"Work and Industry", Large Allegorical Relief Panel w/ Half Nude American Indian

Superbly sculpted and highly detailed, this very fine bronze relief dated 1892 -- designed by Lodovico Pogliaghi and sculpted by Angelo Cappuccio for Stefano Johnson in Milan -- depi...

Boldly sculpted and beautifully finished with a deep mossy green glaze, this bas relief sculpture depicts a nude Hercules, possibly carrying the Cretan bull, followed by a robed fema...

Demonstrating his mastery of allegorical subjects and the nude figure, this large octagonal sculptural bronze panel, featuring a nude male figure reaching out to constrain the rising...

A fine example of allegorical sculpture from the 1920s, this bronze plaque by a Swedish sculptor features a nude male figure radiating light, flanked by two other nudes representing ...

A Grand Tour heavy bronze bas-relief of a classical scene showing a retinue of six figures consisting of two nude standing males and three classically draped maidens including Athena...

Large 18th Century Cast Iron Fireback with Mythological Scene This impressive antique cast iron fireback, dating to the 178th century, features a beautifully detailed mythological r...

An exceptional and most decorative Austrian 19th century patinated bronze, giltwood and Ebony wall plaque signed K. Sterrer. The striking wall decor is centered by the wonderfully executed patinated bronze plaque depicting a handsome sculptor in his atelier draped in a flowing garment working on a bust of a woman resting on a stool while holding his hammer and chisel. He is standing on a wall bracket like element with an impressive open winged eagle above an acorn finial, a tied carpenter's square and a tied bell hammer with a caliper and fine foliate branches at his feet. In the background is a beautiful maiden also draped in a wonderful flowing garment siting with her legs crossed on the plinth of a capital where another maiden, possibly a statue, is standing with a globe and sextant in her hand with plaques, busts, wings and curtains above. The plaque is set within an elegant mottled giltwood frame with beautiful richly carved wrap around berried laurel bands with a fine angled ebonized Fruitwood border. All original gilt and patina throughout. Karl Sterrer...

Francisco Xavier de Viveiros Costa (1914 / 1997) Low relief in plaster depicting an African scene, in a woodframe Signed and dated 1941 161,5x215,5 cm supplied with wall hanging brackets , Native of São Miguel...