A classic pairing of the Greek tragedian Sophocles (496-405BC), known as the Lateran Sophocles, and the Athenian statesman and orator Demosthenes (384-322BC), after the antique. These rare large size 19th century patinated bronze Grand Tour statues are both based on ancient Roman marble copies of Greek originals and are now housed in the Vatican Museums in Rome. Both classically dressed, depicted full figure, Sophocles with a basket of manuscripts and Demosthene holding a scroll. Each on integral bronze plinth base. Some wear to patination and signs of old retouching but otherwise a good quality pair.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 extensive stock covers all aspects of this period and decorative antiques influen...