Fine quality late 19th century Grand Tour white statuary marble bust of Caesar Augustus of Prima Porta the first Emperor of Rome, after the antique. The 1st century AD original was discovered in 1867 at the Villa of Livia, North of Rome and now resides in the Braccio Nuovo in the Vatican Museum. Presented on a typical Roman Marmo Rosso Levanto and Belgium Black marble socle base. Italy, probably Rome, circa 1890. Bust: H 24.5cm x W 14cm x D 16cmwith socle: H 36.5cm x W 14cm x D 16cm 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 ...