This superb sculpture is a representation of mythology’s most famous women: Aphrodite. She is rendered in a traditionally sensuous and dramatic pose, resting her  More »

This superb sculpture is a representation of mythology’s most famous women: Aphrodite. She is rendered in a traditionally sensuous and dramatic pose, resting her weight on her left leg, the right slightly flexed with the toes touching the ground. The arms are supporting a length of drapery that is wrapped around the body just below the breasts; the left arm is higher than the head, the right at abdomen level. The head is turned sharply over the right shoulder, the face looking to the side and backwards. The stone is white marble, which has been exquisitely carved and polished; the drapery is also superbly rendered.Aphrodite, or Venus as she was known in Roman times, has been a major subject of sculptural fascination for over two thousand years. She is the Greek equivalent of the Middle Eastern and prehistoric mother goddess, and is said to have arisen in her current form with the Assyrians. She was the goddess of love and beauty, born of the Paphos sea foam from which she is seen rising in Botticelli’s epoch-marking Birth of Venus. Her gift was to captivate any man who laid eyes upon her Neoclassical Sculpture of the Venus de Milo - AM.0312Origin: Europe Circa: 1800 AD to 1900 ADDimensions: 56.3" (143.0cm) high x 15.4" (39.1cm) wide Collection: Decorative Art Medium: Marble   « Less

Marble Sculpture of a Standing Woman - AM.0313Origin: Europe Circa: 1800 AD to 1900 ADCollection: Decorative Art Medium: Marble

Marble Sculpture of a Standing Woman - AM.0313Origin: Europe Circa: 1800 AD to 1900 ADCollection: Decorative Art Medium: Marble   « Less

Bronze Sculpture of Two Maenads - AM.0314Origin: Europe Circa: 1800 AD to 1900 ADDimensions: 65" (165.1cm) high x 43.3" (110.0cm) wide Collection: Decorative Art Medium:  More »

Bronze Sculpture of Two Maenads - AM.0314Origin: Europe Circa: 1800 AD to 1900 ADDimensions: 65" (165.1cm) high x 43.3" (110.0cm) wide Collection: Decorative Art Medium: Bronze   « Less

Bronze Sculpture - AM.0315Origin: Europe Circa: 1800 AD to 1900 ADCollection: Decorative Art Medium: Bronze

Bronze Sculpture - AM.0315Origin: Europe Circa: 1800 AD to 1900 ADCollection: Decorative Art Medium: Bronze   « Less

Rock Crystal Sculpture of a Kneeling Putti - OF.057Origin: Europe Circa: 1700 AD to 1800ADDimensions:1.5(3.8cm)high x 1.1" (2.8cm) wide Collection: Decorative Art Medium:  More »

Rock Crystal Sculpture of a Kneeling Putti - OF.057Origin: Europe Circa: 1700 AD to 1800ADDimensions:1.5(3.8cm)high x 1.1" (2.8cm) wide Collection: Decorative Art Medium: Rock Crystal   « Less

This exquisite piece of carved aquamarine dates to the later enlightenment, when the European social and intellectual elites were beginning to embrace the enormous varieties  More »

This exquisite piece of carved aquamarine dates to the later enlightenment, when the European social and intellectual elites were beginning to embrace the enormous varieties of cultural achievements beyond the shores of their own continent. Based primarily upon martial and economic growth overseas, the advent of the European thalassocracies had led to enormous wealth and prosperity for certain social strata, and the reports, artefacts and stories that returned with the explorers did much to fuel the public imagination with a love for the exotic, and the ancient. This was the period of the Grand Tour, when young gentlemen were educated in the classics before all else, where Roman and Greek technologies and aesthetics were the primary inspiration for engineers, architects, artists and scientists throughout Europe. Accounts of derring-do and adventure, which were often embellished, led to generations of books and paintings that sought to express the Mysterious East, the Dark Continent of Africa, the virtually untouched Eden of the Antipodes, and, for our purposes, the Exotic Americas. Identification of this piece’s intended inspiration is done primarily on the physiognomy of the face; however, regardless of specific inspiration, this piece does evoke all that was de vogue in the 18th century – the exotic, sensual, noble savage of myth and legend, which was irresistible at the time. Aquamarine Carving of a Woman - OF.065Origin: Europe Circa: 1700 AD to 1850 ADDimensions: 3.35" (8.5cm) high x 2.1" (5.3cm) wide Collection: Decorative Art Medium: Aquamarine   « Less

Neo-Classical Sculpture of a Horse Head - LF.007Origin: Europe Circa: 19 th Century ADDimensions: 9.75"(24.8cm)high x 15" (38.1cm) wide Collection: Decorative Arts Style:  More »

Neo-Classical Sculpture of a Horse Head - LF.007Origin: Europe Circa: 19 th Century ADDimensions: 9.75"(24.8cm)high x 15" (38.1cm) wide Collection: Decorative Arts Style: Neo-Classical Medium: Stone   « Less

Bronze Sculpture Of An Athlete by Antonio Canova - LF.008Origin: Rome Circa: 1792 ADDimensions: 25.50" (64.8cm) high x 14.50" (36.8cm) wide Collection: Decorative Arts  More »

Bronze Sculpture Of An Athlete by Antonio Canova - LF.008Origin: Rome Circa: 1792 ADDimensions: 25.50" (64.8cm) high x 14.50" (36.8cm) wide Collection: Decorative Arts Medium: Bronze   « Less

Bronze Sculpture of a Herakles - LF.010Origin: Europe Circa: 18 th Century AD to 19 th Century ADDimensions: 16" (40.6cm) high x 7.50" (19.1cm) wide Collection: Decorative  More »

Bronze Sculpture of a Herakles - LF.010Origin: Europe Circa: 18 th Century AD to 19 th Century ADDimensions: 16" (40.6cm) high x 7.50" (19.1cm) wide Collection: Decorative Style: Neo Classical Medium: Bronze   « Less

In 1836, French engineer Archlle Collas invented a machine that enabled artists to make proportionally perfect larger or smaller duplicates of a sculpture. This process was  More »

In 1836, French engineer Archlle Collas invented a machine that enabled artists to make proportionally perfect larger or smaller duplicates of a sculpture. This process was used to make copies of famous ancient works of art, including the "Versailles Diana" now housed in the Louvre, a Roman marble work itself a copy of a Greek original. This bronze version captures all the strength and Classical beauty of the original in a much more modest, personal scale.   « Less