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The broken Cup
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 208 x 119 x 89 cm Sculpture - 81.9 x 46.9 x 35 inch
$123,409
Lectrice dans ses pensées
Carl Jaunay
Sculpture - 35 x 28 x 33 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 11 x 13 inch
$4,028
Lectrice main sur genoux série 35
Carl Jaunay
Sculpture - 33 x 23 x 35 cm Sculpture - 13 x 9.1 x 13.8 inch
$4,028
Petite femme enceinte 2
Carl Jaunay
Sculpture - 26 x 9 x 9 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 3.5 x 3.5 inch
$438
Le Dormeur / Dormeuse
Gaël Rouxeville
Sculpture - 10 x 54 x 16 cm Sculpture - 3.9 x 21.3 x 6.3 inch
$6,058
Le voyage au bout du monde
Linde Ergo
Sculpture - 48 x 71 x 76 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 28 x 29.9 inch
$14,585
Engeltje man goud (1)
Rietje Geurts
Sculpture - 34 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
$2,076
Engeltje vrouw goud
Rietje Geurts
Sculpture - 34 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
$2,076
Venus of Willendorf Gold
Michal Zaczynski
Sculpture - 33 x 16 x 15 cm Sculpture - 13 x 6.3 x 5.9 inch
$1,906
Par la porte étroite
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 56 x 25.5 x 21 cm Sculpture - 22 x 10 x 8.3 inch
$8,167
Petite femme enceinte 1
Carl Jaunay
Sculpture - 17 x 14 x 9 cm Sculpture - 6.7 x 5.5 x 3.5 inch
$438
Untitled
Guy Ghazanchyan
Sculpture - 90 x 59 x 40 cm Sculpture - 35.4 x 23.2 x 15.7 inch
$6,619 $5,626
Northern Resonance
Johannes Nielsen
Sculpture - 85 x 37 x 25 cm Sculpture - 33.5 x 14.6 x 9.8 inch
$7,850
Illusion of freedom
Guy Ghazanchyan
Sculpture - 58 x 94 x 82 cm Sculpture - 22.8 x 37 x 32.3 inch
$6,395
Sing, laugh, dance
Linde Ergo
Sculpture - 63 x 46 x 45 cm Sculpture - 24.8 x 18.1 x 17.7 inch
$6,451
A moment in heaven
Linde Ergo
Sculpture - 160 x 45 x 60 cm Sculpture - 63 x 17.7 x 23.6 inch
$35,901
Inner silence (big)
Linde Ergo
Sculpture - 55 x 60 x 74 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 23.6 x 29.1 inch
$12,285
Tender is the night
Linde Ergo
Sculpture - 40 x 22 x 35 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 8.7 x 13.8 inch
$7,741
Hommage à Apollinaire
Arman
Sculpture - 146 x 70 x 90 cm Sculpture - 57.5 x 27.6 x 35.4 inch
$162,675
Etirement Déténte série 45
Carl Jaunay
Sculpture - 73 x 26 x 30 cm Sculpture - 28.7 x 10.2 x 11.8 inch
$9,626
Un jour peut-être
Marie-Madeleine Gautier
Sculpture - 56 x 23 x 21 cm Sculpture - 22 x 9.1 x 8.3 inch
$21,316
Précieuse (Precious)
Luo Li Rong
Sculpture - 110 x 70 x 66 cm Sculpture - 43.3 x 27.6 x 26 inch
$55,478
Femmes qui lisent sont dangereuses
Marie-Madeleine Gautier
Sculpture - 84 x 46 x 41 cm Sculpture - 33.1 x 18.1 x 16.1 inch
$25,243
Femme assise sur socle
Marie-Madeleine Gautier
Sculpture - 30 x 8 x 11 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 3.1 x 4.3 inch
$6,507
D'un Monde à L'autre
Luo Li Rong
Sculpture - 72 x 50 x 30 cm Sculpture - 28.3 x 19.7 x 11.8 inch
$24,682
Germinal (bronze)
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 110 x 76 x 70 cm Sculpture - 43.3 x 29.9 x 27.6 inch
$48,803
Vestale debout d'après Volti (bronze)
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 180 x 58 x 38 cm Sculpture - 70.9 x 22.8 x 15 inch
$72,923
Les trois amis
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 69 x 45 x 33 cm Sculpture - 27.2 x 17.7 x 13 inch
$39,266
Torso existencial 3/8
Alberto Ascaso
Sculpture - 45 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
$3,254
Pequena caminante 6/8
Alberto Ascaso
Sculpture - 47 x 30 x 8 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
$5,273
Hommage à Baudelaire 4/8
Alberto Ascaso
Sculpture - 32 x 12 x 8 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 4.7 x 3.1 inch
$4,375
On a summer day in the bathroom
Lieven D'Haese
Sculpture - 24 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$5,497
La sphère des possibles
Isabelle Healy
Sculpture - 65 x 17 x 13 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 6.7 x 5.1 inch
$5,609
Affinity, étude 1
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 31 x 38 x 17 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 15 x 6.7 inch
$6,731
Femme à la panthère
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 103 x 78 x 34 cm Sculpture - 40.6 x 30.7 x 13.4 inch
$31,413
Femme Fleur (bronze)
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 36 x 75 x 70 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 29.5 x 27.6 inch
$56,095
Germinal h cm 40 (blue patina) (bronze)
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 40 x 26 x 27 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 10.2 x 10.6 inch
$12,902
Egee Debout h cm 50 (bronze)
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 50 x 20 x 16 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 7.9 x 6.3 inch
$12,902
Maternitè allongee (petite) (bronze)
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 28 x 42 x 23 cm Sculpture - 11 x 16.5 x 9.1 inch
$12,902
Femme chiffonnée monumentale (bronze)
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 68 x 87 x 155 cm Sculpture - 26.8 x 34.3 x 61 inch
$78,533
Busto Saint-Michel
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 47 x 34 x 21 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 13.4 x 8.3 inch
$20,194
JoŸau 55 Original n° EA I/IV
Sébastien Langloÿs
Sculpture - 6 x 5 x 6.5 cm Sculpture - 2.4 x 2 x 2.6 inch
$438
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Calme et le silence bronze
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 40 x 16 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 6.3 x 5.9 inch
$1,503
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
$1,794
Les espaces de Penseur de Rodin
Jesus Campos
Sculpture - 30 x 14 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.5 x 5.9 inch
$1,099
Divina Proportia
Dirk De Keyzer
Sculpture - 58 x 12 x 8 cm Sculpture - 22.8 x 4.7 x 3.1 inch
$13,968
La toilette - Sculpture bronze
Plaf
Sculpture - 15 x 12 x 8.5 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 4.7 x 3.3 inch
$1,683
Lectrice assise sur bord de livre Love
Carl Jaunay
Sculpture - 31 x 13 x 10 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 5.1 x 3.9 inch
$2,693
Le Patriarche N°1
Michel Bassompierre
Sculpture - 12 x 13 x 11 cm Sculpture - 4.7 x 5.1 x 4.3 inch
$4,039
Bronze Sculpture for Sale
The technique used in the creation of bronze sculptures has changed very little since Antiquity. The sculptor begins by fashioning the subject in wax, then covers it with clay, pours on the bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, then breaks open the terracotta, leaving only the bronze object behind. Highly valued by sculptors, bronze is a robust and resistant material that fairs well outside. Using wax to create the initial mould allows for a high level of detail on the final sculpture, unlike steel sculpture. Certain nuances in color can be produced through the use of patinas.
These qualities explain why bronze is one of the oldest materials to be used by humans. Indeed, bronze tools were used in Mesopotamia, Egypt and China around 2800 BC.
In Mesopotamia, near to present-day Iran, bronze was used to depict animals in sacred art. In Egypt, it was was used to personify the gods, and also to create small sculpture statues placed in the tombs of the deceased. However, it was Ancient Greece, where craftsmen began to sculpt human figures and deities with remarkable realism, that gave bronze its prominent place in the history of art. Many pieces of work were imported to Rome, where the production of bronze sculptures developed. Bronze sculptures soon began to decorate the theatres and the homes of the rich. Admiring the skills of the Greeks, the Romans began ordering sculptures from merchants and craftsmen, who made copies of the moulds of the statues.
With the birth of Christianity, evangelisation and the building of churches became the priorities, and bronze creations were replaced by stone sculptures for decorating churches. It was only in the 14th century that masterpieces were rediscovered during excavations of Italian archaeological sites. A century later, Brunelleschi and Ghiberti set the Renaissance in motion by decorating the doors of the Florence Baptistery in bronze. Donatello, inspired by ancient Roman sculpture, was the first to excel in the art of expressing emotions through bronze sculptures, followed by Verrocchio, his pupil (and master of Leonardo da Vinci). Although the practice spread throughout Europe, it was mainly focused in Italy, where sculptors competed to obtain the most convincing results.
During the 16th century, the Flemish Jean de Bologne established himself as the undisputed master of bronze. He was the most copied artist in the 17th century, and it is partly due to him that the bronze sculpture spread across Europe. In Italy, production of bronze sculpture was fairly constant, irrespective of the period. In France, on the other hand, this technique depended on the political regime. When Louis XIV invited sculptors to his court (essentially to decorate Versailles) demand for bronze reappeared as a form of courtly art.
Bronze sculpture underwent a resurgence during the 19th century, with Rodin and Camille Claudel, and then with Cubism and the Art Deco movement. Bronze is an expensive, heavy material and costly for collectors to buy and its use has become less prevalent in the 20th and 21st centuries, but some artists use it nonetheless: Giuseppe Penone, Alberto Giacometti with his strange silhouettes, the compressions of César Baldaccini, Philippe Pasqua's butterflies and still life sculpture can all be seen on Artsper!
How is a bronze sculpture made?
Bronze sculptures are made from a series of wax molds, into which the sculptor pours melted bronze to create the final sculpture.
Why is bronze used for sculptures?
Bronze is used for sculptures because it expands just before it hardens, resulting in the accentuation of fine details. The bronze then shrinks slightly as it cools down, which makes it easy to remove the cast.
How can you tell if a sculpture is bronze?
You can tell if a sculpture is bronze by testing if a magnet sticks to it, as iron is magnetic. Bronze also does not have the ability to rust, so a bronze sculpture will not have signs of corrosion on its surface.