Bronze Bust of Dante Alighieri

A Thai bronze head of the Buddha. Sukothai period, late 16th-early 17th century. His face with serene expression, arched eyebrows above incised eyes a...

Superior quality large scale Italian Grand Tour bronze of the god Silenus after the Roman original excavated at Pompeii in 1864. This very fine cast shows the god holding aloft a coi...

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...

Italian Grand Tour model of the ancient Temple of Vespasian located in the Roman Forum, Rome. Carved from alabaster, this is a handsome example of a souvenir carving which would have been collected by a European or American sophisticate making a Grand Tour of the ancient sites of Italy. This wonderful architectural miniature is evocative of another time and place. Roma Templo Di Vespasiano' etched into the black marble base. It has been drilled to be wired, not the first time I have owned one of these that had been mounted as a lamp. The Temple of Vespasian and Titus is located in Rome at the western end of the Roman Forum between the Temple of Concordia and the Temple of Saturn...

19th century Italian Grand Tour bronze of Narcissus standing and gazing at his reflection after the ancient Roman original excavated at Pompeii in 1862, now at the Archaeological Mus...

19th century Italian bronze bust of Jupiter on integral socle base, sits on a polished marble plinth. Nice chocolate patina. Inscribed 'Giove' on the rear. 7.5 inches high 3 wide 2.5 deep ( 5.25 high without base) Jupiter, also called Jove, Giove, the chief ancient Roman and Italian god. Like Zeus, the Greek god, Jupiter was a sky god. One of his most ancient epithets is Lucetius (“Light-Bringer”). Throughout Italy he was worshiped on the summits of hills. At Rome itself on the Capitoline Hill was his oldest temple; Jupiter gained a new force and meaning at the close of the early Roman...

1 Volume. Dante Alighieri, The Vision. Bound in full tree calf decorated in gilt-tooling with a red morocco label. All edges gilt with gilt-tooled dentelles and marbled endpapers. Tr...

1 Volume. Dante Alighieri, The Vision. Bound in 3/4 wine calf decorated in gilt-tooling with a black morocco label. All edges marbled and marbled endpapers. Translated by Henry Franc...

1 Volume. Dante Alighieri, The New Life. Bound in 3/4 navy morocco and marbled boards, bordered in gilt. Raised bands gilt with panels displaying beautiful Egyptian floral gilt tooli...

The Comedy, by Dante Alighieri, with the unpublished commentary by S. Talice da Ricaldone. First Edition commissioned by King Umberto I. Publisher Vincenzo Bona. Turin, 1886 Ori...

Bronze clad bust of George Washington, after Houdon, A well executed bronze clad ( bronze over plaster) bust of Washington, after a work by F...

1 Volume. Charles Eliot Norton, The New Life of Dante Alighieri. Bound in full red morocco with the cover displaying a gilt-tooled border. The spine displays raised bands and ornate ...