Grand Tour Intaglio Collection

View Similar Items

Antique Collection of Italian Grand Tour Plaster Intaglios

Grand Tour Sculpture

A Set of Renaissance Classical 19th Century Grand Tour Italian Plaster Intaglios

Large Grand Tour Marble Column Plinth

Grand Tour Neoclassical Style Faux-Marble Temple

Pair of Grand Tour Obelisks

Grand Tour Bronze Sarcophagus Form Box

Micromosaic and Pietre Dure Grand Tour Casket

Italian Grand Tour Bronze Censer with Birds

Italian Grand Tour Marble Model of a Roman Labrum or Bath, circa 1810

Continental Grand Tour Brass Statue of Napoleon Bonaparte

Grand Tour Italian Gilt Bronze Pendant Oil Lamp

Want more images or videos?

Request additional images or videos from the seller

1 of 11

Grand Tour Intaglio Collection

About the Item

Superb set of Italian Grand Tour plaster intaglios depicting famous art works of The Museo Sommariva in fine detail. Collected in the original book created by the maker Paoletti. The book with marbled paper boards and vellum spine, with hand written lists front and back of the art works within. Made in Rome by Pietro Paoletti, at his Studio in Piazza di Spagna N.49 The Grand Tour was the traditional trip around Europe, often lasting three to four years, undertaken by the wealthy upper-class English during the 16th and 17th century. Their prime interest was to visit cities that were considered major centres of culture; Paris, Rome, Venice, Florence and Naples were popular destinations. During the 18th and 19th century, the opportunity to take the “Grand Tour” spread from the aristocracy to the new industrial and professional elites, tourist destinations such as Rome shifted their attention from the privileged class to meeting the travel needs of the monied middle-class, including a healthy souvenir trade. In addition to albums of engraved views, “the Grand Tour offered another very popular type of travel souvenir, the now nearly forgotten cameos. The taste for these engraved antique gems was revived as part of the classical revival and later reproduced as miniature plaster casts. Mounted in faux book bindings, these plaster cameos provided a minutely detailed cabinet of neoclassical knowledge and art. (Princeton University). An early 19th century collection of plaster cast impressions by Pietro Paoletti in leather bound volumes, each stamped in gold lettering on the spine Paoletti Impronte, and individually beneath Museo Sommariva. Hand inscribed on the interior with details of its contents. Count Hawks Le Grice wrote of Paoletti's works in his 'Walks through the Studii of the Sculptors at Rome 1841', "Although the Impronte are but miniature copies, they exhibit all the fidelity and beauty of the originals, and convey to the eye a better idea of sculptured works of art than the most finished engravings. The Studio of Paoletti is in Piazza di Spagna No. 49, where collections in impronte may be had of all the works existing in the different Museums in Europe." HEIGHT: 10 in / 25.4 cm DEPTH: 1.625 in = 4.1 cm WIDTH: 6.375 in = 16.2 cm

Dimensions:
Height: 10 in (25.4 cm)Width: 6.375 in (16.2 cm)Depth: 1.625 in (4.13 cm)
Style:
Neoclassical (Of the Period)
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
Early 19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1820
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Stamford, CT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU80303531682