Striking, and substantial, pair of early 19th Century patinated bronze and Siena marble library busts of the famous late 18th Century, highly influential, french philosophers Jean-Jacques Rousseau and (Franēois-Marie Arouet) Voltaire. Of good size, well cast and chased, dark brown almost black patination. Presented on integral bronze socles and stepped plinth Siena marble bases. France, circa 1825.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 influenced by the period. We constantly source new, beautiful items and upload to our site regularly. We are first and foremost antique collectors with over thirty years of experience; we only buy what we love and ...