Antique Continental Carved White Marble of a Young Boy

This sculpture is made of a jade color soapstone. It depicts a Guan Yin woman figure standing on a stone base. The woman is adorned and draped in a beautiful kimono.

Emmanuel Villanis comes from a family of Italian origin. From 1861, his parents returned to Italy to settle in Piedmont. He had fled Italy because the war of independence broke out, under the threat of Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1871, the artist enrolled at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin; he follows the teaching of the sculptor Odoardo Tabacchi (1831-1905). As soon as he finished his studies, his master encouraged him to exhibit: his bust Alda, for example, was presented in Milan in 1881. In 1885, Villanis moved to Montmartre, a district of Paris that he never left. The artist's fame is built on his production of female figures. Aida, Judith, Delilah, Lucretia, Cinderella: her work brings together the great heroines of opera, literature, mythology and the Bible. Villanis also discusses certain types - the Bohemian, the Châtelaine, or the Parisienne - and several allegories, including Painting and Sculpture. Made mainly in bronze, sometimes chryselephantine, his sculptures subtly bear the mark of Art Nouveau, including the lettering of the title, which regularly adorns the base. His play on the patinas further adds to the finesse of the line, making Villanis one of the major sculptors of Art Nouveau. Regarding the casting of bronzes, he worked mainly with the Société des Bronzes de Paris and with Eugène...

Nguyen Thanh Le was a prolific Vietnamese artist from Saigon. This sculpture is patinated in black and sits atop a black enameled wood base. A lot of his works were purchased by the ...

This is a wonderfully carved Chines long neck vase with handle. The vase/pitcher is made of alabaster. The neck and the base are carved. It makes for a nice decorative addition to ...

Nineteenth Century Italian bust of a young child with wavy, voluminous hair. From the Renaissance Revival period. The face has a downward, gazing expression.

A beautiful and very high quality Italian 19th century white Carrara marble bust of a young boy. The bust is raised by an elegant circular socle shaped pedestal support with a fine m...

A charming Italian 19th Century white Carrara marble statue of a young boy. The boy is raised by a circular base seeming to be slightly irritated by the fact that his belt has fallen...

Marble Bust of a Young Man, Carrara Marble.