Stock No.16638
A fine and large Grand Tour Bronze, traditionally thought to depict Narcissus, after a bronze discovered at Pompeii in 1862. The figure has been identified as both Bacchus and Narcissus, the former has been suggested as the position of the hand might have indicated that he once held a bunch of grapes.
The sculpture was almost certainly produced by the Fonderia Sommer, which was known to produce bronzes that replicated the antique finish seen on the original artefacts.
Italian, c.1870.
Notes: The Sommer Foundry was one of the main Neopolitan foundries that manufactured Grand Tour bronzes for the grand-tourists of the nineteenth-century. Giorgio Sommer was a German photographer and artisan and started the foundry in the 1870s.
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Listed Price: £3,200 (+VAT where applicable)
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10"
25.5 cms |
25 5⁄8"
65 cms |
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