Grand Tour Greek Acropolis Painting in Gilt Frame

A pair of 1800s specimen marble grand tour columns.

A pair of grand tour marble vases that could also be used as candlesticks. Italy, turn of the century.

Portrait of girl with a shawl on her head in an ivory frame. The back is an early piece of French fabric. France, circa 1890s.

Painting of a cavalier soldier or an aristocrat on ivory signed cannot make out the signature it is a bronze jewelry frame with tiny pearls all the way aro...

A gorgeous Grand Tour or Neoclassical style framed oil painting of an Italian Capriccio landscape with ruins Italy, Late 19th Century Oil on board, gilt frame Measures: 10.25"W x ...

A gorgeous pair of Grand Tour or Neoclassical style framed oil paintings of an Italian Capriccio landscape with ruins Italy, Early Century Oil on board, gilt frame Measures:...

A rare set of four large gouache paintings inspired by the views of the Bay of Naples and the ancient Greek temples at Paestum. Signed 'Romano'. Italy, circa 1850's. Why we like the...

Beautiful oil painting on canvas depicting the Roman Forum, in particular the Temple of Jupiter Stator. An important example of Grand Tour painting, this wonderful painting evocatively illustrates the unparalleled beauty of the Roman ruins, which have inspired generations of poets and artists throughout the world. Unidentified signature at lower right, but most likely attributable to the great Italian artist Pietro Sassi. This painting, never before on the market, comes from a private collection Pietro Sassi (18 July 1834 – 30 December 1905) was an Italian painter who specialized in large scale vedute of Rome and the Roman Campagna. He was born in Alessandria and resident in Rome, where he painted genre and both urban and rural vedute paintings. Le Sponde del Lago di Garda in Tirolo was exhibited at the 1880 Exhibition of Fine Arts in Turin, while two landscapes where exhibited in the next year in Milan. In 1883 he found great success in Rome where he exhibited three large scale views of ‘La Campaña Romana’, 'Il Temporale in Mare’, and ‘Il Mare del Nord’ in addition to twelve other paintings including Un Bosco di Querce negli Appennini Romani and The Arch of Septimus...