Baccante dell'Ercolano, Much Handled 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Watercolor cast metal sculpture shipped carefully in protective archival

shipped carefully in protective archival glassine

Very good condition in original box

or just a special gift in itself

Also included is a tiny photo of Schuyler Colfax

Baccante dell'Ercolano, Much Handled 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Watercolor cast metal sculpture shipped carefully in protective archivalI believe this 19th century Italian gouache watercolor was someone's Grand Tour purchase; some notations in graphite at the top of the paper seem to have recorded the date of purchase and what was paid, but it's a but hard to decipher. (I think maybe the year of purchase was 1895, though I believe the painting is likely a bit older than that.) This allegorical "baccante" (follower of Bacchus) with basket on her head (filled with grapes I believe) and