Sculpture is one of the oldest expressions of human artistic activity. Alongside painting, which first appeared in the Paleolithic on the walls of caves, sculpture has accompanied humanity for thousands of years as a way of depicting gods, forces of nature, people, and animals. From the earliest times, humans carved in stone, clay, and bone. Later came bronze, which, though invented relatively late, became firmly established as a canonical sculptural material.
From a collector’s perspective, sculpture offers the same advantages as painting. It is a work of art whose number is limited. It is durable. It is beautiful. It can be functional, symbolic, or purely decorative. And if it bears a great name, or originates from a specific epoch or region, it also acquires strong investment value. The same principle applies here: what is old and of quality can only grow in worth. What exists today from the past is all that will ever exist. The market is shrinking, museums continue to acquire, and private collections increase in value.
Capital with Figural Decoration, Sandstone, France, 12th-14th Century
Christ Salvator Mundi, polychrome wood, Poland, 19th century.
Gallo-Roman male portrait head, marble, Roman Empire, Province of Gaul (area of modern France), 1st-3rd century after Chr.
Head of an angel (?), sandstone, France, ca. 1300
Head of an Angel (Putta), gilded linden wood, Poland, 1st half of the 18th century.
Hercules, bronze, marble, northern Italy (?), 16th century (?).
Madonna and Child, polychrome wood, gilded, Central Europe, 18th/19th century
Samuel Lipszyc (1880 – 1943), Naked ballerina, patinated bronze, ca. 1920
Skull (Memento Mori), marble, Italy, 18th-19th century
Elegant, decorative skull made of natural gray marble, maintained in a realistic style: the eye sockets, cranial seam lines and zygomatic arches are clearly formed. The faded dentition alludes to the concept of Vanitas.
The characteristic feature of the stone used for the sculpture is irregular veining in shades of beige, cream and gray, which gives it a unique character. The surface is polished, with natural discolorations and small marks due to the properties of the material, which emphasizes the authenticity and nobility of the marble. The skull is provided with a lead pin underneath, set on a minimalist, contemporary base in black, which exposes the sculpture and gives it a museum-like character.
The object is ideal for collectors of curiosities, lovers of the art of Vanitas - Memento Mori, cabinets of curiosities and as an expressive element of interior design in classical, industrial or eclectic style. An object with a strong aesthetic and symbolic expression, which is difficult to pass by indifferently.
