Souvenir De Grand Tour - Bust Of Dante In Alabaster On A Marble Base

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Bust of Dante on column base
Alabaster and marble
Dimensions : H. 20 (cm.)
Late 19th century

Many busts, including ours, are based on the iconography of paintings by Domenico Michelino in 1465 and Sandro Botticelli around 1495.
 
A souvenir of the Grand Tour
Iconography linked to archaeological discoveries was a popular theme for Italian artists in the 19th century. Mostly intended for the English and French, these small objetcs were intended to be taken to neighbouring countries as a souvenir of the trip to Italy. There is a whole production linked to this trip, such as small mosaics, marble busts and so on.
Local bronzemakers and sculptors, in Naples for the Pompeian finds, and in Rome and Florence for the Etruscan finds, produced a profusion of these models.

Condition report: two small chips