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Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

GRAND TOUR STYLE

For 18th-century young British noblemen, no education was complete without a year on the Grand Tour. Although it had no official route, the Grand Tour focused on places foundational to European art, literature and architecture, including sites in France, Germany, Switzerland and, most importantly, Italy. It was an opportunity not just to witness the roots of the classics they had studied but also to take some of it home. Grand Tour furniture was among the souvenirs.

Grand Tour furniture ranged from marble architectural models replicating ancient wonders to actual antiquities often taken illicitly, leaving a legacy of looting still being unraveled today. Other items reflected the artistic richness of the Renaissance cities and other destinations. In Italy, this included scagliola tables and pedestals mimicking marble as well as tabletops and wall panels embedded with pietra dura hard stone mosaics.

Furniture was also developed to display Grand Tour purchases in the owner’s home, presenting them as a cultivated and well-traveled person. Mahogany collector’s cabinets held objects like intaglio moldings of coins and seals while others had specialized drawers that framed pietra dura panels.

Many objects were specifically produced for Grand Tour collectors. Often accompanied by retinues on journeys lasting months or years, the elite travelers, the wealthiest of whom extended their trips to Egypt and the Holy Land, required artful personal mementos befitting the experience. For example, Grand Tour micromosaicssmall artworks, most not more than two inches wide — arose from the entrepreneurial impulses of artisans who had trained in the Vatican’s workshops.

Grand Tour journeys would help inform a range of decorative styles such as neoclassical, Rococo and Adam style. (Architect and designer Robert Adam toured Italy and France for five years.) The Grand Tour flourished at a time of economic prosperity and political stability, but the French Revolution in 1789 brought it to an end. Yet as the tradition faded in popularity in England, the rising wealth of the United States led to an increase in tourism across the Atlantic and a similar passion for collecting to show one’s worldliness.

Find a collection of Grand Tour decorative objects, wall decorations, lighting and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Grand Tour
Diane De Gabies Silvered Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture by Gautier & Albinet
By Gautier A Paris
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Wounded Amazone in Bronze, Grand Tour
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
A small Grand Tour sculpture in Bronze of the ‘Wounded Amazone’, with a stamp of Fumière et Cie, circa 1880.
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1880s French Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze Hunting Putti Sculptures Statues Marble 1850
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine pair of Italian Grand Tour putti bronze statues on Breccia marble bases, circa 1850. One of the nicest pairs of antique Grand Tour bronze putti we have had in a while, th...
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1850s Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Breccia Marble, Bronze

Pair of Diminutive Italian Grand Tour Style Models of Two Sandaled Right Feet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Diminutive Italian Grand Tour Style Models of Two Sandaled Right Feet Italy, Circa 1960s A delightful and charming pair of diminutive Italian Grand Tour style models of two ...
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Early 19th Century Bronze Mounted Figure
Located in Hudson, NY
Early 19th century mounted bronze 3/4 profile. Likely French but possibly English. Carved wooden backing custom just for this particular item. In the original frame and retaining an ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Grand Tour Souviner / Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Sophocles 'Greek Tragedian'
Located in Dallas, TX
Grand Tour Souviner / patinated bronze sculpture of Greek Tragedian (playwright) Sophocles (479 BC-406 BC).
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Antique Italian Statuary Marble Sculpture of Dancing Faun
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Italian white statuary marble sculpture of a dancing faun. Dating to circa 1870, this Neoclassical piece has stood the test of time with various expertly handcarved eleme...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Statuary Marble

Mid 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Sculpture
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Mid 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Sculpture Unique piece purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with questions.
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Silver Plate, Bronze

Diana of Gabii in bronze
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Diana of Gabii in bronze on a basic in marble. Beautiful patina, Cast by Fumiére & Cie, Paris
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1880s French Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Antique plaster Bust of Cupid After Francois Duquesnoy (1597-1643)
Located in New York, NY
Antique Grand Tour plaster bust of a cherub after the original model by Francois Duquesnoy (1597-1643) dating from the early 20th century. Likely of Italian or French origin.
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Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Plaster

19th Century Silvered Bronze Athénienne Jardinière by Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A French silvered-bronze athénienne by Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris, last quarter 19th century with a revolving liner, the frieze applied with bucrania suspending ribbon-tied berried laurel swags above a border of bellflowers on a stippled ground above three seated female sphinxes issuing stylised foliage and scrolls on lion monopodia cast with the mask of Hercules, scrolling foliage and anthemions joined by stretchers, raised on a concave-sided triform marble base on a further thin silvered-bronze base, inscribed to the tripod base 'F. BARBEDIENNE' Measures: 103.3cm. high, 41.5cm. diameter; 3ft. 4 3/8 in, 1ft. 4 1/4. This impressive athénienne is a key reminder of the longevity of a particular model and design’s success from Antiquity through to the 19th century and up until this day. Typically known as the ‘Trépied du Temple d’Isis’, this athénienne is designed after the Roman antique originally found at Pompeii and now at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples (fig.1). From being for example an inspiration for the baptismal font of Napoléon’s son in 1811, this model was the inspiration to many highly skilled makers throughout the 19thcentury such as the Manfredini brothers from Milan and of course the Parisian well-established bronze founder Ferdinand Barbedienne who executed the present example. The Temple of Isis was a Roman temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis and was among one of the first discoveries during the excavation of Pompeii in 1764. Certainly considered as one of the most elegant examples of antique tripods, the existence of this model was then popularized to the rest of Europe via prints, one of the first being by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1779. This type of tripod was also popularised by an engraving in C. Percier and P. Fontaine’s, Receuil de Décorations Intérieures of 1801. Interestingly, there is also a watercolour now in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris, showing this type of tripod displayed at the 1801 Exposition des Produits de L’Industrie in the Louvre. The passion for Greek and Roman Art in the 19th century. The discovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum around the middle of the 18th century gave rise to a new passion for Antiquity and the excavated masterpieces renewed the repertoire of fine and decorative arts and served as models for Neoclassicism. Members of the aristocracy as well as connoisseurs, particularly in England, completed their education by undertaking a ‘Grand Tour’ of Italy and often fell victim to the recently unearthed Greek and Roman artefacts...
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Silver Plate, Bronze

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze of Atlas On A Stand With Turtle
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian Grand Tour bronze in the Renaissance style of Atlas on an elaborate tripod base ending in hoof feet. The Greek god Atlas is is depicted naked on top holding the world upon hi...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pair of Antique French Porcelain Cherub Sculptures
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A fine pair of antique French porcelain cherub sculptures attributed to E. Quinter. Likely created in the Société Céramique de Charenton workshop, n...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Bronze Statuette of Venus, 2nd Half 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Small dark patinated figure of Venus on round profiled plinth.
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Antique Italian Statuary Marble Sculpture of Dirce after Lorenzo Bartolini
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Italian white statuary marble sculpture of Dirce after Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850). This beautiful marble is carved after one of Lorenzo Bartolini's most successful scu...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Statuary Marble

Bronze Grand Tour Sculpture of Seated Hermes After the Antique
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A late 19th century Italian Grand Tour bronze of the ‘Seated Hermes’ after the antique, raised on a carved dove grey marble base. Also known as ‘Resting Hermes’ or ‘Seated Mercury’,...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Metal, Bronze

Antique Grand Tour Style Alabaster Bust of Greek God
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Grand Tour style alabaster bust of a classical Grecian figure. Dating to the late 19th century, the hand carved figure thought to be Chronos, Greek God of Time, is compli...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Alabaster

Italian 19th C. Grand Tour Terracotta of a "Fauno Danzante Con Cimbali" ca. 1860
Located in CH
Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Terracotta of a "Fauno Danzante con Cimbali" Circa 1860 The statue depicts a satyr dancing and playing; in his right hand he holds the rattlesnakes...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

A Continental 19th century Bronze and Marble statue of Perseus and Medusa
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional Continental 19th century Grand Tour Period patinated Bronze, Black Belgian, and Rosso Alicante marble statue of Perseus and Medusa. This handsome statue of Perseus hav...
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19th Century Unknown Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Mid-19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Statue of the Arc De Triomph
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wonderful statue of the Arc De Triomph made of bronze and marble. It has so many details. It is in good vintage condition and reminds in its original patina. The marble has no chips ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Antique Grand Tour Alabaster Statue of Diana di Gabii
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Grand Tour alabaster statue of Diana di Gabbi, after the antique. Dating to circa 1890, this expertly hand-carved sculpture is in excellent ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Alabaster

Grand Tour Style Greek or Roman Plaster Foot Sculpture
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Grand Tour style cast plaster sculpture of an Ancient Greek or Roman foot USA, Late 20th Century Measures: 6.25"W x 2.5"D x 2"H. Very good original vintage condition.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Plaster

After the Antique, a Large 20th C Plaster Figure of a Discus Thrower
Located in Bagshot, GB
After the Antique, a large 20th C plaster figure of a discus thrower 20th century (Pedestal not included), 100cm wide, 42cm deep, 168cm high (39in wide, 16 1/2in deep, 66in high) a...
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Mid-20th Century European Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Plaster

Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Period Bronze Statue of the Borghese Gladiator
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and high quality Italian 19th century Grand Tour Period patinated bronze statue of the Borghese Gladiator. The statue is raised by a rectangular base where the handsome...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

19th Century Seated Cherub Bronze on Marble Base
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century Seated Cherub Bronze on Marble Base. Handsome piece for any desk, table or surface. Purchased in France on 15/2024. One leg on chair is broken. Price accordingly. Se...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Antique Grand Tour French Parian Sculpture Male Female Figures Group 19C
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning French Grand Tour Parian Bisque Group depicting a male and female standing figures, mid to late Nineteenth Century. The male Farmer in period dress holding an agricultural...
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Abalone, Porcelain

19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture Mercury
Located in Madrid, ES
Bronze sculpture of the god Mercury Representation of the god Mercury standing on Aeolus, the god of the wind (according to Gianbologna), on a marble base from which a fluted column ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Brass, Bronze

Grand Tour Terracotta Of Mercury
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
An Italian terracotta figure of Mercury resting on a rock after Giovanni Mollica - Mid 19th century Hand written label to the base see image
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

Grand Tour Bronze Figure Of Bacchus
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A 19th century Italian grand tour bronze figure of Bacchus with a goat over his shoulders Circa 1890
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Antique Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Goddess Diana by Mercié 19th Century
Located in London, GB
An elegant French Grand Tour bronze figure of the Greek Goddess Diana by Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié, French 1845 - 1916, dating from Circa 1880. The seated and robed Goddess Diana is holding a bow and arrows with her head downcast and raised on a circular plinth. Diana was originally considered to be a goddess of the wilderness and of the hunt, a central sport in both Roman and Greek culture. Early Roman inscriptions to Diana celebrated her primarily as a huntress and patron of hunters. Add a beautiful classical element to your home with this delightful bronze. Condition: In excellent condition with no dings, dents or signs of repair. Please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 41 x Width 29 x Depth 19 Dimensions in inches: Height 1 foot, 4 inches x Width 11 inches x Depth 7 inches Mercié entered the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and studied under Alexandre Falguière and François Jouffroy, and in 1868 gained the Grand Prix de Rome at the age of 23. His first great popular successes were the David and Gloria Victis, which was shown and received the Medal of Honour of the Paris Salon. The bronze was subsequently placed in the Square Montholon. The bronze David...
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Early 1800s French Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Grand Tour Style Greek Plaster Foot Sculpture
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Grand Tour style cast plaster sculpture of an Ancient Greek or Roman foot Greece, Late 20th Century Measures: 7.88"W x 3.13"D x 4.5"H. Very good original vintage ...
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Late 20th Century Greek Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Plaster

Pair of 19th Century Grand Tour Roman Feet Bronze Candlesticks
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of 19th century grand tour Roman feet bronze candlesticks, each one realistically cast of one pair of human feet, that hold one standard candle.
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

19th Century Grand Tour Style Bisque Porcelain Rhyton Form Vase
Located in Forney, TX
A striking antique European Grand Tour style bisque porcelain rhyton form vase, circa 1875 Continental, most likely German, late 19th century, exceptionally executed sculptural form...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Italian Grand Tour Bronze Statues of Greco-Roman Males, Set of Three
Located in Bradenton, FL
Grand Tour Bronze statues of three nude males from mythology, all in various poses. These small statues range in height from 5.5" to 5.75" and in width 2 to 2.5". These would have be...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Wedgwood Black Basalt Grecian Sphinx After a Model by John Cheere (1709-1787)
Located in Dallas, TX
a Wedgwood black basalt Grecian Sphinx after a model by sculptor John Cheere (English, 1709-1787), in the Greco-Egyptian style, depicted as a female figure...
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19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain, Pottery

Gladiatore Ferito Figura Grand Tour in Bronzo Ispirata al Galata Morente Romano
Located in Milano, MI
Bronze Wounded Gladiator, Italian sculpture from the early 1900s in good condition. The work is inspired by the Hellenistic sculpture depicting the Dying Gaul the famous marble Galata...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Grand Tour Pompeii Bronze of Silenus, Greek God of Wine
Located in Stamford, CT
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...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Small Bronze Sculpture of the Discobolus of Myron After the Antique
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A small patinated bronze sculpture of the Discobolus of Myron, after the antique. Dating to circa 1880, the statue depicts a male figure in a classic poised pose as if ready to thro...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Metal, Bronze

Silver Bust of Menelaus King of Sparta Grand Tour
Located in Rochester, NY
19th century silver plate bust Menelaus mythological king of Sparta. A fine casting with rich patina. Ebonized wood base. Illegible hallmark. In Greek mythology, Menelaus was a king ...
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19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Silver Plate

Grand Tour Style Bronze Model of St. Peter's Throne Chair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour-Style Bronze Model of St. Peter's Throne Chair Italy, 20th century  This unique bronze souvenir stands 7.5 inches high and is a finely cast...
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Capitoline Venus Grand Tour Mid 19th century bronze
By Praxiteles 1
Located in Mobile, AL
This grand tour bronze sculpture depicts the version of Venus so important to the history of art and literature in the U.S. that the original was temporarily loaned to the National Gallery of Art from the Capital Museums in Rome in 2011. Mark Twain visited Rome and upon his return home in 1867 he published "The Capitoline Venus" and he described the work as the “most illustrious work of ancient art the world can boast of". (with credit to the National Gallery of Art catalog...
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Neoclassical Male Torso After the Ancient in Terracotta
Located in New York, NY
Vintage sculpture in terracotta depicting a male torso in the Grand Tour style after the ancient Roman or Greek. 19 1/2 inches tall. Unsigned and dating from the mid-century period.
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

Large Grand Tour Bronze Model of the Colleoni Monument by Verrochi
Located in New York, NY
A Large Italian 19th century Grand Tour bronze model of The Colleoni Monument by Verrochi, on a granite base.
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1880s Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Granite, Bronze

Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture Giuliano de Medici after the Antique, 19th century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
AFTER MICHELANGELO OF ANTIQUITY Grand Tour Model of Giuliano de Medici from the Medici Chapel in Florence Patinated sand-cast bronze numbered on the back corner "5505", otherwise u...
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Early 20th Century European Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Large 19th Century Grand Tour Venus de Milo Marble Column
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large 19th-century Grand Tour Venus de Milo Marble Column  France, circa 1880  A magnificent 19th-century Grand Tour Venus de Milo marble column from...
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Grand Tour Style Greek or Roman Plaster Foot Sculpture
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Grand Tour style cast plaster sculpture of an Ancient Greek or Roman foot USA, Late 20th Century Measures: 10"W x 4.5"D x 6.5"H. Very good vintage condition.
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Late 20th Century American Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Plaster

19th C. Grand Tour Bronze Apollo Belvedere After Leochares, Votive or Oil Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Grand Tour Bronze Apollo Belvedere After Leochares, Votive, or Oil Lamp Italy, circa late 19th century  A fine example of classical antiquit...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

19th Century Grand Tour Sculpture of a Putto with Horn and Deer
Located in Dresden, DE
19th Century Grand Tour Putto with Horn and Deer Bronze 6242 g 40 x 23 x 15 cm
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Diminutive Grand Tour Bronze 'Balancing Faun' on Marble Pedestal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Diminutive Grand Tour bronze 'Balancing Faun' on marble pedestal Italy, The sculpture circa 1890, the marble pedestal later addition 20th C A small well executed bronze sculpture...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Italian Grand Tour Bronze Of Bacchus
Located in Essex, MA
Cast at Fonderia Sommer in Naples. These were known to be in bars and used as cigarette lighters. Standing Bacchus holding a snake. Foundry signature on base.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Theodoric the Great Grand Tour Bronze, After Peter Vischer the Elder (1460-1529)
Located in Atlanta, GA
After Peter Vischer The Elder (1460-1529), Theodoric The Great, King of the Ostrogoths. Continental Bronze Figure of Gothic King Theodoric as a knight in armor after the artist Pete...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

A Fine Grand Tour Style Bronze of Mercury Mounted as a Table Lamp, Circa 1900
By Giambologna
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The large & finely proportioned cast bronze figure of Mercury - Roman god of abundance & commercial success, shown cradling a caduceus in one hand - the other arm outstretched toward...
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Early 20th Century European Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Grant Tour 19th Century Bronze Statue of Silenus Cradling the Infant Dionysus
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th Century Grand Tour bronze statue of Silenus cradling the infant Dionysus after the antique; Marble. Roman copy of 1st-2nd cent. CE after a bronze Greek original of ca 300...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pair of 19th Century '1850s' Grand Tour Italian Carved Multi-Marble Busts
Located in North Miami, FL
A pair 19th century (1850s) (Grand Tour) Italian carved multi-marble busts of Augustus of Prima Porta and Julius Cesar. These extremely fine an...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Carrara Marble

Grand Tour Bronze Figurines of Boy and Girl
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Grand Tour bronze sculptures depicting playful boy and girl. Apparently unsigned and each in good condition.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pair of Antique Italian Walnut Statues of Gladiators
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of antique Italian walnut statues, after the antique Borghese Gladiator. In Grand Tour style, this decorative pair are a stunning feature for a period property looking to app...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Pair of Grand Tour 19th Century Bronze Putti Figures on Marble Bases, C 1860
Located in Central England, GB
This small pair of fine Italian Grand Tour bronze figures are of classical putti naked apart from a belt of vine leaves and grapes around their lower torso...
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1860s Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

A Fine Grand Tour Bronze Bust of a Greek Philosopher, After Mathurin Moreau
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
This finely modelled Hellenistic style bronze portrait bust appears to be that of the Greek philosopher Chrysippus of Soli - regarded by scholars as the 2nd founder of the School of ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Large Antique Plaster Sculptors Model of Mercury
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large antique painted plaster sculptors model or machete of Mercury. Dating to circa 1900, the sculpture depicts Roman God Mercury seated on a rock in a patinated plaster finish. In Neoclassical style, this French sculpture is an impressive size displaying expertly hand-carved craftsmanship. An exceptional decorative antique for properties looking to appreciate Neoclassical style and Roman mythology. Mercury Mercury is the Roman god of shopkeepers and merchants, travellers and transporters of goods, and thieves and tricksters. He is commonly identified with the Greek Hermes...
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Early 20th Century French Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Plaster, Paint

Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Period Patinated Bronze of a Roman Athlete
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome Italian 19th century Grand Tour period patinated bronze of a Roman athlete. The bronze is raised by a rectangular mottled edge black Belgian marble base below a thick rect...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Grand Tour figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Grand Tour figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage figurative sculptures created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Grand Tour figurative sculptures made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original figurative sculptures, popular names associated with this style include F. Barbedienne Foundry, Ferdinand Barbedienne, Gautier A Paris, and Hippolyte Heizler. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for figurative sculptures differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $175 and tops out at $61,321 while the average work can sell for $2,833.

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