Beautiful pair of 19th Century Grand Tour patinated bronze Capitoline Lions on green marble bases. Originally bought to Rome during the reign of Domitian the Egyptian lions were placed at the base of the steps leading up to the square in 1562 and converted to fountains in 1588. Even brown patina with areas of verdigris which enhance the beauty of these bronzes and harmonise perfectly with the marbre vert bases.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...