Rare Grand Tour Neapolitan bronze of The Runner Boy

Good quality 19th Century Neapolitan Grand Tour patinated bronze of a Boy Runner after the Roman originals in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. A rare larger size model with a rich dark patination. The original Boy Runner was one of a pair of identical life size bronzes found in the 1750s in the garden of the Villa dei Paperi, Herculaneum, buried by the eruption of Vesuvius. Lovely example of a rare piece. Italy, circa 1880.

H 27.5cm x W 25.5cm x D 11cm

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