![Beautiful cheetah taxidermy complete with gilded metal baroque wreath. .: Beautiful cheetah taxidermy complete with gilded metal baroque wreath. . . Cm 95,00 x 100,00 x 45,00. Ex Zoo Park Corten Collection, Belgium. Lot accompanied by CITES licence.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1595/332557/179382476_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717679847)
Baroque Collectibles
![Beautiful cheetah taxidermy complete with gilded metal baroque wreath. .: Beautiful cheetah taxidermy complete with gilded metal baroque wreath. . . Cm 95,00 x 100,00 x 45,00. Ex Zoo Park Corten Collection, Belgium. Lot accompanied by CITES licence.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1595/332557/179382476_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717679847)
![Historical map of the Caribbean and: Historical map of the Caribbean and northern South America, "A New and Accurate Map of Terra Firma and the Caribbe Islands", col. Copper engraving by Bowen c. 1750, with baroque title cartouche, brown](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/609/331536/178838027_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716988473)
![Historical map of Persia, "Carte de: Historical map of Persia, "Carte de Perse dressée pour l'usage du Roy", copper engraving by Guillaume Delisle, Paris 1724, partly border colored, baroque title cartouche, 49 x 62 cm, framed behind gl](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/609/331536/178837987_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716988473)
![Sauce boat with fixed saucer German: Sauce boat with fixed saucer German, 20th century, maker's mark M. H. Wilkens & Söhne, Bremen-Hemelingen, silver 800/000, gilt interior, baroque form, curved saucer, sauce boat with side-mounted hand](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/609/331518/178830077_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716985509)
![European Vintage Wooden Dove Sunburst the Holly Spirit on Final 20" H: Bring an eye-catching flair to your space with this distinctively handcrafted European sculpture of a bird atop a finial-like stand, reminiscent of the Holy Spirit. Vintage 40 to 60 years old. Metalli](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9207/327302/176379456_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715814009)
![GREEK ICON ENGRAVING PRINTED IN FRANCE CA 1800: Antique Engraving of a Greek Icon XIII Siecle. Printed Paris, Circa 1800. Unframed. Size: 21 X 13 inches approx.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6312/329124/177457772_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715730193)
![1935 BAROQUE LITERATURE RESEARCH in GERMAN antique: Ein Beitrag zur Erforschung des Barockschrifttums (A contribution to research into baroque literature) by Brez, C. Werl in Westwalen; 1935 Size 6 by 9" Paperback 182 pages Very good condition Text in](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331539/178838735_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717530554)
![1754 VELLUM BOUND German baroque compilation of songs and poems by F. Hagedorn: Friedrich von Hagedorn, "Oden und Lieder in fuenf Buechern" (Hamburg, J.C. Bohn 1754); contemporary stiff vellum; German baroque compilation of songs and poems by a renowned philologist. Text in Germa](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331539/178838476_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717530554)
![German baroque sword from 1702, with inlaid decoration: German baroque sword from 1702, with inlaid decorationAn 18th century gallantry sword, thrusting blade with flattened central ridge, brass inlay and inlaid decoration on both sides over half the blade](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7607/332235/179217720_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717438144)
News about Baroque Collectibles
![British Baroque culture is focus of Tate exhibition opening Feb. 4](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Screen-Shot-2020-02-03-at-11.25.43-AM.png)
British Baroque culture is focus of Tate exhibition opening Feb. 4
LONDON – British Baroque: Power and Illusion is the first ever exhibition to focus on baroque culture in Britain. From the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to the death of Queen Anne in 1714, Tate Britain’s exhibition opening February 4, 2020, explores the rich connections between art and power in this often-overlooked era. The […]
![Bernini’s terra-cotta models bring Baroque Rome to Met](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2012_0717_Wrightsman_lead.jpeg)
Bernini’s terra-cotta models bring Baroque Rome to Met
NEW YORK – The great Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) will be the subject of a major exhibition that will open at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Oct. 3. To visualize life-size or colossal works in marble, Bernini began by rapidly modeling small clay sketches. Fired as terra-cotta, these studies are bold, expressive […]
![Christmas tree, Neapolitan Baroque creche on view at Met](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2011_1208_AnnualChristmasTree_lead.jpg)
Christmas tree, Neapolitan Baroque creche on view at Met
NEW YORK – The Christmas tree and Neapolitan Baroque crèche at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a long-standing yuletide tradition in New York, is now on view for the holiday season through Jan. 8, 2012. The brightly lit, 20-foot blue spruce—with a collection of 18th-century Neapolitan angels and cherubs hovering among its boughs and groups […]
![Meissen 18th-century porcelain figure collection exceeds $1M at Bonhams](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/174371559_4_x-1.jpeg)
Meissen 18th-century porcelain figure collection exceeds $1M at Bonhams
PARIS — The first part of one of the finest assemblages of 18th-century Meissen porcelain figures still in private hands generated a premium-inclusive €948,450 ($1,010,480) at Bonhams on April 17. A total of 44 of the 55 lots from the collection formed by German businessman Hadrian Maria Oskar Merkle (1942-2018) were sold. The auction results […]