Rare example of a late 19th century Grand Tour dark patinated library bronze statue of the Belvedere Antinous. After the Hadrianic copy of a the original bronze by Praxiteles, discovered in 1540 and now housed in the Museo Pio-Clementino in the Vatican Collections in Rome. Described in the early 19th century as ''one of the most perfect statues that has come down to us from antiquity'' and ''undoubtedly one of the most beautiful heads of a young man from Antiquity''. Versions can also be seen in other prominent collections including the Met, Bode and the National Trust. Good quality heavy bronze presented on an associated Breccia Aleppo circular marble base. Italy, circa 1890.Based 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 extensiv...