Antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze Hunting Putti Sculptures Statues Marble 1850 Sculpture base and door panels have

base and door panels have 'Dutch Ripple' molding and at each corner a hand-turned 'Barley Twist' column

Vinea studied at The Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and then worked as a designer of illustrated periodicals

This is a rare and unusual Georgian chair and is very stout and robustly made

where he studied architecture

The dish under-glazed in blue & white with orange highlights

Antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze Hunting Putti Sculptures Statues Marble 1850 Sculpture base and door panels haveA very fine pair of Italian Grand Tour putti bronze statues on Breccia marble bases, circa 1850. One of the nicest pairs of antique Grand Tour bronze putti we have had in a while, the bronzes are very finely modelled in hunting poses. One putti with a fishing pole and a caught fish under his arm the other with a crossbow and pheasant in his hand. The bronzes are both cast by lost wax (cire perdue) method and are beautifully patinated, each stands on a