Antique Dante Alighieri Grand Tour Bronze Bust Sculpture Statue on Marble Plinth

Antique French Neoclassical Egyptian Revival Tall Bronze Woman Figure Statue Sculpture with Stunning Detail and Patina. Signature to base appears to read "Le Coutre." It is believed ...

19th C. Georges Bareau French Bronze Marble Sleeping Ariadne Statue Sculpture. Item features finely cast drapery, hair, feet, and hands. This sculpture ...

Maitland Smith Victorian Style 19" Bronze Boy Bust Head Sculpture on Marble Base. Item features marble pedestal base, cast bronze figure, very nice details, great style and form, App...

Antique Emmanuel Villanis "Saida" Pewter Clad Small Female Bust Sculpture Statue on Marble Base. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 11" H x 7" W x 5" D.

A skillfully cast miniature buste of the Italian Poet Dante Alighieri. It is a Grand Tour item meaning it was purchased by travelers through Europe: R...

A fine antique 19th Century petite Grand Tour souvenir bronze bust of Italian poet Dante Alighieri. This handsome bust is well cast with exquisite details and lovely original patina....

A late 19th Century Italian bronze bust of the poet Dante. Measurements: Length: 19.5" Depth: 10" Height: 15.5"

This strikingly naturalistic bronze sculpture was created in Florence in 1895. The bust depicts an elderly man, most likely a farm worker, carrying a heavy sack of grain over his shoulder. He wears an old slightly ragged shirt which is open at his chest, revealing his thin body underneath. The man looks out into the distance on the left, his eyebrows slightly furrowed. His mouth is open as though he is breathing heavily with the strain of the work or calling out to someone unknown to the viewer. The sculptor has accurately rendered every detail, with great truth to reality. The faint stubble on the man's chin and the wrinkles on his face and hands are faithfully portrayed. In its naturalistic style and its everyday, unidealised subject-matter, this bronze may be described as a work of Realism. The Realist movement flourished in the arts in Europe in this period, the 19th Century. The bust is signed ‘G Rossi...