Antique Grand Tour Bronze Boar Sculpture of “Il Porcellino” After Pietro Tacca

A very fine Grand Tour bronze sculpture. Modeled after the 'Crouching Venus' by Giambologna. Depicting Venus surprised at her bath with an overturned urn at her feet. Mounted o...

A grand tour bronze sculpture of Spinario. Measures: Height: circa 8 1/4 in. Items purchased from David Sterner Antiques must delight you....

A large-scale and very finely modeled Grand Tour bronze sculpture after the Greco-Roman model of "Spinario" or the "Boy with Thorn" by Benedetto Boschetti...

A fine 19th century Grand Tour miniature model of the Lion Attacking a Horse sculpture. Modeled after the ancient Roman version found on Capitoline Hill. Sized as a paperweight...

A finely scaled model of the Diane de Gabies published by Gautier and Albinet. With a wonderful distressed silvered surface throughout. The Diane de Gabies is modeled after th...

A fine Venus de Milo bronze after Sauvage. In an diminutive size that is perfect for the desk, mantel or vitrine. Simply a wonderful little...

A mid-19th century model of the Uffizi Boar, called 'Il Porcellino', by Austin & Seeley, the seated figure of the boar on an integral square plinth. This cast stone model of the Uffizi Boar takes its name from a 17th-century bronze fountain by sculptor Pietro Tacca, made for Cosimo II de' Medici and originally placed in the Loggia at the Mercato Nuovo in Florence. This civic space was also known as the Loggia del Porcellino, named after the boar as rubbing the statue's nose is said to bring great wealth. Made in the 1630s, it was modelled after an earlier marble version (Italian, 2nd-1st century BC) discovered in Rome in 1556 on the slopes of the Esquiline Hill, itself thought to be based on a lost Greek Hellenistic bronze version. After restoration, the marble statue was brought to Florence in 1568 as a gift from Pope Pius IV to Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici, initially placed in the Pitti Palace. Both this marble and the 17th-century bronze versions are now housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It remained an immensely popular subject for Grand Tourists, who collected their own versions. It is a testament to the commercial prowess of Austin and Seeley...

A late 19th century / early 20th century bronze figure of Narcissus, after the Antique, He wears a wreath in his hair and carries a goat skin wine sack and stands on a circular base....

Antique late 19c "Menelaeus" sculpture Grand Tour bronze from a Palm Beach estate Menalaeus was the husband of Helen of Troy and the original of this sculpture in white marble res...

The philosopher in oratorical pose, with an urn of his writings at his feet. A 19th century casting, good crisp quality on marble base.

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...

Antique Grand Tour classical bronze Roman figural sculpture with laurel crown.