A rare large example of a late 19th Century Grand Tour white Carrara marble statue of Arrotino, the Blade Sharpener, after the antique. The original statue is thought to be a figure from a Hellenistic-Roman group representing the Flaying of Marsyas and is now on display in the Tribuna of the Uffizi, Florence. Enscribed ''D[apre],s l''Antique Le Remouleux'' to the base. Nicely carved and in very good condition with a repair to thumb on left hand. French, 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 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 wit...