Very rare, early 19th Century (or earlier) Italian Grand Tour cabinet patinated bronze of Saint Sebastian. This is a scarce bronze representation of the original marble statue by the baroque sculptor Pier Paolo Campi (1668-1764) in the Sant''Agnese church in the Piazza Navona in Rome. Interestingly it includes a halo above the martyrs head sometimes seen on other versions of the saint. Saint Sebastian is shown tied to a tree stump his body pierced with arrows and his Roman armour piled up behind him. On an architectual plinth base with a central flower motif. Rare Grand Tour item.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...