Antique Italian Marble Bust of Augustus Caesar

NAMED PORTEUR D’EAU TUNISIEN From our Antique Bronze Sculpture collection, we are delighted to offer this French Bronze Figure by Jean Didier Debut. The figure named Porteur d’eau Tunisien (Tunisian Water Bearer) is exceptionally cast upon a slightly rounded plinth base with a natural textured surface. The figure stands bearing two pales of water dressed...

FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING A FINELY DETAILED BELLE ÉPOQUE BRONZE DEPICTING A RENAISSANCE ARMOURER AT WORK From our bronze sculpture collection, we are delighted to offer this French 1...

This Swiss Black Forest Lion of Lucerne Carving dates to the late nineteenth century, circa 1890. Carved from linden wood, it is modelled after the Lion Monument in Lucerne, Switzerl...

FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING FRENCH 19TH CENTURY BRONZE OF CROUCHING VENUS AFTER COYSEVOX From our Bronze Sculpture collection we are delighted to offer this French Bronze of Crouching...

Nicely carved head with Turquin blue marble socle. Smooth soft patina to the stone. Turquin marble was used in ancient Rome for flooring , bathtubs etc. It was used often in the Fren...

GRAND TOUR Italy, circa late 19th/early 20th Century Bust of Young Gaius Octavius Augustus Carved Carrara marble, unsigned 17 1/4" H x 8 3/4" W x 5 5/8" D A good Grand Tour bust ...

A finely carved statuary white marble bust of a young Augustus Caesar attributed to the workshops of 19th century Italian sculptor Pietro Tenerani (1789-1869). Also known as Young Octavian, this bust of a young Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar is after a sculpture found in the Pio Clementino Museums of the Vatican. Carved with exceptional detail, the bust is elevated on a turned socle and bears the name ‘TENERANI’ to the front. Other busts like this one after the Vatican original of the former Emperor Augustus were sculpted in the Mid-18th Century. Pietro Tenerani (1789-1869) was a notable Italian sculptor of the early 19th century. In his early career, he trained under Italian sculptor Lorenzo Bartolini, before moving to Rome where he won a scholarship as a pupil of Danish sculptor, Bertel Thorvalsden. Having honed his skills, Tenerani worked from a studio of his own in later years. William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, Queen Victoria and Pope Pius IX...

19th century Italian Grand Tour white marble bust of Augustus Caesar. Bust sits on a round white marble pedestal base. Augustus was Julius Caesar's great-nephew, and the first Roman ...