Beautiful 19th Century Grand Tour marble of the Psyche of Capua. The original, excavated in 1726 in the amphitheatre in Capua is now on permanent display in the National Archaelogy Museum in Naples. The figure is thought to represent Psyche, the greek goddess of the soul, and it is believed that the smooth surface to the side of the figure indicates it was once part of a group, possibly with Cupid. Early, slightly weathered example with a lovely patina of age and the faintest hint of a signature to the side. Dated on the underside 1857. Nicely sculpted library size model. Italy, probably Naples.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...