Antique Art Nouveau Female Carrara Marble Gilt Bronze Bust Statue Sculpture by Gustave Van Vaerenbergh 1900 Paintings Frank took his first art

Frank took his first art lessons from his father before studying at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Art

the top having a stepped cornice with dentil molding

it is very robust and substantial with a warm rich patina developed over four centuries

12th-13th century

Please see a similar lamp in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum and a very similar lamp in the collections of the Smithsonian accession number F1908

Antique Art Nouveau Female Carrara Marble Gilt Bronze Bust Statue Sculpture by Gustave Van Vaerenbergh 1900 Paintings Frank took his first artA very beautiful antique Art Nouveau bronzed Carrara marble sculpture bust of a young maiden circa 1900, by Gustave Van Vaerenbergh (1871 1927). The sculpture portrays a beautiful young maiden made from Cararra marble, she is wearing a laurel wreath in her hair. She wears a bronzed bodice with leaf decoration in relief and is raised on a varigated grey & white socle base. The sculpture is signed to the rear " G. V. Vaerenbergh" and numbered "1173",