Rare Italian mid 19th century Grand Tour rich dark brown patinated library bronze of ''Perseus Triumphant'' after Antonio Canova (1757-1822). Fine quality, well modelled, cast and chased bronze. Presented on a possibly later oval Siena marble base. The original marble version of this bronze was produced in 1800 and is now displayed in the Octagonal Court in the Vatican Museums in Rome. Good size, rare piece of Grand Tour. Italy, circa 1850.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 ex...