Joan of Arc Sculpture
Joan of Arc or Jeanne d'Arc in French (1412 – 30 May 1431) is considered a French heroine for her role in the Hundred Years war against the English occupation of France. Joan of Arc was captured and burnt at the stake by the English. She was later canonized by the Roman Catholic church as a saint.
This beautiful gun grade metal sculpture of Joan of Arc in an art nouveau style shows in great detail her armor and chain of armor suit beneath and her beautiful face expression. She is wearing a golden laurel, holding a sword in her right hand and spear in her left. At the base her helmet and crossbow can be seen.
Dimensions:
Height: 76 cm
Width: 29 cm
Base width: 23 cm
Weight: 11.3 kg
Samurai by James Turner
An elderly Japanese Samurai bronze sculpture by James Turner. The Japanese samurai is shown with his katana sword and seems to be getting ready to draw it. Flower pattern on his yukata (male kimono). Small plaque on the wooden base" "Samurai by James Turner". Marked in the back: 19/20 James Turner.
Dimensions:
Height: 37.5 cm (14.76 inches)
Width: 22 cm (8.66 inches)
Base width: 16.5 cm x 29.5 cm (6.49x 11.61 inches)
Weight: 6.3 kg (13.88 lbs)
The Dying Gaul Or Dying Gladiator
The Dying Gaul sculpture is an ancient Roman marble statue now in the Capitoline Museum in Rome and it is a copy of a now lost sculpture from the Hellenistic period (323-31 BC) thought to have been made in bronze and may have been commissioned at some time between 230 and 220 BC by Attalus I of Pergamon to celebrate his victory over the Galatians, the Celtic or Gaulish people of parts of Anatolia (modern Turkey). The original sculptor is believed to have been Epigonus, a court sculptor of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon. The sculpture of the Dying Gaul is also called The Dying Gladiator, The Dying Galatian, Galata Morente in Italian.
The sculpture is beautiful in details showing the bleeding wound of the gladiator in his right side ribs from a sword, the veins in his arms, his hair and his overall musculature.
The base features an inscription: "Galata Morente/After Pietro Angeletti/1758-1786"
Dimensions:
Height: 31 cm / 12.20 inches
Width: 60 cm / 23.62 inches
Weight: 11.9 Kg / 26.23 lbs.