Caproni Collection

Caproni Collection The Caproni Collection (formerly the Giust Gallery) creates plaster sculpture reproductions. We create objects of timeless beauty for you to enjoy.

Our aim is to allow individuals to enjoy a masterpiece in their own space, to preserve a historic collection, and to foster an appreciation of art. The Caproni Collection (formerly the Giust Gallery) produces and sells plaster reproductions of famous sculptures. Every piece is made in-house and by-hand. They can be finished in a variety of patinas. We currently offer about 700 pieces in a wide ran

ge of sizes that span from ancient art to art of the early 20th century, and we are constantly reintroducing to the Collection once-lost Caproni pieces.

06/02/2026

Our plaster reproduction of David is timeless! The statue was originally placed in the Piazza della Signoria (where a marble replica is today) and is now in the Accademia Gallery. Three times the height of a man, David stands almost 17 feet tall (about 203 inches) and was carved from a single block of marble. The piece was intended as one of several sculptures to be placed on the buttresses of the dome at the Cathedral of Florence. However, after seeing it, a committee agreed that the sculpture, with its beautifully articulated human body and genius composition, deserved a more prominent location, and so it was placed in the Piazza upon completion. Michelangelo’s composition, which shows the Biblical David preparing for the fight with the giant Goliath, was the first artwork to do so rather than depict David after his victory with Goliath’s head. David is shown in calm, deep concentration with a rock in one hand and his slingshot over his shoulder. Since the sculpture had been designed to be viewed from far below on the ground, Michelangelo enlarged the head and the right hand so that the proportions would appear correct and would emphasize the moment before David hurls the rock. Although a religious statue, the people of Florence at the time claimed the sculpture as a symbol of their Republican liberty. David is one of the masterpieces of the world.

06/01/2026

You can have fun with your art! This life-cast of Abraham Lincoln was created in 1860. Chicago-based sculptor Leonard Volk (1828-1895) first asked Lincoln to sit for him in 1858 when they met during Lincoln’s senatorial campaign against Stephen Douglas. Douglas was the cousin of Volk’s wife who also supported Volk’s travel to Rome for two years of study. Lincoln, who lost the election, was not able to meet with Volk until two years later when he was acting as a lawyer in Chicago for a court case. Instead of requiring numerous sittings of Lincoln, the sculptor started by making a life-mask which he would use to create a bust. He would later sculpt other versions of the bust as well, including Item 44. According to Volk’s recounting of his encounters with Lincoln, Lincoln declared the bust a picture of “the animal himself.” Volk’s mask of Lincoln was used by other artists for reference as well. The mask, as well as the one created by Clark Mills of Lincoln in 1865, has given us an unmistakable record of the 16th president’s face.

06/01/2026

Our plaster cast stems back to Michelangelo! It would look beautiful in an eclectic earthly environment surrounded by plants and unique trinkets! It’s a face in relief mainly formed from leaves, known as a “Green Man.” In our Giust Gallery catalog published in the 1970s, Michelangelo is listed as the artist, and the piece is entitled “Mask (Leaf).” It also notes that this piece is from the Laurentian Library. The Laurentian Library, or Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Italian, was built in Florence during the sixteenth century to house the Medici family collection of books. Giulio de’ Medici, known as Pope Clement VII, commissioned Michelangelo as the architect.

05/29/2026

Our plaster bust of H**e, the Greek goddess of youth. She poured the drink of immortality for the other gods and goddesses! She is also immortal through our enduring handmade art and can be placed in your home for years to come. **e

05/28/2026

There’s never too many! We make several sizes of our reproduction of the Winged Victory, as seen in the Louvre, in plaster and resin. Well over life size, the original Ancient Greek sculpture known as the Winged Victory of Samothrace is one of the world’s masterpieces. Victory, or Nike is a Greek goddess who heralds victory in battle. Originally located at the Sanctuary of the Great Gods, it is believed the statue was meant to commemorate a Rhodian naval victory. The figure stands atop the prow of a ship, made of marble blocks; this feature still acts as the base for the sculpture in the Louvre. Victory’s stance and the articulation of her drapery, which billows in places and pushes tightly against her in others, solidifies the image of the wind blowing while the ship surges forward. Our predecessors who ran the company at the turn of the 20th century obviously admired the Victory of Samothrace. Pietro and Emilio Caproni designed the covers of the first catalogs they published of the company’s offerings in 1894 with a sketch of the Victory. They would use her image again later on the cover of the 1907 edition. Another Victory sketch graced the company’s invoices, and much later, in the 1950s, the owner used a photo of the Victory on the company’s letterhead.

05/28/2026

Give inspiration! Looking for a gift for the engineering major in your life? Check out our engineering inspired art, including an architectural relief by Louis Henry Sullivan, who coined the famous architectural phrase “form follows function“. We also have a half column and a medallion featuring a Florentine ruler, Cosimo I de’ Medici, who commissioned the creation of bridges and a canal system. Give more than just a check in a card – give inspiration.

05/28/2026

We recently received a lot of comments on one of our videos that the sculptures we showed are not and were never affordable and that they aren’t for everyone. But guess what? They are!

Watch the video to learn more about our collection!

05/27/2026

This life size plaster bust is cast by hand in our studio, so it can live in your home! It’s from a sculpture of Hercules, also known as the Lansdowne Herakles, that was discovered at the ruins of a villa outside Rome belonging to the Roman emperor Hadrian. As with much Roman art, it is likely a marble copy of a Greek bronze original. Depicted n**e, Hercules stands in contrapposto, resting a club on his left shoulder and carrying the skin of the Nemean Lion - a foe he defeated in his first labor according to mythology - in his right hand. A narrow head piece wraps around the head of curly locks. Scholars have not attributed the work to any one sculptor, as there are several possibilities, including Praxiteles, Lysippos, Skopas, and Euphranor. On the cast in our collection, we have left intact the seam lines created during the old moldmaking process used in the past.

05/26/2026

We have over 100 years of tradition, making classical sculpture from molds taken from masterpieces. You can have a handmade reproduction of a Michelangelo or Leonardo in your house.

05/25/2026

This bust is from the full-length figure of George Washington. Houdon was commissioned to create the statue for the state of Virginia. He stayed at Mount Vernon for a couple of weeks, studying his subject and creating a life-mask, and then completed the sculpture back home in France. It was installed in the Capitol’s rotunda in 1796. As with many of Houdon’s works, the statue was widely reproduced, and the bust was also reproduced with variations in the clothing.

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105 Salem Street
Woburn, MA
01801

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Monday 9am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 4:30pm
Thursday 9am - 4:30pm
Friday 9am - 4:30pm

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