CA0373 Early 19th century Grand Tour bronze of Homer

Good quality early 19th century Grand Tour patinated bronze bust of Homer the Greek author of the epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey and believed by the Greeks to have been first and greatest poet of Europe. After the Roman copy of a Hellenistic portrait in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. Original Sienna marble base. French or Italian, circa 1840.

H 20cm x W 17cm x D 10cm