ANTIQUE GRAND TOUR SCULPTURE PG 1  
 

Barbedienne After the Antique Circa 1880 bust of Zeus. The bronze bust is signed on the reverse Barbedienne Fondeur with the Collas reduction seal. The Belgian marble base has an affixed bronze dedicated plaque to Leonard Bucheron 1880
Dimensions:Total height 10 inches, Height of bronze alone 8&1/2 inches
"Mercury" After Giambologna (Italian,1529 -1608) late 19th century bronze ( possibly Italian cast), unsigned
Dimensions: bronze 75&1/4inches high,with marble base 9&1/2 inches high, total height 84&3/4 inches
 
Augustin Edme Moreau-Vauthier / (attributed ) / (French 1831-1893)
"Hermes" A superbly modeled and cast unsigned bronze sculpture of the
son of Zeus circa 1880 on an octagonal  marble   base
Dimensions: Total height 13&1/4 inches
   
   
 
 
       
 
     
Giambologna (after, circa 1880) A monumental French Grand Tour bronze group of Nessus abducting Deianira after Giambologna- cast circa 1880, possibly by Ferdinand Barbedienne. Fine rich golden brown patination
The centaur Nessus is depicted rearing on his hind legs and lifting Deianira onto his back, the naturalistically cast base is inscribed 'Jean Bologna'
(An identical bronze sculpture sold at a Christies 2009 for $22,344.)
The first documented example of this famous bronze group was made by Giovanni Bologna between 1575 and 1577 for the Salviati family of Florence. The three casts signed by him differ slightly from each other, as well as from the Frick model and the many other variants, chiefly in the pose of Deianira and the arrangement of drapery; they are also only half the size of the later variants. These bronzes are an amazing tour de force of casting, with a balance so delicate it is hardly surprising that the centaur's rear legs in all three signed versions have broken in the same place -- or that at some time in its past, the Frick bronze was strengthened by a lead insert in the rear right leg. Giovanni Bologna's Mercury, one of the best-known sculptures in history, is poised miraculously on the toes of one foot, but the abduction of Deianira is even more daring and dramatic. One cannot but wonder how such a minor myth, so obscure, so difficult to produce in bronze, came to be chosen for sculpture. The closest antecedent was Pollaiuolo's painting of the abduction, now in the Yale University Art Gallery. The same subject, according to his biographer Condivi, had once been proposed to Michelangelo, but he evidently never undertook such a project. Perhaps Giovanni Bologna, who seems always to have dared the seemingly impossible, deliberately sought comparison with his illustrious Florentine precursors.
According to legend, the centaur Nessus tried to abduct Hercules' wife, Deianira, after offering her a ride across a turbulent river. For his treachery, Hercules killed Nessus with an arrow. The explosive outward movement of the sculpted figures is tightly contained by equally dynamic forces twisting in midair as the two struggle against each other: the terrified Deianira straining back toward her husband while the centaur leaps forward.
Understandably popular, variants of this model were produced over and over by assistants and followers of Giovanni Bologna, many of them made during his lifetime and with his approval. The Frick version has been attributed variously to two of these sculptors: formerly to Adriaen de Vries, but more recently to Pietro Tacca. Tacca (1577-1640) was the last and one of the most gifted sculptors to join Giovanni Bologna's shop, in 1592. He nurtured close personal and professional ties to his master, whom he succeeded as court sculptor. Tacca was an exceptional technician, particularly noted for equestrian statues, such as those for Henri IV, Grand Duke Ferdinand I of Tuscany, and Philip III of Spain.
Dimensions: 29¼ in. (74 cm.) high; 18½ in. (47 cm.) wide
Source: Art in The Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996.
Collections: Private collection, Paris (1914). Duveen. Frick, 1915.
Source: Sculpture in The Frick Collection: German, Netherlandish, French and British. Volume IV. New York: The Frick Collection, 1970.

 
     
 
After Giambologna (Italian 1529 -1608) "Fortuna", 19th century bronze (possibly Italian cast), unsigned, holding a cornucopia full of coins
Dimensions: Total height 35&1/2 inches

 
 
 
   
     
   
 
19th Century sculpture after the antique by Myron of Eleutherae (Greek 440-480 BC.The sculpture is known as  "The Discobolus of Myron". Myron was born in Eleutherae, a small town on the border between Attica and Bocotia, and lived most of his life in Athens. The 1st-century writer Pliny cites Myron as the first to achieve life like representation in art, but it would be more accurate to say that he was the first Greek sculptor to combine a mastery of movement with a gift for harmonious composition. Circa 1890 large and impressive  Italian bronze cast on a monumental circular rouge marble base. Superb hand chasing and finishing to the sculpture, quite possibly cast by either Nelli or Chiaruzzi.
Dimensions: Total height 28 &1//2 inches.
     
German Circa 1900 Grand Tour bronze of Pan:Unsigned but with  Bellair Foundry Seal (Berlin).
Dimensions: Height 20 &1/2 inches by 7 &1/2 inches in width, by 5 inches in depth
 
       
         
 
Bronze late 19th century Austrian Grand Tour Satyr on marble base.
Dimensions: Height of bronze 11 inches
 
     
         
 
19th Century After Michelangelo Buonarrotti (1475-1564) Night and Day Bronze sculptures, dark green patina, on wood bases. Both inscribed: F. Barbedienne Fondeur and with the foundry  reduction seals for Achille Collas. The life-size marbles are at the Tomb of Giuliano de Medici in the Church of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy.
Dimensions: 20 &1/2 inches in length and 14 inches in height
 
 
 
     
         
19th Century After Michelangelo Buonarrotti (1475-1564) Night and Day Bronze sculptures, dark green patina, on wood bases. Both inscribed: F. Barbedienne Fondeur and with the foundry  reduction seals for Achille Collas. The life-size marbles are at the Tomb of Giuliano de Medici in the Church of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy.
Dimensions: 20 &1/2 inches in length and 14 inches in height
 
     
     
 
Souvenir of the Grand Tour circa 1910 signed plaster after Donatello's Niccolo di Uzzano
Dimensions: Height 13 inches.
 

   
         

Unknown (Italian Circa 1900)"Bust of Dante Alighieri"A fine Italian cast believed originally to be a mold taken from life 1265-1321
Dimensions: height 13 inches by 16 inches in length
Austrian 19th Century School, after Francesco Fanelli (1605-1661) Circa 1880 unsigned bronze rearing stallion on marble base
Dimensions: Total height 15 inches by 12&1/2 inches in length
"Youth playing with marbles", Barbedienne Foundry, Collas Reduction Mechanique seal, bronze
Dimensions:5&1/2in high