A Large Early 19thC Grand Tour Bronze of the Tiber Apollo c.1800 reserved brass and gold latches

brass and gold latches

on its long journey up from the centre of the Earth

The drawers glide relatively smoothly

the work unframed and surviving from the last quarter of seventeenth century England

and presented on a twentieth century composition stone base with five bored (fountain

A Large Early 19thC Grand Tour Bronze of the Tiber Apollo c.1800 reserved brass and gold latchesOrigin: ItalianPeriod: Early 19thCProvenance: Ex Charles Crodel (1894 1973)Date: c. 1800Height: 22. 5Width: 7. 5Depth: 4. 5The beautifully verdigris patinated bronze of the so called Tiber Apollo, showing the naked Apollo in the classical style with long hair held by fillet and falling on the shoulders in corkscrew curls, the whole surviving from Grand Tour Italy. In good overall condition the statue has not had any restoration or cleaning taken to it