Very cheeky and extremely rare late 18th Century Grand Tour marble alto relievo relief panel of the Capitoline Venus. Carved from the back, this view shows a more erotic angle to this famous statue. Discovered in the late 17th Century, the original was purchased by Pope Benedict XIV in 1752 and presented to the Capitoline Museum. It was housed in a room known as the ''The Cabinet of Venus'', where it remains to this day. Presented in its original gold and ebonised frame. Rome, circa 1790.H 31cm x W 23.5cm x D 2.5cmPlaque: H 18.5cm x W 11cm Visual area: H 17.5cm x W 10cmBased in London, we are dealers in fine decorative antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries. We specialise in this era of enlightenment, neoclassicism and the Grand Tour, with its far reaching influence on style and taste in Britain, Continental Europe and beyond: elegance in the age of Napoleon. Our extensive stock covers all aspects of this period and decorative antiques influenced by the period. We co...