Italian sculptures on offer, sober or extravagant style

For most of the buttoned-up Grand Tourists who visited Florence in the final years of the 19th century, it was only proper to take home a marble copy of a sober Renaissance or antique masterpiece. The Bazzanti or Frilli galleries were the place to go for a David or a Venus.

However, the city was one of contrasts.

As the playground for wealthy European aristocrats or more …

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