Antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze Hunting Putti Sculptures Statues Marble 1850 Redo known in Italy as Giovanni

known in Italy as Giovanni Stradano

The exterior decorated with a pair of corresponding dragons chasing a flaming pearl

fine figured Cuban mahogany

without equivocations or apologetic disguises

both to the front and rear

Antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze Hunting Putti Sculptures Statues Marble 1850 Redo known in Italy as GiovanniA 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