Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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 micromosaics — small 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
Set of Two Custom Framed 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Intaglios, circa 1820
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb pair of framed Grand Tour intaglios, circa 1820. These genuine plaster hand-carved intaglios are all gilt paper wrapped and numbered. They are custom framed on a gray linen ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Linen, Plaster, Wood, Paper
A Pair of Italian Grand Tour Framed Wall Mounted Intaglios
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Pair of Italian grand tour Wall Mounted Intaglios. Intaglios comes from the Italian word intagliare, meaning "to incise or carve". Intaglios, generally speaking, are designs or mo...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Plaster
Grand Tour Charcoal and Watercolor Architectural Drawing, circa 1800
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Grand Tour charcoal and watercolor drawing executed by an English tourist in Italy, circa 1800, depicting a gentleman peering over a staircase balustrade in a Baroque interior...
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Early 19th Century European Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Pair of Oil on Board Harbour Scenes Manner of Luigi Maria Galea
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Manner Of Luigi Maria Galea (1847-1917)
circa 1900
The Grand Harbour, Valetta, early morning; and The Grand Harbour, Valetta, at dusk
signed illeg...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Paint
20th Century Grand Tour Style Painted Terracotta Wall Plate
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning Grand Tour style hand painted terracotta wall plate featuring a mediterranean scene
Circa mid-20th century
Measures: 9.25"W x .5"D...
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Mid-20th Century Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Terracotta
Large Grand Tour Sculpture Bronze Greco-Roman Uffizi Wrestlers Barbedienne
Located in Rochester, NY
Grand tour circa 1860s bronze of the Wrestlers. Rich fine dark brown patina. Marked "F. Barbedienne Fondeur." The Wrestlers also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Metal, Bronze
Pair of Italian 19th Century Neapolitan Gouaches
Located in Bradenton, FL
An absolutely exquisite pair of Italian 19th century Neapolitan gouaches in 20th century giltwood frames. One depicts the volcano eruption of 1822 in Naples, the other is an affluent...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Paint
Set Of Ten Framed Engravings Of Classical Vases By Carlo Antonini
Located in Essex, MA
print size is 8x10. Engravings of ancient vessels.
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1830s Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
Antique Religious Grand Tour Plaque Last Supper Painting Alabaster Champleve
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Example of a Religious Grand Tour heavy gauge wall hanging or free-standing Patinated Bronze Cast Rectangular Hand Painted Porcelain Plaque of generous proportions and Continental origin possible France, depicting a classical scene of the Last Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci. Last quarter of the Nineteenth Century.
Beautifully mounted on to a rectangular light green Alabaster or Onyx plaque with highly ornate Champleve enamel detailing in colours, which is mounted on to a polished brass backing.
Condition: Good condition with nice patination and no losses, no imperfections anywhere, backing support is very sturdy.
Beautiful and quite unusual religious offering, wonderful gift.
Height: (entire as image one) 8" (20cm). Width: (at base) 10.75” (27cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
Affordable fixed price Worldwide Store to door shipping offered by Seller.
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Zuber Six Panel Wallpaper Screen The Hunting Landscape
By zuber
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Magnificent 19th century six panel wallpaper screen by Zuber and Cie. The screen features six hand blocked wallpaper panels from "Le Paysage a Chasses" o...
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19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
German Glazed Terracotta Monkey Tile by Karlshrue
Located in Houston, TX
German glazed terracotta monkey tile by Karlshrue.
German glazed terra cotta or Majolica monkey tile by Karlshrue, circa 1920. This gorgeous wall art depicts two monkeys on a tree br...
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1920s German Vintage Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Terracotta
Pair 18th or 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Gouaches Of Vesuvius, Bay of Naples
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 18th or 19th century Neapolitan gouaches of Virgil's Tomb, one with a view of Mount Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples. This is a wonderful high quality pair of a rare subject. A...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Paper
Early 19th Century Grand Tour Male Nude Drawing of an Athletic Youth
Located in Richmond, London
An exquisite early 19th century Grand Tour male nude drawing of an athletic youth. Signed Gennaro Gonzalez 21 December 1813.
Why we like it
Draw...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Gold Leaf
Antique Grand Tour Faux Book of Neoclassical Intaglios
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Grand Tour faux book of Neoclassical plaster intaglios.
Dating to the early 19th century, this intriguing book encloses twenty-five classically themed Italian medallions...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Plaster
Ippolito Caffi 19th Century Signed Italian Painting
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful and important painting attributed to the great 19th-century artist Ippolito Caffi.
Tempera on canvas pasted on panel.
Depicts the Bay of Naples in all its resplendent beaut...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Set of Large Grand Tour Venetian Capriccio Ruins and Canal Scenes after Guardi
Located in Nashville, TN
In the manner of Francesco Lazzaro Guardi (October 5, 1712 – January 1, 1793) . Francesco Lazzaro Guardi was a Venetian painter of veduta, a member of the Venetian School. He is con...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Canvas, Giltwood
19th C. Italian Grand Tour Carved Marble Portrait Plaque Roman Emperor Titus
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Carved Marble Portrait Plaque Roman Emperor Titus
Italy, Circa 1880s
A fine example of 19th-century Italian Grand Tour, this masterwork carved marbl...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Marble, Steel
19th Century Enrico Coleman Signed Painting
By Enrico Coleman
Located in Roma, IT
An important painting by one of the most representative Italian artists of the 19th century, Enrico Coleman.
It depicts a village most probably from Lazio, perhaps a glimpse of Anticoli Corrado, the town famous for the attractiveness of its models, or rather Subiaco, his mother's birthplace.
The atmosphere here is typical of the XXVs of the Roman Campagna of which Enrico Coleman was probably the most important exponent.
The reason for this can also be seen in this small masterpiece that captures the washerwomen in their occupation immersed in a poetically bucolic atmosphere; a sky of unparalleled blue stands out in the background.
Signed below on the right
This painting, never before on the market, comes from an important Italian private collection and is beautified by an impressive antique frame in gilded wood, in almost perfect condition.
Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi official Expert in Italian furniture for the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and for the Rome Civil Courts.
Oil painting on paper
Enrico Coleman (21 or 25 June 1846 – 14 February 1911) was an Italian painter of British nationality.
He was the son of the English painter Charles Coleman and brother of the less well-known Italian painter Francesco Coleman.
He painted, in oils and in watercolours, the landscapes of the Campagna Romana and the Agro Pontino; he was a collector, grower and painter of orchids. Because of his supposedly Oriental air, he was known to his friends as "Il Birmano", the Burmese.
Enrico Coleman was born in Rome in June 1846.
He was the fourth child of the English painter Charles Coleman, who had come to Rome in 1831 and settled there permanently in 1835, and of a famous artist's model from Subiaco, Fortunata Segadori (or Segatori), whom he had married in 1836.
Coleman was initially taught by his father, did study at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome.
Following the mocking reception of Una mandria di bufali nelle paludi pontine, a naturalistic painting of a herd of buffaloes in the Pontine marshes, at the International Artist's Club in 1872,he reportedly began to paint genre subjects in the manner of the then-fashionable Mariano Fortuny, although no works showing the influence of the Spanish painter are known.
At the instigation of Nino Costa, he soon returned to the depiction of the people, animals and landscapes of the Campagna Romana and the Agro Pontino.
Coleman was lover of orchids, which he painted, collected and cultivated.
An 1894 watercolour of orchids is in the Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome.
Coleman had a remarkable collection of indigenous orchids, which he cultivated himself in his house at 6 via Valenziana and the botanist Fabrizio Cortesi named the hybrid Orchis x colemanii Cortesi in his honour.
In 1875, Coleman was among the founding members of the Società degli Acquarellisti, the Roman society of watercolourists; he participated in the society's first exhibition in 1876, and continued to exhibit with them until 1907. In 1878 he was elected an honorary member of the Société Royale Belge des Aquarellistes, the Belgian royal society of watercolourists, with which he participated in the Salon de Paris in 1879 and to the 4th Esposizione Nazionale di Belle Arti, or national fine art show, of Turin in 1880, and to that of Milan in the following year; he showed works in London in 1882 and in Rome in 1883.
In 1885, Coleman was among the founding members of the group In Arte Libertas, of which Nino Costa was the leading force and the other founding members were Vincenzo Cabianca...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool, Canvas, Paper
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Set of Portrait Medals of The 12 Roman Emperors
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderful mounted and framed 19th century Italian Grand Tour set of silvered bronze portrait medallions of The 12 Roman Emperors surrounding 3 larger medals, one showing the Battle o...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Bronze
Anthony Redmile Faux Marble Creature
Located in Hanover, MA
Cast in marble resin so heavy and cold to the touch, this beast hangs on a wall or peers up at you from a table surface.
Also a profile of a Roman young man ($495); Medi...
Also a profile of a Roman young man ($495); Medi...
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Late 20th Century British Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Period Italian Signed Grand Tour Watercolor
Located in Roma, IT
Period Italian Signed Grand Tour Watercolor
Beautiful watercolour depicting the ancient Roman colony Timgad
Signed, dated and located in the l...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Anthony Redmile Profile Relief of Perseus
Located in Hanover, MA
Wall mounted profile in relief of Perseus in cast marble resin and fiberglass by Anthony Redmile (born 1940) of London circa 1990, after a bronze bas relief sculpture by Edmond Louis...
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1990s British Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Resin, Fiberglass
Perioid Grand Tour Style Signed Italian Painting
By Pietro Sassi
Located in Roma, IT
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...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Canvas
Set of Four Grand Tour Etchings Italian Architectural Views Remondini circa 1770
Located in Milano, MI
A late-18th century Italian hand-colored copper engravings, original Italian etchings by Remondini, from Bassano dating back to 1770 circa.
The set of four etchings...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Vintage Italian Capriccio Framed Oil on Canvas Painting of Landscape With Ruins
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Grand Tour style framed oil painting of an Italian Capriccio landscape with ruins
Italy, Mid-20th Century
Oil on canvas, gilt frame
Measures: 9.5"W x 1"D x 9.5"H.
Exce...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Pair of Italian Capriccio Framed Oil on Canvas Paintings of Landscape With Ruins
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous pair of Grand Tour style framed oil paintings of an Italian Capriccio landscape with ruins
Italy, Mid-20th Century
Oil on canvas, gilt frame
Measures: 9.5"W x 1"D x 9.5...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Antique Italian Pietra Dura Marble Inlay Plaque of Spaniard
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - (Frame) H: 16 1/2 in W: 11 1/2 in D: 1 in
(Plaque) H: 12 1/4 in W: 7 1/4 in
This exquisite Antique Italian Early 20th Century Pietra Dura Inlaid Marble Plaque is a stu...
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Marble
Antique Italian Marble Plaque of St. Helena
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A well-carved, early 20th century antique Italian marble plaque of the elegant St. Helena, after a sandstone relief by 15th century Italian sculptor, Desiderio da Settignano (1429-14...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Marble
Grand Tour Style Venetian Canal Oil Painting - Signed - Italy - Circa 1950's
Located in Chatham, ON
Post Impressionist Grand Tour style Venetian oil painting on prepared Masonite panel - titled verso 'PALAZZO DUCALE, VENEZIA' - featuring the Doge's Palace on the Grand Canal with bo...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Masonite, Paint
Pair Carved and Polychromed Figural Venitian Wall Brackets
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This fanciful pair of hand carved, gilded, and polychrome figural wall brackets were made in the 19th Century in Venice, Italy.
They feature fanc...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Wood
Antique Pietra Dura Plaque attributed to Giovanni Montelatici, Florence, c. 1910
By Giovani Montelatici
Located in London, GB
A beautiful quality antique pietra dura plaque of an elderly couple, possibly by Giovanni Montelatici, made in Florence, Italy c. 1910.
The image in this piece is all made of pietra...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Stone
Superb Quality Antique Micro-Mosaic Grand Tour Souvenir of a Visit to Rome
Located in Montreal, QC
Superb quality antique micro-mosaic Grand Tour Souvenir of a visit to Rome. set with seven panels, vignettes of Roman views in a shaped slate tablet. and in original frame. Part of a...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Marble, Slate
Y. Gianni, Italian the Gulf of Naples, 19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Y. Gianni (Italian) The Gulf of Naples, 19th Century. A beautiful signed "Y. Gianni" gouche on paper, framed and matted with description & name on matti...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Paper
Vintage Italian Capriccio Framed Oil on Canvas Painting of Landscape With Ruins
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Grand Tour style framed oil painting of an Italian Capriccio landscape with ruins
Italy, Mid-20th Century
Oil on canvas, gilt frame
Measures: 9.5"W x 1"D x 9.5"H.
Exce...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
'Grand Tour' Old Master Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Antique Statue Torso
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
'Grand Tour' old master drawing of a seated male nude antique statue torso
Italy 18th century or older
Drawing (sight): 15" W x 20.75" H; Framed: 25.5" W x 32" H x 2" D.
An exquisite 'Grand Tour' Old Master drawing from Italy, dating back to the 18th century or even earlier. This captivating piece measures 32 inches high by 25.5 inches wide when framed.
This finely executed Grisaille chalk/pencil artwork measures 20.75 inches in height and 15 inches in width within its later neoclassical frame. The drawing skillfully captures the essence of a Roman antique-carved marble male torso...
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18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
Studio of Pompeo Batoni, “Madonna of the Annunciation– Mid-18th Century Italian
Located in Seaford, GB
Country HouseAn exceptional mid-18th-century oil painting from the Studio of Pompeo Batoni (1708–1787), presenting a revered composition: The Madonna of the Annunciation. This rema...
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Mid-17th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Canvas
Oil on Canvas, Orientalist Scene, Signed Louis Saphier
Located in Houston, TX
Oil on canvas, orientalist scene, signed Louis Saphier.
This lovely painting was executed around 1920.
Louis Saphier was active and lived in both New Yor...
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1920s Vintage Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Canvas, Wood
Bay of Naples Gouache Seascape with Vesuvius Erupting, 1906
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Bay of Naples Gouache Seascape with Vesuvius Erupting, 1906, a fine gouache on paper seascape with the panoramic Bay of Naples stretching wide, wit...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Paper
Framed Grand Tour Drawing of a Male Roman Bust
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Italian Grand Tour framed drawing under glass of a Roman male bust statue
Italy, Early 20th Century
Pencil drawing on paper, with a newe...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Pair of 18th Century Italian Grand Tour Wall Hangings
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of intricate 18th century Italian Grand Tour wall hangings depicting profile portrait busts of four famous Italian poets from history: Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Francesco P...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Boxwood
Antique Grand Tour Italian Capriccio Framed Oil on Board Paintings of a Landscap
Located in Elkhart, IN
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:...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Bronze
Arch of Septimius Severus in Foro Boario Roman Engraving, c.1700
Located in Savannah, GA
An engraving of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Foro Boario, circa 1700.
sight: 14 ¼ by 13 ¾ inches
frame: 19 ½ by 19 inches
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Early 1700s Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Set of Four 19th Century Neopolitan Gouache Paintings
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A rare set of 4 exquisitely executed gouaches of Naples and surrounding area, showing unusual scenes of the bays of Amalfi, Sorrento, the golf of Baja (Sardinia) and Tempi Di Pesti ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Italian Grand Tour Allegorical Porcelain Plaque of Two Graces - Circa 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian, circa 1900.
A Firenze porcelain allegorical plaque depicting two extremely fine quality graces draped in beautiful dresses, flowers, gold accents to their clothing and shoe...
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20th Century Italian Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Three Italian Framed Watercolors of Scenes of Rome
Located in Essex, MA
Nicely framed and newly matted. The pantheon, forum and temple of Hercules Victor.
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1860s Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Other
ANTIQUE GRAND TOUR MARCUS AURELIUS STATUE CORINTHIAN PiLLAR ROMAN OIL PAINTING
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original circa 1860-1880 Italian Grand Tour Oil on Board painting of Roman Temple Ruins with a...
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1860s Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
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Wood
Grand Tour Pencil Drawing "Remains of the Parthenon" Fine Carved Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
Charles Lamson Swasey (American New Bedford Massachusetts, 1815-1888).
This wonderful grand tour graphite on paper drawing was done in December 1839 and depicts the remains of the ...
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19th Century American Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Vintage Grand Tour Gladiator Original Oil on Canvas
Located in west palm beach, FL
Vintage grand tour painting depicting a gladiator holding a lions mouth open. A combination of soft browns and tans on canvas. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
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Mid-20th Century American Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Two Ancient Greek Carved Marble Plaques
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of interesting ancient Greek style statuary marble relics or wall plaques, depicting a serpent and dove in relief.
Thought to be of Greek or Italian origin, these antique wall plaques have an ancient look and feel, with wear and discolouration that offers a glimpse into their history. Perhaps they were once collector’s items, architectural fragments discovered by a traveller on their grand tour throughout Europe in the 18th to 19th century…
We have conservatively estimated the date to circa 1800, these antique marble wall plaques...
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Early 19th Century Greek Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
A Large and Fine 19th Century Italian Pietra Dura Still-Life Framed Panel
Located in New York, NY
A Large and Fine Quality 19th Century Italian Pietra Dura Still-Life Framed Panel. The panel is an inlaid pietra dura composition set within a giltwood frame. It features a polished ...
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1870s Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Marble
Painting of Travellers at Tivoli Falls Outside Rome After Claude Joseph Vernet
By Claude-Joseph Vernet
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A museum worthy large painting depicting travellers before the falls of Tivoli outside of Rome, with the Temple of Vesta in the background, after the 18thC French artist Claude Joseph Vernet...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Porcelain 'Raphael' Miniature 'Grand Tour' Plaque in Carved Gilt Frame
Located in Brisbane, QLD
An exceptional Grand Tour souvenir in the form of a painted miniature copy of Raphael's famed self portrait, rendered on porcelain and framed in an elaborately carved and gilded timb...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Hope Wall Plaque
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A carved wood wall plaque based on a design by Thomas Hope.
Bespoke sizing, design adaptations and finishing available.
We are currently working to a...
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18th Century British Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Pair of Original Hand Coloured Engravings of Egypt
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century pair of original hand coloured engravings of Egypt in gilt wood frames. After Cecile by Lienard & Reville. Titled “Thebes: Karnak. Vue de la Porte et des Temples du Sud”...
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Mid-19th Century Irish Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Italian Marble Profile Plaque of Roman Emperor Ceasar Vespasianus, Late 18th C
Located in North Miami, FL
This finely Late 18th Century (Grand Tour Period) modeled portrait relief plaque of the Roman Emperor Caesar Vespasian (9-79 AD) is carved from...
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18th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Two Bronze Grand Tour Framed Roundels
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of 19th century bronze Grand Tour framed roundels, one depicting Hercules battling the Nemean Lion and another similar plaque detailed with a classical youth pouring water for...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Porphyry, Metal, Bronze
Pair of Very Fine, Large Italian Pietra Dura Marquetry Panels
Located in London, GB
A pair of very fine, large Italian Pietra Dura marquetry panels
Italian, 19th century
Measures: Panels: height 64cm, width 53cm, depth 2cm
Frames: height 88cm, width 77cm, depth 6cm
Comprising black marble panels of oval form, set with semi precious stones, these exceptional panels are inlaid to depict a bouquet of flowers in antique vases...
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19th Century Italian Antique Grand Tour Wall Decorations
Materials
Marble
Grand Tour wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Grand Tour wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage wall decorations created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with paper, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Grand Tour wall decorations made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and United Kingdom pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original wall decorations, popular names associated with this style include F. Barbedienne Foundry, Majolica Manufactory of Karlsruhe, and zuber. 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 wall decorations differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $45 and tops out at $26,000 while the average work can sell for $1,606.