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19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Bust of the Pseudo Seneca
Mark Jones Antiques
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19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Bust of the Pseudo Seneca

19th century
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A small Neapolitan patinated bronze bust of Seneca, known as the Pseudo Seneca, Naples, Italy, circa 1880, after the Antique, attributed to the Chiurazzi or Sabatino de Angelis & Fils foundry, finely cast and with a good patina, on a scagliola Sienna socle base.

The Pseudo Seneca is a Roman bronze bust of the late 1st century BC, that was discovered in the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum in 1754. It was originally believed to depict Seneca the Younger, the Roman philosopher, because its emaciated features were supposed to reflect his Stoic philosophy. However, modern scholars agree it is likely a fictitious portrait, probably intended as either Hesiod or Aristophanes. It is thought that the original example was a lost Greek bronze of circa 200 BC. The bust is conserved in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.

Physical Dimensions
Height
20cm (7.87")
Width
9cm (3.54")
Depth
12cm (4.72")
Declaration

Mark Jones Antiques has dated this Grand Tour Bronze Bust to the 1880s.

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A small Neapolitan patinated bronze bust of Seneca, known as the Pseudo Seneca, Naples, Italy, circa 1880, after the Antique, attributed to the Chiurazzi or Sabatino de Angelis & Fils foundry, finely cast and with a good patina, on a scagliola Sienna socle base.
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The Pseudo Seneca is a Roman bronze bust of the late 1st century BC, that was discovered in the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum in 1754.
Mark Jones Antiques

It was originally believed to depict Seneca the Younger, the Roman philosopher, because its emaciated features were supposed to reflect his Stoic philosophy. However, modern scholars agree it is likely a fictitious portrait, probably intended as either Hesiod or Aristophanes. It is thought that the original example was a lost Greek bronze of circa 200 BC. The bust is conserved in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.

Height
20cm (7.87")
Width
9cm (3.54")
Depth
12cm (4.72")
Date of Manufacture

Mark Jones Antiques has dated this Grand Tour Bronze Bust to the 1880s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1092116
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MJGTA0071
Mark Jones Antiques
Mark Jones Antiques
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Mark jones antiques are dealers in fine antique furniture, ‘design’, works of art, and works by the sporting artist ‘snaffles’.

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Northwick Park
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United Kingdom

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A 19th-century dark patinated bronze bust of Pseudo-Seneca mounted on a turned cream marble socle base.
19th Century Grand Tour Bronze Bust of the Pseudo Seneca
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A 19th-century dark patinated bronze bust of Pseudo-Seneca mounted on a turned cream marble socle base.
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During the 18th and 19th centuries, wealthy European aristocrats embarked on the Grand Tour across Italy and Greece, purchasing small-scale bronze replicas of famous classical sculptures as educational souvenirs and markers of taste.

These sculptures were typically cast in bronze using the lost-wax process, finished with dark or patinated chemical washes, and mounted upon turned marble or alabaster socles.

Authentic period castings exhibit crisp hand-chased detailing, natural surface oxidisation or patina within deep recesses, and age-appropriate wear to the threaded fixing rod and marble base.

A bronze bust serves as a strong focal point when displayed on a mahogany mantelpiece, layered within a curated bookshelf, or placed on a dark wood executive desk alongside leather-bound volumes.

Dust regularly using a dry, soft microfibre cloth or camel-hair brush, avoiding water, abrasive chemical cleaners, or metal polishes that strip the historical patina.
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