Hiram Powers – Greek Slave
Hiram Powers
(American 1805-1873)
Bust of the Greek Slave
White marble on a wooden base
Signed: ‘H. POWERS Sculp’
Conceived ca. 1846, this example carved ca. 1850-1870 Height 38 cm (44,5 incl. base)
Adolfo Wildt – Uomo Antico
Adolfo Wildt
(Milan 1868-1931)
Uomo Antico
1914
Bronze, dark green patina on a marble base
Signed
Height 55,5 cm
Raffaele Monti – Bust of a veiled Lady
Raffaelle Monti
(Milan 1818–1881 London)
Bust of a veiled lady
Circa 1860
White marble
Height 71 cm
Prosper d’Epinay – La Ceinture Doree
Prosper d’Epinay
(Mauritius 1836-1914 Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire)
La Ceinture Dorée
Exhibited at the salon in 1874
White marble
Carved ca. 1880
Height 96 cm
Thorvaldsen-Wolff – Pius VII
Bertel Thorvalsen
&
Emil Wolff
Portrait of Pius VII
Modelled by Thorvaldsen in 1824
Carved by Wolff for Friedrich Wilhelm III in 1825-1826
White marble
Height 67 cm
Workshop of Bertel Thorvaldsen – Bust of Cupid
Workshop of Bertel Thorvaldsen
(Copenhagen 1770 – 1844)
Bust of Cupid
Ca. 1830
White marble
Height 45 cm
Jan Claudius de Cock – Bust of an African boy
Jan Claudius de Cock
(Brussels, 1667 – Antwerp, 1735)
Bust of an African boy, with medallion of the Roman Emperor Juba
Marble
Netherlands, late 17th or early 18th century
Height 36 cm
Attilio Selva – Medusa
Attilio Selva
(Triest 1888 – Rome 1970)
Medusa
Ca. 1916 – 1921
Plaster, dark brown and gold patina
Signed with the monogram ‘AS’
Unedited, probably unique
Height 48,5 cm
Vincenzo Gemito – Self-portrait
Richard Guino
(Girona 1890 – 1973 Anthony)
Torso
Ca. 1914
Bronze, black over dark-brown patina
Signed and dated ‘GVINO 1914’ numbered ‘3/8’ and inscribed ‘Susse Fondeur Paris’
Cast in 1988
Height : 54,5 cm
Jules Francheschi – Venus
Louis Julien (Jules) Franceschi
(Bar-sur-Aube 1825 – 1893 Paris)
Venus
Ca. 1870
White marble on red marble base
Signed ‘Jules Franceschi’
Height 62,5 cm
Philippe Wolfers – Farandole
Philippe Wolfers
(Brussels 1858 – 1929)
Farandole
1916
White marble
Signed ‘Ph Wolfers’
Height 33 cm
Lorenzo Vela – Monkey
Lorenzo Vela
(Ligornetto 1812-1897 Milan)
Monkey and a Goose
Milan, ca. 1845-1860
White marble
33 cm, l. 34 cm
Georges Moreau de Tours – Didon portée aux Enfers
Georges Moreau de Tours
(French 1848-1901)
Didon portée aux Enfers
Exhibited at the Salon in 1927
Oil on canvas, 204 x 283 cm
Signed l.l. ‘Georges Moreau de Tours’