Tag Archives: Baroque statue

1. Introduction of Baroque Female Bust This Female Marble Bust, created around 1690 by the Italian Baroque sculptor Lorenzo Vaccaro, is titled The Four Continents: Asia, part of a series of allegorical sculptures depicting the four continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The figure, a woman symbolizing Asia, has her head slightly turned to […]

1. Introduction of Fame Riding Pegasus Statue This sculpture, by French Baroque sculptor Antoine Coysevox, is based on the Greek mythological horse Pegasus and an anthropomorphic female figure representing “Fame” (renown and glory). The woman rides atop Pegasus, wearing a laurel wreath, one hand raised as if to play a horn, her body naturally turning […]