Italy - Sculptures

The collaboration between the master craftsmanship of the Venetian glass and the layered geometric form has created this special piece of objet. Architecture is defined through “Spac...

Set of three Murano glass birds. Two of them designed by Alfredo Barbini for VAMSA. Original sticker on the young sparrow.

French bronze dancers sculpture from the 1930s

The glass clown was designed and manufactured in the Mid-Century Modern era in Murano, Italy. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or chiggers.

Artistic Sculpture in Pink Murano glass with crystal details, Italy in stock Dimensions: L 13 cm x H 30 cm x D 13 cm ( L 5.1" x H 11.8" x D 5.1") We recently came across the untouc...

Belonging to the period 1603-1867, most likely between the end of 17th and the beginning of 18th Century, this beautiful armour is a 32-plate suji kabuto made of brown-lacquered iron...

Handcrafted by artists from the Florence-based Romanelli Gallery, this plaster bust depicts Costanza Bonarelli, an Italian noblewoman and merchant famous for having been a subject of Bernini...

Snipe bird sculpture Italy 1970s brass wood.

Sculpture in bronze art Nuragica Sardinia 1960 wood base, represents hero 4 eyes and 4 arm.

Set of six water\drink\wine glasses color Multicolor (petrol green, blue, red, ivory, periwinkle, mustard) - Murano glass - Made in Italy. These individual Murano glasses are inspir...

Green Murano glass duck sculpture, made by Archimede Seguso in the 1950s Ø cm 10.5 Ø cm 5 h cm 9 Archimedes Seguso was a renowned Italian entrepreneur and master glassmaker, consid...

This Vintage Horse Sculpture  is a modern artwork realized in 1927 by an Italian artist. Ceramic sculpture. Signed “Misa 927” on the base. The beautiful ceramic sculpture represent...

Mid-century travertine fish shaped desk organizer / sculpture attributed to Enzo Mari, Fratelli Mannelli, Italy, 1970s H 10 cm 4 × 30 cm Conditions: excellent consistent with ...

Guido Cacciapuoti ceramic horses, 1940.

Rose blossom sculpted entirely by hand starting from a solid block of rare rose quartz. Dimensions: approximately D 12 x H 12 cm. Available in different...

Beautiful polychrome porcelain crucifix from the Meissen factory, one of the oldest and most prestigious European porcelain manufacturers. The brand...

Vintage Murano Glass Clown Sculpture - 1990s/2000s Collectible Art Piece, New in Box Add a touch of whimsical artistry to your collection ...

Torso maschile imponente, peso circa kg 800, scolpito su marmo bianco Carrara poggiante su base travertino Romano ispirato al Doriforo che si trova agli uffizi di Firenze. Modello or...

Vintage Candy Dispenser An authentic icon of the 1990s American aesthetic, this charming "Candy Cable Car Co." candy dispenser is an original Blackdog creation, made in the United S...

FREEVOLLE Twist and go! The Freevolle Lady lamp captures a quiet elegance, with its refined curves, delicate and airy silhouette, it moves with grace—strik...

Ronzan “stile” Jaguar ceramic, 1950, Italy.

A rare and very fine bronze corpus of Christ after a model by Michelangelo, cast ca. 1597-1600 by Juan Bautista Franconio and painted in 1600 by Francisco Pacheco in Seville, Spain. The present corpus reproduces a model attributed to Michelangelo. The best known example, lesser in quality, is one on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET). The association of this corpus with Michelangelo was first brought to light by Manuel Gomez-Moreno (1930-33) who studied the wider circulated casts identified throughout Spain. The attribution to Michelangelo was subsequently followed by John Goldsmith-Phillips (1937) of the MET and again by Michelangelo expert, Charles de Tolnay (1960). While Michelangelo is best known for his monumental works, there are four documented crucifixes he made. The best known example is the large-scale wooden crucifix for the Church of Santa Maria del Santo Spirito in Florence, made in 1492 as a gift for the Prior, Giovanni di Lap Bicchiellini, for allowing him to study the anatomy of corpses at the hospital there. In 1562, Michelangelo wrote two letters to his nephew, Lionardo, indicating his intention to carve a wooden crucifix for him. In 1563 a letter between Lionardo and the Italian sculptor Tiberio Calcagni, mentions this same crucifix (a sketch of a corpus on the verso of a sheet depicting Michelangelo’s designs for St. Peter’s Basillica [Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille] may reproduce this). That Michelangelo was working on small corpora in the last years of his life is further evidenced by the small (26.5 cm) unfinished wooden crucifix located at the Casa Buonarroti, considered his last known sculptural undertaking. Michelangelo’s contemporary biographer, Giorgio Vasari additionally cites that Michelangelo, in his later years, made a small crucifix for his friend, Menighella, as a gift. Surviving sketches also indicate Michelangelo’s study of this subject throughout his career, most notably during the end of his life but also during the 1530s-40s as he deepened his spiritual roots. The occasional cameo of crucified Christ’s throughout his sketched oeuvre have made it challenging for scholars to link such sketches to any documented commissions of importance. All the while, in consideration that such objects were made as gifts, it is unlikely they should be linked with commissions. Nonetheless, a number of theories concerning Michelangelo’s sketches of Christ crucified have been proposed and some may regard the origin of the present sculpture. It has been suggested that the corpus could have its impetus with Michelangelo’s work on the Medici Chapel, whose exclusive design was given to the master. It is sensible smaller details, like an altar cross, could have fallen under his responsibility (see for example British Museum, Inv. 1859,0625.552). Others have noted the possibility of an unrealized large marble Crucifixion group which never came to fruition but whose marble blocks had been measured according to a sheet at the Casa Buonarroti. A unique suggestion is that Michelangelo could have made the crucifix for Vittoria Colonna, of whom he was exceedingly fond and with whom he exchanged gifts along with mutual spiritual proclivities. In particular, Vittoria had an interest in the life of St. Bridget, whose vision of Christ closely resembles our sculpture, most notably with Christ’s proper-left leg and foot crossed over his right, an iconography that is incredibly scarce for crucifixes. The suggestion could add sense to Benedetto Varchi’s comment that Michelangelo made a sculpted “nude Christ…he gave to the most divine Marchesa of Pescara (Vittoria Colonna).” Of that same period, two sketches can be visually linked to our sculpture. Tolnay relates it to a sketch of a Crucified Christ at the Teylers Museum (Inv. A034) of which Paul Joannides comments on its quality as suggestive of preparations for a sculptural work. Joannides also calls attention to a related drawing attributed to Raffaello da Montelupo copying what is believed to be a lost sketch by Michelangelo. Its relationship with our sculpture is apparent. Montelupo, a pupil of Michelangelo’s, returned to Rome to serve him in 1541, assisting with the continued work on the tomb of Pope Julius II, suggesting again an origin for the corpus ca. 1540. The earliest firm date that can be given to the present corpus is 1574 where it appears as a rather crudely conceived Crucifixion panel, flanked by two mourners in low-relief and integrally cast for use as the bronze tabernacle door to a ciborium now located at the Church of San Lorenzo in Padula. Etched in wax residue on the back of the door is the date, 27 January 1574, indicating the corpus would have at least been available as a model by late 1573. The Padula tabernacle was completed by Michelangelo’s assistant, Jacopo del Duca and likely has its origins with Michelangelo’s uncompleted tabernacle for the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels in Rome. The impetus for the Padula tabernacle’s Crucifixion panel begins with a series of late Crucifixion sketches by Michelangelo, depicting a scene of Christ crucified and flanked by two mourners (see British Museum Inv. 1895.0915.510; Ashmolean Museum Inv. 1846.89, KP II 343 recto; Windsor Castle RCIN 912761 recto; and Louvre Inv. 700). A faintly traced block possibly intended for sculpting the sketch of the crucified Christ on its recto was discovered by Tolnay on a version of the composition at Windsor Castle. The Windsor sketch and those related to it appear to have served as preparatory designs for what was probably intended to become the Basilica of St. Mary’s tabernacle door. Vasari documents that the project was to be designed by Michelangelo and cast by his assistant, Jacopo del Duca. Michelangelo died before the commission was complete, though on 15 March 1565, Jacopo writes to Michelangelo’s nephew stating, “I have started making the bronze tabernacle, depending on the model of his that was in Rome, already almost half complete.” Various circumstances interrupted the completion of the tabernacle, though its concept is later revitalized by Jacopo during preparations to sell a tabernacle, after Michelangelo’s designs, to Spain for Madrid’s El Escorial almost a decade later. The El Escorial tabernacle likewise encountered problems and was aborted but Jacopo successfully sold it shortly thereafter to the Carthusians of Padula. An etched date, 30 May 1572, along the base of the Padula tabernacle indicates its framework was already cast by then. A 1573 summary of the tabernacle also describes the original format for the door and relief panels, intended to be square in dimension. However, a last minute decision to heighten them was abruptly made during Jacopo’s negotiations to sell the tabernacle to King Phillip II of Spain. Shortly thereafter the commission was aborted. Philippe Malgouyres notes that the Padula tabernacle’s final state is a mixed product of the original design intended for Spain’s El Escorial, recycling various parts that had already been cast and adding new quickly finished elements for its sale to Padula, explaining its unusually discordant quality, particularly as concerns the crudeness of the door and relief panels which were clearly made later (by January 1574). Apart from his own admission in letters to Spain, it is apparent, however, that Jacopo relied upon his deceased master’s designs while hastily realizing the Padula panels. If Michelangelo had already earlier conceived a crucifix model, and Jacopo had access to that model, its logical he could have hastily employed it for incorporation on the door panel to the tabernacle. It is worth noting some modifications he made to the model, extending Christ’s arms further up in order to fit them into the scale of the panel and further lowering his chin to his chest in order to instill physiognomic congruence. A crude panel of the Deposition also follows after Michelangelo’s late sketches and is likewise known by examples thought to be modifications by Jacopo based upon Michelangelo’s initial sculptural conception (see Malgouyres: La Deposition du Christ de Jacopo del Duca, chef-d’oeuvre posthume de Michel-Ange). Jacopo’s appropriation of an original model by Michelangelo for more than one relief on the Padula tabernacle adds further indication that the crucifix was not an object unique to Jacopo’s hand, as few scholars have posited, but rather belongs to Michelangelo’s original...

This large branch of Mediterranean coral, 'Corallium Rubrum' is mounted on a gilt bronze base. The creation of the vase-shaped base involves various techniques: lost wax casting, mol...

A pair of outstanding giraffe sculptures . The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting.

Once used to hang from trees to scare away birds, these 1950s utilitarian glass pieces now make for extraordinary decorative items. Like giant baubles, they are hand-blown and made of incomparable burgundy...

Rare cork screw by Walter Bosse for Hertha Baller Excellent condition.

Branch of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum), mounted on a square-shaped marble base, with a parallelepiped-shaped central body. The entire body is enriched by a mosaic of la...

The Prickly Copper Bonsai is inspired by trees moved by a strong wind. The materials are wood and metals, representing both the strength of life and the roots of Mother Nature. Scu...

Lovely Mid-Century Brass Duck, Made in Italy 1960s Family item. Purchased by my grandparents in one of the most prestigious jewelry stores in my city, Palermo. Beautiful and in good...

Collectible Plexiglass 1970s Lion by Silvio Russo for Guzzini. Original label.

A stupendous representation of Ares, half-brother of Athens, son of Zeus and Hera, and the God of War, this sculpture will make a unique and sophisticated addition to a personal coll...

Mid-century travertine sculpture of stylised cat attributed to Enzo Mari, Fratelli Mannelli, Italy, 1970s H 23.5 cm 5 × 14 cm Conditions: very good consistent with age and use,...

This elegant pair of Chinese figural statues, crafted by renowned Murano glass artist Pino Signoretto in the 1970s, exemplifies the exquisite art...

A magnificent and iconic piece that merges art and design, this gypsum sculpture will make a refined statement when showcased in any traditional or mo...

Rare set of two door handles by Paolo De Poli for VIS. Copper plates with beautiful green and black enamels. The pieces can be used as opposites on glass or metal doors, or side by s...

Woman Figure Art Deco Italy, 1940 White Pottery Pink and Gold Finishing Perfect Condiction Mark signed under the base

Figure of a crusade in the military form of the seventh made by the recognised Italian master Giuseppe Vasari (1934 - 2005) presumably in the seventies. Marked on the back. Bronze wi...

Gianni Pinna 1970 Wood Modern Sculpture Artist Sign engraved Very Good Condiction

Set of six water/drink/wine glasses color Millefiori - Murano glass - Made in Italy. These individual Murano glasses are inspired by the classic "Goto Botte" Murano glass. Other co...

The piece is a unique representation created by our designer. The creations are completely made by hand. Ceramic and paint are water resistant.      

Small rabbit figurine in brass.

Italian deer sculpture in solid brass design 1950 gold color.

This is a plaster bust reproducing the Torso Gaddi, the famous fragmentary sculpture displayed in the Uffizi Museums in Florence, which inspired many great artists of the Renaissance, including Michelangelo. The piece, handcrafted by the skilled artists of Galleria Romanelli...

Gufram icons have become smaller and have turned into Guframinis! Designed in a 1:8 scale the new miniatures perfectly reproduce the famous original sculptures. Each "mini" creation ...

A striking pair of Murano glass horse sculptures by Venetian master Giorgio Giuman, rendered in deep, lustrous black glass that enhances their sculptural presence and dramatic silhou...

Sculpture in Murano glass, multicolor murrine Fish with gold leaf details, Made in Italy Dimensions: L 30 cm x H 50 cm x D 15 cm ( L 11,8" x H 19.5" x D 5.9") We recently came acro...

Italian Large Majolica Terracotta Sculpture with Lustre by Adolfo Merlone, 1950s Majolica terracotta sculpture decorated with lustre glazes in shades of red, blue and yellow depicti...

GIUMAN Murano Glass Big Dragon Sculpture, Made in Italy, Available in Stock Dimensions: L 28 cm x H 21 cm x D 9 cm ( L 11.0" x H 8.2" x D 3.5") We had the rare privilege and honor o...

Toni Zuccheri VeArt Italy, 1970s Murano Glass Sculpture Perfect condiction

Sculpture in Murano glass, grey Dolphin with crystal details, Italy in stock Dimensions: L 22 cm x H 28 cm x D 22 cm ( L 8.6" x H 11.0" x D 8.6") We recently came across the untouc...

The Sorriso del Mare light sculpture features a unique organic form characterized by flowing curves and voids that create dynamic light and shadow effects. Crafted from a rare marine...

Horse statue made in solid silver 800 completely handmade. The horse was made in two parts with the technique of fusion in the earth and once cast and detached joined by welding. Sub...

Playful true to life silver frog that serves as a lighter other than being a decorative piece of artwork. Expertly handmade by the Florentine silversmiths, the Lisi Brothers, its rea...

Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. (2.2) In Stock in Los Angeles A multipurpose turtle: its carapace acts as a support for a...

A large branch of Mediterranean red coral (Corallium Rubrum) and a large branch of Sciacca coral, mounted together on a gilt bronze base. The creation of the vase-shaped base involve...

Since the origin of Radar Interiors the founder, designer Bastien Taillard, has chosen to work on essential lines and a meticulous re-visitation of shap...

A tobacco tasting pipe, made of genuine carved meerschaum, with a genuine amber mouthpiece. It depicts a hunter with a rifle, sitting with his dog. Original wooden case, covered in l...

Set of four silver-plated fruits produced by silversmith Marcello Giorgio in Italy in the 1970s. These fruits (an apple, an orange, a pomegranate, and a pine cone) are of moderate si...

This sculpture is signed Consagra, who was a very prolific and renowned international Italian sculptor; no longer living. Sculptor, he began his career by joining the Forma 1 Grou...

1950s Italian Modern Plaster Sculpture “Head of a young boy” by Ida Fuà Very important plaster sculpture depicting a young boy by the great italian artist Ida Fuà The boy, caught...