Grand Tour Neoclassical Style Faux-Marble Temple

Important watercolor painting representing a beautiful view of Rome with the Tiber, Castel Sant'Angelo and the dome of St. Peter's in the background. A typical work in the vein of t...

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...

A botanic didactical specimen in the manner of the famous German botanist Robert Brendel. "In the late 19th century Robert Brendel and his son Reinhold produced beautiful and accur...

Beautiful multicolored sculpture attributed to the Lenci factory Faenza ceramic mosaic Moving inscription with dedication on the back: “In the u...

Art Book Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (in Japanese ?? ??, Fujita Tsuguharu; Tokyo, 27 November 1886 - Zurich, 29 January 1968) Texts Bernard Dorival Oeuvres 1949-1968 Èdition Nic...

This piece of peerless beauty is a perfect example with proportions and appear that make any interior unique. The predominant color is a gradation of black with white veins. The natural wood base was specially made to hold the mineral. Not only does it ensure stability and protection, it adds an extra...

Italian Grand Tour model of the ancient Temple of Vespasian located in the Roman Forum, Rome. Carved from alabaster, this is a handsome example of a souvenir carving which would have been collected by a European or American sophisticate making a Grand Tour of the ancient sites of Italy. This wonderful architectural miniature is evocative of another time and place. Roma Templo Di Vespasiano' etched into the black marble base. It has been drilled to be wired, not the first time I have owned one of these that had been mounted as a lamp. The Temple of Vespasian and Titus is located in Rome at the western end of the Roman Forum between the Temple of Concordia and the Temple of Saturn...

A pair of late 19th century Grand Tour Obelisks. The mouldings in Carara, the plint in Sienna, the plaque in Lapis Lazuli and the obelisks themselves in onyx.

Rare Italian Grand Tour marble and alabaster plaque with profile faces of ancient Italian scholars and poets, including Michelangelo, Dante, Aristo, G...

An finely cast 19th century Italian bronze depicting the Hermes, the Greek god, (the god Mercury in Roman mythology) seated on carved gray marble. Afte...

We are delighted to offer for auction this stunning antique circa 1860 Grand Tour bronze statue of Place Vendome Column with Napoleon on top in so...

A large Grand Tour specimen marble column plinth, in green serpentine and Carrara marble on a gilt-bronze (ormolu) base. Italy, 19th century. Why we like it: Its impressive scale a...