Busts

A trio 'Boy Band' in good vintage condition designed by Just Andersen in 1930s. * A trio (3) of small metal sculptures of a boys with a ball, a...

Sculpture in the Taste of Antiquity, black patina, magnificent patina, black marble effect. Small-scale model of our beautiful sculpture in the Taste of Antiquity. This bust represe...

A lovely sandstone Buddha head on wooden base, early 1900's, Utttar Pradesh, Northern India. The hand-carved features include the typical snail-s...

Beautiful Art Nouveau white bisque porcelain girl bust with bronze fittings base. Bust of a girl with averted gaze and her hair tied up. Signed "Georges...

Magnificent 19th century French bust, signed and dated.

Marble Busts of Roman on pedestal. Early 19th Century

Pair Antique French Terracotta Busts Signed "Houdon" on Marble Bases, Circa 1860. Male Bust: 17 3/4" H x 9 1/2" W x 8 1/2" D Female Bust: 19 1/4" H x 10" W x 6 1/2" D

Antique Italian Terracotta bust of a Greco Roman. Handsome large antique Italian terracotta bust of an ancient Greco Roman. This stunning s...

30.5 cm with the stand. Provenance - Private collection Richard Irwin Johnson (1925 - 2020), Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (USA). - Richard Irwin Johnson was a research associate at ...

Decorative mid-century bronze Buddha circa 1960s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures: 7"W x 5.5" D x 9.5" H. Great patina and look...

Sculpture representing a fragment of the bust of Apollo. Sculpture in resin and plaster, metal base, representing a fragment of a bust of Apollo, Greco/Roman style. Contact us befo...

A red patina metal bust of a woman manufatured in Italy in early 19th century, good conditions overall, metal it has this brick red patina probably due to exposure to the natural ele...

TERRACOTTA HEAD OF ATHENA LEMNIA BY PHIDIAS, Italy 21th Century The bronze original by Phidias, made between 451 and 448 BC for the Athenians who had come as cleruchi, or colonists,...

In continuity with her signature explorations of the female form, Marcela Cure introduces a new sculptural memento that sheds light upon the mulling yet beauteous intricacies in woma...

A decorative cold cast bronze of a male bust by the acclaimed British sculptor, John W. Mills. This tabletop sculpture is mounted onto a rectangular wooden base, making it perfect fo...

An inspiring and graceful stylized brass ballerina dancer statue mounted on an acrylic stand. Her facial expression and elongated hands and fingers are...

EMMANUEL VILLANIS 
French, fl. 1880-1920

 "Bust of Thais" 

Signed in cast along shoulder "E. Villanis" and cold stamped "1146" with foundry cachet of "Societe des Bronzes et Pari...

Swedish ceramic sculpture dating from the 1980s, depicting a highly stylized human figure in a simplified, almost primitive form. The sculpture is characterized by its strong, archit...

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 ...

This sculpted head of Apollo is directly inspired by the famous Head of Benevento, preserved at the Louvre Museum. Discovered in Herculaneum and created during the Greco-Roman period...

Vintage double sided ceramic sculpture of Cleopatra by Roger Capron Signed by Capron at Vallauris, France. Roger Capron was in influential French ceramicist, known for his tiled tab...

Brutalist Bust of W. C. Fields, artist unknown "nice size, glaze and color" "in good vintage as found condition" W. C. Fields was an American comedian, actor, and juggler who rose ...

An elegant late 19th-century Italian marble bust of Psyche of Capua, inspired by classical Roman models. Finely carved with delicate features and flowing drapery, this piece embodie...

Nice bronze sculpture representing a young girl portrait, with a marble bottom. Its creator, Attilio Torresini, was an Italian sculptor, who learned the marble art from the marble...

A finely cast bronze rendition of the iconic Spirit of Ecstasy, originally designed by Charles Robinson Sykes in 1911 for Rolls-Royce. This elegant figure, with her robes flowing beh...

Antique carved marble bust of composer Richard Wagner marked ‘Wagner’. Beautiful interpretation in bust form of the likeness of this artist...

A reclaimed 20th century Neoclassical style bust of a female figure, the head in Statuario marble with hair back and up, the tunic in a variegated coloured marble, supported on an Em...

Pair of 19th century dark patinated bronze statues depicting Renaissance period (possibly Medieval) Knights or Warriors in battle each on horseback. Expertly chased with intricate de...

A finely modelled French Art Nouveau patinated bronze bust titled "Cendrillon" (Cinderella), after a model by Emmanuel Villanis (1858–1914), circa 1900. The bust is signed "E. Villanis" in the cast along the shoulder and titled "Cendrillon" in relief across the front of the integral architectural socle. The sculpture Villanis shows the fairy-tale heroine as a young woman with an introspective expression, her head turned gently to one side beneath a closely gathered headscarf. The smooth modelling of the face, neck and décolletage contrasts with the lively folds of the blouse, the layered scarf and the bow at the nape of the neck. From the side, the headscarf and gathered hair form a particularly sculptural silhouette, and the back is treated with the same attention to drapery and texture as the front. The tapered socle with its castellated decorative border gives the bust a finished, architectural presence. The dark brown patina has softened over time, revealing warmer bronze highlights on the raised folds, the shoulder, the title and the edges of the base. About the artist Emmanuel Villanis was a French sculptor who worked in Paris and became known for his graceful Belle Époque busts of women, often named after heroines from literature, mythology and opera. His models remain popular with collectors of French decorative arts. Condition Good antique condition, with age-related rubbing and patina wear to raised areas, particularly the headscarf, drapery, title and socle edges. No obvious repairs or restorations visible. Please see the photos for details. Dimensions: height 15 cm, width 9 cm, depth 6 cm. Display At 15 cm high, this cabinet-scale bronze is lovely in a library, dressing room, bedroom, salon or entrance hall, on a mantelpiece or desk, or in a display of Art Nouveau decorative arts. It suits a Belle Époque, Parisian or neoclassical interior and works equally well in a collected contemporary setting, where a small historic bronze adds depth and material richness. A companion bust by Villanis, "Carmen", is available in a separate listing in our storefront. Keywords: Emmanuel Villanis, Villanis bronze...

A fine French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sévres Porcelain and Ormolu bust of Mars, signed Becquet. The handsome bisque Porcelain bust is raised by an Ormolu square base below a cobal...

An early 20th century antique French terracotta bust of Marie Antoinette, Queen Consort of France (1775-1792), on an associated white marble socle. This beautiful sculpture exudes el...

Terra cotta mask of a woman. Measures: Height 32 cm.

AMAZING ZEUS AMMON CLASSICAL GRECO-ROMAN HEAD 21th Century Height 42 cm Width 33 cm Depth 29 cm Weight 14 Kg Material Terracotta HAND MADE

A good quality patinated bronze bust of Chopin rained on a square, stepped black wooden base. Well executed with good detail and rich brown patination. Measures: (Base is 7cms by 7c...

A wonderful and richly detailed French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Bronze, Silvered Bronze, Ormolu and marble bust of Napoleon, signed by Émile Pinedo. This handsome bust is raise...

19th century hand carved gold gilt cherub/putti fragment A high-quality hand carved 19th century gold gilt paint over sectioned pine example. This wonderful piece details realistic human features, which suggests it was carved for a special interior section of sorts. Likely to have been part of a larger collective at some point. It would look delightful and highly decorative positioned over a doorway entrance. Size in inches: H 10” x W 15” x D 5” Origin: France Material: Pine Date: 1850 - 1880 Completely solid in structure and form without any breaks. Detail loss across the painted surface as shown. We sell antique...

In this listing you will find a striking decorative glass jar in the form of a serene Buddha head, made in Italy during the 1960s. The piece is moulded in clear glass, with carefully...

Terracotta bust depicting nobleman, marble base, 19th century, France The refined bust depicts a nobleman dressed according to the fashion of the mid-eighteenth century in France. T...

An exceptionally rare antique German Renaissance carving by Stephan Rottaler (1581-1533), Bavaria circa 1500. The carving is by Stephan Rottaler, Landshut, Germany, an architect who ...

JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON'S "SCORTICATO" IN PLASTER early 20th Century 1: 1 reproduction in plaster of the head of the Flayed by the French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon (Paris, 1741-1828). He studied in Rome, at the French Academy...

This refined Art Deco bronze bust of the young Achilles was created in 1920 by the renowned French sculptor Constant Roux (1865–1929). The sculpture beautifully combines classical in...

Sculpture paying tribute to African women in a bust with traditional headscarf. The culture, symbolism and color of Africa are the sources of inspiration. The facial features of the woman depicted in this bust are exquisitely sculpted in matte porcelain while the headscarf is one of the most widely used and recognizable accessories in African clothing...

A handsome and wonderfully executed Italian 19th century neo-classical st. white Carrara marble and a faux painted marble bust of Napoleon. The bust is raised by an exceptional and m...

The sculpture realized by a Roman sculptor as from the Roman academy tradition, is carved with white marble. The sculpture represents the face of a young Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar formally known as Caesar was a Roman general and statesman who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic...

An incredibly rare and museum calibre monumental scale English Staffordshire bust of Queen Caroline, wife of King George IV, made in commemoration of his coronation in 1820 or her de...

This distressed antique French winged cherub bust is a testament to the grandeur and craftsmanship of the 17th-century French Baroque. Carved from dense, heavy oak, this architectura...

Terracotta sculpture signed. Measures: Height 24 cm. Width 23 cm. Depth 12 cm.

Art Nouveau Bust of a Lady, after Alfred Foretay This is an Art Nouveau hard plaster Bust of a Lady after Alfred Jean Foretay (Swiss, 1861-1944), a very attractive 3 dimensional pie...

Carrara marble sculpture signed Luca Madrassi, Paris, circa 1890. Art Nouveau period.

An Amedeo Modigliani-inspired brass bust featuring two Minimalist figures. Wonderful slight oxidation to finish over entire brass surface. Nicely scaled piece that can stand alone, y...

1980s French glazed white ceramic bust. Highly realistic white glazed ceramic bust of person with a straight haircut.  

This finely executed bust of a Naiad is attributed to the neoclassical sculptor John Gibson (1790 – 1866). A Naiad was a type of mythological water nymph and is depicted here with her head bowed and cocked slightly to the side, displaying her strong neo-Hellenistic profile. In her hair, the nymph wears a headdress that is comprised of long and slender reed leaves, which not only identifies her iconographically as a water spirit, but draws a close comparison with those worn by the female figures in John Gibson’s Hylas Surprised by the Naiades (1827 - 1837) (fig.1). The downwards and off-centre orientation of our Naiad bust mirrors that of the taller figure on the left of the group, who rests her cheek on the head young Hylas (fig.2) Her facial physiognomy follows the neo-Hellenistic archetype established by Gibson and can be closely compared with his Tinted Venus – one of the most important statues of the Victorian era (1851–56, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool) (fig.3). While Gibson’s Tinted Venus is known best for its controversial polychrome ‘tinting’, the essential structure of the face—broad brow, finely drawn nose, wide (and slightly drooping) almond-shaped eyes - provided a template that Gibson returned to repeatedly in his depiction of mythological maidens. Critics of the time noted the consistency of his female types, with some seeing their idealised severity as an antidote to the sentimentality of much mid-Victorian sculpture (fig.4 – 6). The facial physiognomy is also very similar to a drawing by Gibson at the Royal Academy that depicts Hero weeping over the dead body of Leander (fig.7). The socle style of the present work also finds comparisons with Gibsons busts of Cupid and Aurora. This was of course somewhat standardised, but it is interesting to note the extent of their similarity with our bust. John Gibson RA is considered by many to be the greatest British sculptor of the nineteenth century working in the Neoclassical style. It is hard to overestimate the impact Rome had on the life and art of the artist. He first arrived in the city around 1817, when he was just twenty-six, and remained a resident there until his death. Not only did Rome’s ancient sculptural treasures and architectural fragments offer Gibson a lifetime of inspiration, but the Grand Tourists who poured into Rome in the first half of the nineteenth century provided him with many commercial opportunities. These rich or aristocratic travellers sought out mythological sculptures for their grand, palatial residences. However, since the papal decrees of Doria Pamphilj and Pacca of 1803 banned the export of ancient Greek and Roman works of art from Rome, there was a large demand for modern idealised sculpture in the Neoclassical style (Frasca-Rath 2016, p. 10). During his early days in the city he had the great fortune to train under both Antonio Canova and Bertel Thorvaldsen (Roscoe and Hardy 2009, p. 522). He referred continuously to Canova as his “master”, particularly in his memoirs, which he dictated to Margarete Sandbach at the beginning of the 1850s; these were subsequently published by Lady Eastlake in 1870. Moreover, he claimed to be Canova’s last pupil in a letter to Antonio Gacini, Secretary of the Royal Academy in Milan in 1861, written to thank the Academy for accepting him as an Honorary Member: “The first instruction which I received in my art was from an Italian. It was Canova whose pupil I became in the year 1817 and studied under him for five years when he died. I was his last pupil” (Royal Academy Archive GI/1376). By 1821, Gibson had established his own studio in the via Fontanella, off the via Babuino. From here he aimed to produce sculpture of “the sublime and the purest beauty”, believing that the sculptor’s role was to select and combine the most beautiful parts of nature to create a harmonious whole, which would delight and elevate the viewer. By the mid nineteenth century he was one of the few remaining exponents of the so-called ‘pure’ and ‘neo Hellenistic’ style of sculpture, resolutely upholding the Neoclassical ideals established by Wincklemann, in a period when naturalism and modern subjects preoccupied the majority of artists in Europe (Turner, ed., 1996, p. 598). Gibson was convinced of the importance of disseminating artistic ideas through the younger generations, an ideal no doubt impressed upon him by Canova, and established ‘the British Academy of Arts in Rome’. His students included William Theed (1804–1891), Benjamin Spence (1822–1866), Harriet Hosmer...

Sculpture, Male torso, classical art, Greek art, Torso, classical sculpture, ancient torso, discoforo torso, ceramic sculpture. ceramic torso Hand-molded male torso on clear refracto...

Two Blue eyed Jung boys heads . mounted on a Wooden pedestal . 1960s mannequin . so very decorative .

An 18th century Venus de’ Medici bronze bust, mounted on a later 19th century marble base. It has a beautiful rich slightly worn dark brown patina. Venus...

Egyptian king and queen patinated spelter metal busts after the celebrated French sculptor, Anatole J. Guillot (1865-1911). Female signed J. Guillot 1876.

A striking late 19th-century Italian carved marble bust after the celebrated satyr faun (also known as the Laughing Faun), one of the most admired sculptures of classical antiquity. ...

The piece is a unique representation of a Chimpanzee in a modern way. Our designer creates these pieces completely by hand.   

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

Patinated bronze skeleton, dark green patina, very well finished in details and details. exact copy of the human body.