Henri Etienne Dumaige 1830-1888 Cleopatra before Caesar, bronze

This Bronze is very attractive, featuring a traveling youth looking into the distance, He has a sun-hat staff and water canteen and sits on a rocky outcr...

AFTER PRAXITELES Greek c.400-330BCE The original of this imposing group, was rescued from obscurity in the 16th century and became the basis of numerous copies in bronze, marble and ...

This bronze figure of a nude maiden dates from the early 20th century. She crouches slightly as she enters the water, one foot on a rocky outcrop, with stylized waves at her feet. Ac...

Constantino Barbella (1852-1925) La Bagneuse, White Carrera marble. depicting a nude woman kneeling on a cushion and languidly arranging her hair; signed C. Barbella In its day t...

Leon Pilet (French, 1840-1916) "Cleopatra" Patinated and Gilt Bronze Sculpture, late 19th century, the seated queen holding a fan, signed to urn, on a Portoro marble plinth. 12.5" H...

A 19th century French bronze model of Minerva after the antique. Dated to circa 1880, this highly detailed cast of the Goddess Minerva holding a shield and cane. Minerva (or Athena ...

Gaston Leroux (French, 1854-1942). A very fine French 19th century polychromed and patinated bronze sculpture of "Aida" resting on a sphinx, her legs crossed and holding a gilt-bronze tambourine, after the model by Gaston Veuvenot Leroux "Aida, A Femme Au Tambourin Assise Sur Une Tete De Sphinx". Signed: Gaston Leroux, Paris, circa 1890. Measures: Height 29 inches (74 cm). Width 15 inches (38.1 cm). Depth 15 inches (38.1 cm). The opulent and extensively detailed version of Aida was inspired by ethnographic findings of the mid-19th century in ancient Egypt as well as the influences of theatre and costume design. Travelers to the East had often recorded their journeys, either in writing or in pictures, but the movement of Egyptomania was wider-reaching than Egyptology. The immensely popular vogue of Egyptomania is without doubt due to the success of performing arts in recreating this era, in particular, Giuseppe Verdi's Aida. Both the Cairo and Paris premieres created sensations so large that they influenced generations of artists from Alexander Cabanel to Cecil de Mille. In Aida, the ruins of Egypt were brought back to life in full color and scale before the eyes of a generation that would make history as romantics, adventurers and explorers. The Cairo premier of Aida was entirely conceived by one of the foremost Egyptologists of the day, Auguste Mariette, who was assigned to the project by Khedive Ismail Pasha...

After Demetre Haraland Chiparus (Romanian, 1886-1947) "Cleopatra Seated" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, signed "D.H. Chiparus" and with European Bronze Finery...