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 …