Rozet René, "Musician" Carrara Marble Sculpture, Period 19th

Our white marble bust of a woman is the work of the French sculptor Auguste Clésinger (1814-1883). The figure is presented frontally, her head turned three-quarters to her left. The ...

This statue, titled Young Girl with a Conch, was cast by the Ducel Foundry after a work by Pierre Loison in the mid-19th century. The sculptor Pierre Loison (or Loyson) (1816-1886) began his career as an apprentice to a clog maker. Noticed for his talent, he was able to study sculpture in the studio of David d’Angers and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He received numerous official commissions and exhibited in nearly every Salon from 1845 until 1886, the year of his death, as well as at the 1855 Universal Exhibition. The Ducel Foundry was founded in 1800 in Touraine. It was successively managed by three generations of the Ducel family: Jacques, Jean-Jacques, and Jacques-Gustave. The company had a store in Paris and gained recognition by participating in various international exhibitions held in the second half of the 19th century. It was purchased by the Val d’Osne Foundry in 1878. This sculpture depicts a young girl seated on a rock by the water’s edge. She may represent a naiad, a deity associated with rivers and springs. Her posture conveys movement, as if she is about to enter the water: her face and torso lean forward, she holds onto the rock with her left hand, and in her right hand, she grasps a conch shell, which could emit a jet of water. A drapery covers her waist, and both legs extend toward the water. The statue bears an inscription on the base indicating its origin: “JJ DUCEL...

This highly original faience bust was created by Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse for the Choisy-le-Roi faience factory around 1900. Son of the famous sculptor Albert-Ernest Carrier-Be...

Graceful and slender, this monumental white marble sculpture perfectly embodies the elegance of 1930s Art Deco, in the style of the French sculptor Félix-Pascal Févola (1882–1953). E...

Finest quality hand-carved 19th century Italian Carrara white marble statue of a boy playing a mandolin, signed A Piazza Carrara, attributed to the Italian master, Antonio Piazza (18...

A stunning French 19th century white Carrara marble statue of a beautiful young maiden, signed Math Moreau. The statue is raised by a demi lune shaped tier with an elegant pedestal d...

A most decorative and finely detailed Italian 19th century white Carrara marble statue, signed G.F. Lapini. This wonderful statue is raised on an oval marble base where the boy is st...

Seated on a tree stump, a young child is playing the cymbals, carved from a single piece of statuary marble. This is for sure an impressive carving, the hands hold the cymbals with a...