Category
Italian High Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A big diorama with crystals, butterflies and flowers, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A large cabinet of curiosities diorama with natural crystal specimens and multicolored butterflies, mounted under an oval blown glass bell jar, with a black lacquered poplar base. An...
Category
Italian Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Pair Of 19th Century Meiji Period Japanese Bronze Partridges On Hardwood Base
Located in Dublin, IE
A beautiful pair of 19th century Meiji period Japanese Bronze fan tailed Partridges, on a shaped wooden base.
Circa 1900
Japan
H: 9 in / 23 cm ; Base: W: 13.77 in / 35 cm ; D: 8.6...
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Brown Westhead Moore Majolica Owl Figure
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Brown Westhead Moore & Co majolica figural which features an owl perched on a branch. The owl with original glass eyes. Coloration: brown, cream, ...
Category
English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
Rare Oversize Black Forest Swiss Carved Wooden Grazing Cow with Bell on Neck
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare oversize Black Forest Swiss hand-carved wooden cow from circa 1880. This exquisitely hand-carved wooden cow is a pristine example of Black For...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bronze Art Nouveau Nude Women Letter Wax Seal Stamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Late Victorian bronze Art Nouveau nude women letter Wax seal stamp unused and never monogrammed.
Circa 1890.
Category
American Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$510 Sale Price
40% Off
A Bronze Sculpture of a Seated Female Scholar, France Late 19th Century
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A 19th century patinated bronze sculpture of a female scholar, France. The patinated surface with some remnants of gilt highlights with an ebonized wood base. The seated figure with...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Italian Marble
Alabaster Sculpture with Pedestal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Traditional Late 19th Century Italian sculpture. Carved with fine marble and pink alabaster, this piece depicts a beautiful young woman draped in a flowing robe dress that cascades i...
Category
Italian Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Sculpture in silver and malachite, depicting a dancing bear, Russia 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Silver sculpture depicting a piper, a dancer and a small dancing bear in the centre. Malachite base in the shape of a crescent moon Russia, around 1880.
Category
Russian Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Malachite, Silver
Important Antique Italian Carved Marble Bust of a Woman, by Giovanni Dupré, 1877
By Giovanni Dupre
Located in Dallas, TX
This marble bust of a woman was hand-carved in marble that has a stark white hue with some areas of gray patination. The bust is signed “G. Dupre F. 1877” on the edge, indicating tha...
Category
Italian Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble
Three Dogs Burrowing ‘Chase Au Lapin’, by Pierre-Jules Mêne
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pierre-Jules Mêne, French, 1810-1879
Three dogs burrowing ‘Chase au Lapin’
French sculptor and animalière. He is considered one of the pioneers of animal ...
Category
French Sporting Art Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
French
Les Deux Rats Et L
Oeuf
Marble Mounted Bronze Inkwell
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An antique French novelty bronze inkwell modeled as 'Les deux rats et l'oeuf' mounted on a red veined marble base and dating from the latter 19th century. The inkwell is based on the...
Category
French French Provincial Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Bust entitled "Silvia" by Emmanuel Villanis
Located in London, GB
A very fine late 19th century French bronze bust of an attractive classical maiden modelled in the Art Nouveau style, with fabulous multi hued patination of brown and a subtle green, accentuating the excellent hand finished detail. Signed E Villanis, with Societe des Bronzes foundry seal, numbered and with raised title to the fore.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 28 cm
Width: 16 cm
Depth: 10 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
circa: 1890
Materials: Bronze
Book Ref: Emmanuel Villanis by Josje Hortulanus-de Mik
Page No: 79
SKU: 8775
ABOUT
Sylvia Ballet - Silvia
Sylvia, (the spelling is different in french) is a classical ballet. It features a nondescript mythical setting and a late nineteenth-century score, in which it's themes correlate to giving it a more classical feel, however, it was quite revolutionary for its time. The score was and still is recognized for its greatness. Delibes' work is certainly the best appreciated aspect of the ballet for its innovation, creativity, and maturity. Frederick Ashton's choreography complements the music very well in this respect, staying true to the spirit of the original production while incorporating modern techniques and adding his own unique touch.
The ballet itself follows Sylvia who is a loyal follower of Diana (the goddess of the hunting and chassitity). The story starts with Sylvia being stalked by the diety Eros. When she discovers this they fire their bows at each other respectively. However only Eros's shot is true and wounds Sylvia. This is where she is kidnapped by an unknown assailant later revealed to be Orion.
Sylvia escapes the caves of Orion by getting her captor intoxicated and pleading to Eros to rescue her. When he begrudgingly rescues her he takes her to the temple of Diana where her love awaits. This leads her to repeal her oath of Chassity taken as a follower of Diana.
Emmanuel Villanis
Emmanuel Villanis was an industrious man. He is believed to have created some 200 to 250 pieces. His oeuvre pre-eminently consisted of busts and full body statues. Most of these were manufactured in bronze, but there are also models in white metal and terra cotta. Different patinas were used. The bronzes were mainly cast by the Societé de Bronzes de Paris and can be recognised by the round stamp...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Late 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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