19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Carved Marble Bust of a Satyr

GRAND TOUR Italian, 19th century Bust of Julius Caesar Patinated and pigmented sand-cast bronze over Violet Breche marble socle unsigned Item # 212WHZ09P A finely cast and beau...

GRAND TOUR MODEL AFTER ANTIQUITY Naples, Italy (19th Century) "The Callipygian Venus" Sand-cast and patinated bronze signed foundry mark in the base "Fonderia Artistica Sommer Nap...

A CARVED MARBLE BUST OF A CLASSICAL STATESMAN Carrara marble on separately turned socle unsigned Circa mid-to-late 19th century Item # 307FDI13Q An incredibly powerful bust of ...

GRAND TOUR Italian School Pair of Busts, "Homer" & "Pseudo-Seneca", after Antiquity Patinated bronze mounted on solid marble plinths cast by Chiurazzi, Naples circa 1880 each sealed with foundry cachet on shoulder Item # 304KUV24Y A rare and exciting pair of Grand Tour busts after Antiquity, each is executed in bronze and finished in a Herculaneum black patina with hints of verde in the underlying surface by the foundry of J. Chiurazzi of Naples. Foundry seals are located on their shoulders verso. The first is a fine cast of Homer after the marble bust of Antiquity formerly in the Farnese collection and currently in the permanent collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. It depicts the aged Greek poet and author of the Illiad and the Odyssey as a bearded man dressed in a tunic with a ribbon holding back his hair while concerned wrinkles line his forehead. His eyes are empty and devoid of anything, the absence alluding to his blindness while the sheer intensity of his spirit overwhelms the viewer. His simple garment are a reminder of his poverty. The second bust known as "Pseudo Seneca" is cast after the original bust of antiquity found in 1754 at Herculaneum in the Villa of the Papyri, the home of Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, father-in-law of Julius Caesar. The estate was buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The bust had been thought to be an image of Lucius Annaeus Seneca - Seneca the Younger - the famous Stoic philosopher and fabulously wealthy advisor to Nero. However, after a titled bust of Seneca...

FRENCH SCHOOL 4th qtr, 19th century Bust of Greek Warrior Patinated bronze unsigned cast circa late 19th century Item # 304KEX30P A fine ca...

PAIR OF GRAND TOUR POLISHED MARMO AFRICANO MARBLE SPHERES Circa early 19th century over shaped rock plinth Item # C104033 A gorgeous pair of 19th century decorative marmo marble sp...

A pair 19th century (1850s) (Grand Tour) Italian carved multi-marble busts of Augustus of Prima Porta and Julius Cesar. These extremely fine an...

Classical 19th century hand-carved Italian Neoclassic Grand Tour marble female bust. Bust features intricately carved young woman's head and neck, wearing delicate drapery across déc...

An 19th century Italian grand tour Carrara marble bust of a young boy, In classical taste, his head slightly turned, on a square sienna and Carrara marble socle base.

19th Century Grand Tour statuary marble portrait bust of Julius Caesar 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC Bust of Julius Caesar Julius Caesar was a...

A wonderful and small scale Italian 19th century Grand Tour period Alabaster and Verde Ranocchia Marble bust of Athena Of Velletri. This most charming bust is raised on square Ranocc...

An finely cast 19th century Italian bronze depicting the Hermes, the Greek god, (the god Mercury in Roman mythology) seated on carved gray marble. Afte...