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Item Ships From: France
Georges BASTARD Art Deco White Boxer Porcelain Bottle 1924, Paris Olympic Games
By Georges Bastard
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco white boxer porcelain bottle by Georges BASTARD (Paris), France, ca.1924. Designed by Margerie. White porcelain made in Limoges. Height : 10.4"(26.5cm), Width : 3.9"...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Maurice Bouval Bronze Art Nouveau
By Maurice Bouval
Located in NANTES, FR
Maurice Bouval bronze with gilded patina signed M.Bouval and stamp of founder on a marble base portor.
Length: base 11 cm
Depth: 9,6 cm
Height: 30,...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Ceramic Decorative Sculpture
Bloom
by Anne Breton, France.
Located in London, GB
'Bloom' Sculpture by Anne Breton
Material: Stoneware, pigmented slip
Dimensions: H 51 x Ø 21 cm
Year: 2024
Unique piece, made in Lille (France).
Anne Breton is a beligium ceramicis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Post-Modern France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Ant Nelson, Bust Of A Woman, Alabaster, Late 19th Century
By Anton Nelson
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Beautiful alabaster bust of an elegant woman with a hat and a ribbon in her hair; the base is decorated with flowers/leaves
This bust is signed on the back Ant Nelson: this is the p...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
M Ventura, Nude Of A Woman, Signed Bronze, Late 20th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large patinated bronze sculpture of a nude woman, seated on a wooden base
Signature M Ventura P under the foot - from the 1980s
Light patina wear - cracks on the wooden base
...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Roman She-wolf, Grand Tour, Antique Bronze, Late 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Roman Wolf, large antique patinated bronze of the Capitoline she-wolf, on a green marble base.
This sculpture illustrates the legend of the founding of ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gabriel Beauvais Rare Art Deco Terracotta Sculpture Leda and the Swan, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Leda and the Swan Sculpture by Gabriel Beauvais, France, 1920s. This striking and rare sculpture, titled Leda and the Swan, was created by the French artist Gabriel Beauvais in the 1...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century White Marble Sculpture “La Baigneuse” inspired by Falconet
By Étienne Maurice Falconet
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A charming white marble sculpture depicting a young maiden preparing to bathe, inspired by the famous marble “Nymphe qui Descend au Bain” (also known as “La Baigneuse”), by Etienne-M...
Category
19th Century French Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Henri GAUQUIE The Sower French Sculpture, ca.1910
By Henri Desire Gauquie
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Rare French bronze sculpture by Henri Désiré GAUQUIE (1858-1927), France, ca.1910. The sower. Height : 18.25"(46.4cm), Width : 7.9"(20cm), Depth : 8.1"(20.5cm). A sharp line, an indi...
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture – The Anthropomorphic Cabinet – Salvador Dalí
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
The Anthropomorphic Cabinet is a bronze sculpture inspired by Salvador Dalí, depicting a stylized human body transformed into a cabinet with multiple drawers. Each drawer, positioned...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
US Astronaut NASA Sculpture Life-Size in Resin
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture life-size in Resin US Astronaut NASA.
Made in 2018.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Bronze Sculpture of a Gaulish Chief, Signed FREMIET.
By Emmanuel Fremiet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze sculpture of a Gaulish chief, signed FREMIET.
Bronze sculpture signed FREMIET, representing a Gaulish chief, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
H: 37cm, W: 26cm, D: 8,5cm
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1960 Vide Poche Sculpture in Wood, Animals Holding a Bowl
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
African Vide Poche and sculpture, withanAnimals holding a bowl in wood,
1960 Sculpture in wood.
Category
1960s Beninese Minimalist Vintage France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
White Ceramic Vase " Sleepy Idole" Signed by French Ceramist DALO
By Dalo
Located in Paris, FR
Famous sculpture "Idole", decorative vase in clay with stylized face, handmade by French ceramicists DALO
Earthenware with white enamel. One of a kind
Measures: H 27 cm x L 19 cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Stylized South Arabian Stele in Sandstone – Pre-Islamic Primitive Sculpture
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This South Arabian sandstone stele is a decorative sculpture inspired by the pre-Islamic funerary pillars of ancient Yemen. Entirely hand-carved in natural, sand-toned stone, it refl...
Category
20th Century Yemeni Primitive France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Robert Bousquet French Art Deco Bronze Dancer Sculpture, Late 1910s
By Robert Bousquet
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Genuine French Art Deco sculpture by Robert Bousquet, France, late 1910s. "Tambourine woman dancing", A jester's rattle on the base. Genuine bronze and marble. Bronze, not spelter. O...
Category
1910s French Art Deco Vintage France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Le. Rêve"- Hippolyte François Moreau (1832-1927) Figurative Bronze Sculpture
By Hippolyte François Moreau
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"The Dream" - Hippolyte François Moreau (1832-1927)
Figurative bronze sculpture
"The Dream", Figurative bronze sculpture with brown patina
On a rotating base bearing a cartouche en...
Category
1880s French Belle Époque Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Flying Mercury, After Giambologna, Bronze Lamp, 19th Century
By Giambologna
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Bronze sculpture "Flying Mercury", after Giambologna, mounted as a lamp, on a green marble column base decorated with a bronze frieze, with allegories of the Arts.
Wear and tear ...
Category
19th Century European Classical Roman Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
The Kiss – Stunning Bronze Sculpture Inspired by Gustav Klimt
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bring the timeless romance of Gustav Klimt’s masterpiece into three-dimensional form with this exquisite bronze sculpture. Inspired by the iconic painting The Kiss from Klimt’s “Gold...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
16th Century Southern Germany Carved Wood Bracket Depicting a Mermaid
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
In Medieval Europe and even more during the early 16th century fantastic beasts could be found in Bestiaries, a literary genre close to poetry. A bestiary used the characteristics of...
Category
16th Century German Renaissance Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Henri Molins-Balleste French Art Deco Walkyrie Sculpture 1920
By Enrique Molins-Balleste
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco Walkyrie sculpture by Henri MOLINS-BALLESTE, France, ca.1920. Spelter, marble and onyx. Width : 21.3"(54cm), Height : 14"(35.7cm), Depth: 5.1"(13cm). Engraved "Balles...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Spelter
Large One of a Kind Ceramic Sculpture Vase Signed Dalo
By Dalo
Located in Paris, FR
Hand-sculpted ceramic Sculpture or decorative vase "Kanan" with stylized face
One of a kind handmade piece signed by the French ceramicists DALO, 2025
The height is 37 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Gothic Virgin and Child from Flanders
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Exhibition
Museum Cantini, 1952, The art of the Middle Ages in the Marseille collections, n°101
Provenance
Former collection Louis Bresset (before 1952)
Former collection Profe...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Dutch Gothic Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Ceramic Sculpture "Malin", Lisa Larson for Gustavsberg, Sweden 1961
Located in St Ouen, FR
Charming ceramic subject from the naive and warm world of Lisa Larson.
In perfect original condition, the piece is signed on both feet of the sculpture.
Lisa Larson - b.1931 d.2024 ...
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Virgin and Child in Majesty
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Virgin and child in majesty
Origine: castille
Epoque: early 14th century
Measures: Height: 72cm
Length: 30cm
Depth: 25cm
Polychrome and gi...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$42,097
Victor Segoffin (1868-1925) : "Winged Victory", patinated bronze C. 1920/30
By Victor Segoffin
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Victor SEGOFFIN (1868-1925, France) :"'Winged Victory"(Memorial to the Polytechnicians who died in 1914-1918)
Bronze with a dark brown patina
Signed with the artist's monogram 'V...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Virgin and Child "Sedes Sapientiae", Seat of Holy Wisdom
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Virgin and child sedes sapientiae, seat of holy wisdom
Origin : Northern Spain, castile, navarre or galicia.
Period : early 13th century.
Heigh...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bronze Sculpture "IMPERIAL FRENCH CUIRASSIER 1804" - Italian mid 19th Century
Located in TEYJAT, FR
Impressive Bronze Sculpture - "Imperial French Cuirassier 1804" mid 19th Century.
A beautifully detailed bronze sculpture of a soldier mounted on his horse bearing the insignia of Napoleon with silver and gold gilt and polychrome patina. On an onyx base (some small losses and chips).
Plate mentioning "Corazziere Imperiale Francia 1804 64/200". This piece is a limited edition and numbered 64 out of 200 made.
The phrase "Corazziere Imperiale Francia 1804" appears to be Italian. It translates to "Imperial French Cuirassier 1804" in English. Cuirassiers were heavy cavalry units in European armies, and "Imperial French Cuirassier" refers to a specific type of cavalryman serving in the French Imperial Army during the Napoleonic era, particularly around the year 1804 when Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned Emperor of the French. The Imperial Guard...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
$3,876 Sale Price
44% Off
Michel Guyot : "Sheeted Venus", Patinated Original Bronze Sculpture 1/8, C. 1980
By Jacques Guyot
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Michel GUYOT (1948-, France) : "Sheeted Venus" , original dark brown patinated bronze sculpture circa 1980 cast by Susse Foundry
Original proof in made of patinated bronze / Epreuve...
Category
1980s French Neoclassical Revival Vintage France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large French Art Nouveau Polychrome Plaster Statue of a Floral Maiden, c.1900
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This stunning Art Nouveau sculpture is a large-scale painted plaster figure of a partially draped female nude adorned with flowers and flowing drapery. Sculpted with remarkable grace...
Category
Early 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Paint
Bronze Sculpture, Woman nude, XXth century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture in bronze, Girl with Leaning Leg. Bronze, the young girl rests one foot on a raised form, her chin leaning on her hand — a gesture of quiet reflection.
Contact us before o...
Category
20th Century French Modern France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wood Sculpture Depicting John the Baptist
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This wood scultpure showing fine traces of polychromy depicts John the Baptist, one the Old Testament’s last prophets and the first martyr of the New Testament. He is easily recognizable with the lamb he is carrying in his left hand. The way the artist has carved the face exudes a spiritual strenght inherited from previous centuries.
Description
Saint John the Baptist is depicted bare feet, seated in a hieratic manner. His elongated face is marked by a beard and a moustache. The straight nose and wide eyes indicate a Spanish origin. This asumption is reaffirmed by the Saint’s resigned expression.
His parted hair frames his face while uncovering his ears.
He wears a round collar red-orange tunic, draped onto the body and belted at the waist. A flap of his green coat covers his knees and falls down in stylized pleats.
Following iconographic rules Saint John the Baptist is pointing with his right hand the lamb seated...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Spanish Gothic Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H Plé (1853-1922), Siot Decauville, The Gauls, Large Signed Bronze, Late 19th Ce
By Siot-Decauville
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large and beautiful bronze with brown patina representing a valiant Gallic warrior embracing a child
This sculpture with multiple details is signed Henri Plé and bears the stamp of...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Abstract terracotta sculpture from the 1950s with a French origin.
By Henri Laurens, André Bloc, Jean Arp
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
This terracotta sculpture from the 1950s originates from a workshop in the south of France. Despite a few minor imperfections, it perfectly embodies the artistic spirit of that era. ...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass
Cesar Manrique, Model of Ceramique, circa 1960-1970
By César Manrique
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Cesar Manrique (1919-1992) ( model of) ceramique circa 1960-1970.
These are small official prints made after Cesar Manrique.
It's not a unique piece mad...
Category
1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Salvatore Melani Young Lady and Lamb Sculpture, 1920
By Salvatore Melani
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco sculpture by Salvatore Melani, France, 1920s. "Lady with a lamb". Spelter, marble & onyx. Height: 8.5"(21.5cm), Width:17.65"(45cm), Depth: 5.3"(13.5cm). Signed "S.Mel...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Sculpture in Patinated Bronze by Mathurin Moreau, 19th Century.
By Mathurin Moreau
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture in patinated bronze by Mathurin Moreau, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
Sculpture in patinated bronze, base in griotte marble, 19th century, Napoleon III period by Math...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"The Resignation", Salvador Dali, Bronze Statue
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze sculpture The Resignation inspired by Salvador Dalí, depicting a human head with a hand covering the face, symbolizing withdrawal, silence, and inward reflection. Cast in pati...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
16th Century Polychrome Reliquary of a Monk
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
The monk is depicted with an oval face, marked with high and strong cheekbones, sunken cheeks, strong jawbones and a cleft chin. His almond shaped eyes are opened under very strong a...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Woman Bust, Alabaster, 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Charming alabaster bust of a young woman. Her head is covered with a small peasant bonnet. On this bonnet, a pretty bow is perfectly sculpted. A few strands of wavy hair are escaping...
Category
19th Century French Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
$2,501 Sale Price
20% Off
1912 Rene Lalique, Statuette Moyenne Voilee Opalescent Glass with Blue Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Statuette "Moyenne Voilee" made in opalescent glass with blue patina by René Lalique in 1912.
Engraved signature on bottom.
Perfect original condition. Extremely rare model.
heigh...
Category
1910s French Art Deco Vintage France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Bronze Of Saint Louis, Signed By Emmanuel Fremiet
By Emmanuel Fremiet
Located in Charmes, FR
Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910), Saint Louis, silver-patinated bronze Signed on the bronze base, and with the initials of Saint Louis on the front. Presented on a Napoleonic red marble ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$4,203 / item
Black Faun Wall Decorative Ceramic Mask circa 1950 French Midcentury
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Wall ceramic mask, circa 1950
French midcentury ceramic mask with elegant black ceramic glaze color.
Original perfect conditions
Measures: Height 24 cm, large 22 cm, depth 7...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Religious Sculpture in Plaster, 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Religious sculpture in plaster, 20th century.
20th century religious sculpture in painted plaster.
H: 45cm, W: 32cm, D: 16cm
Category
20th Century French Renaissance Revival France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Giraffe woman, water carrier, in the style of Karl Hagenauer
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Paris, FR
Stunning Bronze of an African lady carrying water, in the style of Karl Hagenauer (1898-1956), 1970’s, Bronze with double black and gilt patina, pierced for electrification
Dimensions : 163.5 cm / 64,37 inches
Stunning life-size bronze sculpture of an African woman...
Category
1970s Austrian Modern Vintage France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture in Patinated Bronze Signed Antonin Mercié, 19th Century.
By Antonin Mercie
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture in patinated bronze signed Antonin Mercié, 19th century.
A 19th century patinated bronze sculpture by Antonin Mercié, Napoleon III period.
H: 69cm, W: 30cm, D: 32cm
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze "The Girl with the Bird and the Shell" After Pigalle
By Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture in patinated bronze representing a seated child feeding a bird, after Pigalle.
The original "the girl with the bird and the shell" is a counterpart of "the child with the cage" by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle.
The naked child...
Category
1890s French Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture – The Anthropomorphic Cabinet – Salvador Dalí
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
The Anthropomorphic Cabinet is a bronze sculpture depicting a stylized human body with integrated drawers, symbolizing layers of the unconscious and repressed memories. The piece ref...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Sculpture Signed Carlier
By Émile Nestor Joseph Carlier 1
Located in NANTES, FR
Large art deco illuminating sculpture, circa 1930.
Spelter sculpture on marble base.
Opalescent glass ball soap bubble.
In perfect condition and electrified
Length: 17,5 cm
Diam...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Sculpture in Patinated Bronze, Signed Bouret, XXth Century, Art Deco Style.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture in patinated bronze representing Pierro in the moonlight, signed Bouret, XXth century, Art Deco style.
A patinated bronze sculpture of Pierro in the moonlight, signed Bour...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Burgundy Christ, 15th century
Located in PARIS, FR
A huge Burgundy 15th century Christ on its cross.
Oak wood .
Cross is modern.
Damages, some parts missing.
98x83 cm without the cross.
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Renaissance Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Gilt Bronze Sculpture, Onyx Base by Joe Descomps, 1900, Art Nouveau.
By Joe Descomps Cormier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Gilt bronze sculpture, onyx base by Joe Descomps, 1900, Art Nouveau.
An Art Nouveau sculpture by Joe Descomps of a dancer with a mask, circa 1900, gilt bronze and onyx base.
H: 44cm...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
E Marioton, Pompeian Dancer, Signed Bronze, Late 19th Early 20th Century
By Eugene Marioton
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large bronze dancer with a brown patina, on a green marble base: she bears the name of Pompeian Dancer on a cartouche. She plays delicately with her veil, balanced on one foot, on a ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Rare Gilded Zinc Bull
s Head Butcher
s Sign
Located in Buisson, FR
Amazing and extremely rare to find zinc bull head . This piece was originally used as a trade sign for a butcher shop. It even still has its original gilding. France circa 1850-1900...
Category
19th Century French Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Zinc
$4,149 Sale Price
48% Off
Sculpture in Polychrome Wood Representing Saint Anthony Hermit
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture In Polychrome Wood Representing Saint Anthony Hermit
Origin : East of France
Period : End of the 15th century
Measures: Height : 97 cm
Width : 32 cm
Depth : 26 cm
Polychrome wood
The saint is represented by an old, bearded man, dressed in a hooded monk’s habit over the tunic of his religious order. He is stood upright, holding an open book, La Règle des Antonnites, in his right hand. In the other hand, he is holding a staff in the form of the Greek letter tau with a rosary hanging down over it. At his feet lies a pig wearing a small bell around its neck.
He rests on his right leg, whilst the left advances forward as if he were about to start walking. His belted tunic, forming several rectilinear pleats, is covered by a habit which is open only at the waist, therefore revealing these pleats. He is also wearing a hooded scapular over his shoulders.
His thick hair escapes from under a distinctive hat, forming a collection of finely sculpted ringlets. This fine detail is also applied to the four long ringlets of his superb beard, which sit just below the shorter ones of his moustache.
His face is a picture of harmony, with lowered eyes and his small mouth lost amongst the abundance of hair.
At his feet on a pedestal of flames, hinting to the fire of Saint Anthony no doubt, a pig trying to scratch its ear.
Born in 251 in Upper Egypt, he withdrew into solitude at a very young age. He would have been plagued in the desert with extremely diabolical temptations.
He payed a visit to Saint Paul the hermit towards the end of his life. He was the dean of the Thébaïde anchorites, who was miraculously fed by a crow. On the day that Saint Anthony visited, the crow brought two portions of bread in its beak instead of one.
Some time after, having learnt of the death of his venerable brother, Saint Anthony went to bury him with the help of two lions.
The King of Catalonia pleaded to come and exorcise his posessed wife and children. He left Thébaïde for Barcelona. He appeared at the house of the provost André, bringing him a sow in his mouth, a monstrous piglet born without eyes. André wanted to kill it but Anthony stopped him, telling him that the poor beast wanted to ask for healing, as the King had done for his offspring.
He made a sign of the cross on the piglet and it suddenly acquired its sight and the members which it did not have at birth. After which, André, guided by Saint Anthony, exorcised the Queen of Catalonia in the same way whilst she knelt at his feet.
Théophile discovered the body of Saint Anthony wrapped in a palm fibre tunic which he had been given by Saint Paul the Hermit.
In the Red Sea Desert there are two Coptic, IV century, monasteries which stand next to each other, one dedicated to Saint Anthony, the other to Saint Paul the Hermit. They are the oldest monasteries in the Christian world.
The body of the famous hermit was transported to Constantinople and would have been transferred into the abbaye, Saint Antoine-en-Viennois, Dauphine.
The Antonnite Order was a charitable order which specialised in treating contagious diseases. The fire of Saint Anthony, was identified by doctors as a grangrenous ergotism, caused by a diet of rye bread contaminated with the parasite ergot. The effect of this is the drying out of hands and feet which then need amputation, the plague and then later syphilis. All the skin diseases came from Saint Anthony.
Saint Anthony’s pilgrimage to Dauphine rivaled that of Saint Jacques to Compostela. Thanks to the various commanderies created by the mother house, Saint Anthony’s cult spread throughout Christianity.
In order to maintain commanderies and their hospitals, the Antonnites resorted to pig farming. They enjoyed having the benefit of letting their pigs roam freely through the streets of the villages, with little bells round their necks that had a recognisable chime so that they were able to find them. This privilege was very envied by other monastic Orders.
Saint Anthony was the patron saint of several crafts such as basket makers and gravediggers.
However it is to the pig that he owes the majority of his patronages; pigkeepers, pig sellers, butchers, porc butchers, brush makers who use pig bristle and bell-ringers because of the pig bells...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Georges BASTARD Art Deco Tennisman Porcelain Bottle 1924, Paris Olympic Games
By Georges Bastard
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco Tennisman Porcelain Bottle by Georges Bastard (Paris), France, circa 1924, for Abercrombie & Fitch (New York, USA). This striking French Art Deco porcelain bottle, cr...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
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 France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Stone Sculpture, Carved Stone, Contemporary Work.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large stone sculpture, carved stone, contemporary work.
Large sculpture, carved stone, 20th century, beautiful reproduction of a Pierre Balbal sculpture.
These Balbals, carved around 3,000 years ago, were memorial stones planted...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Sculpture in Bronze, Head of a women
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This bronze sculpture it features a serene young woman’s face holding a rose stem between her lips, combining refined cubist form with poetic symbolism.
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20th Century French Modern France Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
One Hour of the Night Bronze Sculpture by Joseph Michel Pollet
By Joseph Pollet
Located in NANTES, FR
"One hour of the night" Bronze sculpture with black brown patina depicting a stretching woman. It rests on an oval base imitating the rock.
Signed on the terrace "Pollet".
Signature of the founder "Gautier & Cie".
Total height: 35.5 cm. 13.9in
width: 25cm. 9.8in
depth: 13cm 5.1in
Weight: 3.5 Kg
In very good condition, note a small patina wear on the elbow.
Joseph-Michel-Ange Pollet born in Palermo on March 11, 1814 and died in Paris on January 1, 18711 is a French sculptor.
Born in Palermo to French parents, Joseph-Michel-Ange Pollet studied sculpture in Italy with Bertel Thorwaldsen, Valerio Villareale and Pietro Tenerani. He came to Paris in 1836, then stayed in Ghent in 1838. After another stay in Italy from 1843 to 1845, he settled permanently in Paris and exhibited for the first time at the Salon of 1846. He won a medal of third class in 1847, a second class medal in 1848 and a first class medal in 1851. In 1855 he was awarded a second class medal at the Universal Exhibition. He was named Knight of the Legion of Honor by decree of June 14, 18563.
Of neoclassical formation, the work of Pollet oscillates between this current and that of romanticism. In 1840, for the bicentenary of his death, he produced the bust of Rubens, the original plaster of which is kept at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. In 1848, he presented at the Salon a large plaster statue...
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1840s French Napoleon III Antique France Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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