A GREEK MARBLE DRAPED FEMALE FIGURE

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ID 998817
Lot 21 | A GREEK MARBLE DRAPED FEMALE FIGURE
A GREEK MARBLE DRAPED FEMALE FIGURE

HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.

67 3/4 in. (172 cm.) high





Provenance

Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel (1585-1646), Arundel House, London.

Thence by descent to Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk (1655-1701), Norfolk House, London.

Boyder Cuper, Lambeth, gifted by the above, circa 1691-1717.

John Freeman Cook (c. 1669-1752), Fawley Court, Henley-on-Thames, acquired from Cuper, 1717, thence by descent.

Edward McKenzie, Fawley Court, thence by descent, circa 1853-1953.

Polish Congregation of Marian Fathers, Fawley Court, 1953-1985.

The Property of the Marian Fathers, Fawley Court, Henley-on-Thames. The Arundel Marbles and other sculpture from Fawley Court and Hall Barn; Christie's, London, 10 December 1985, lot 257.



Literature

J. Aubrey, The Natural History and Antiquities of Surrey, London, 1719, Vol. V., Tab. VI.

D.E.L. Haynes, "The Fawley Court Relief", Apollo, July 1972, no. 18, fig 7 (centre) and fig. 18.

D.E.L. Haynes, The Arundel Marbles, Oxford, 1975, p. 16.

"Fawley Court Historic House and Museum", brochure for the Divine Mercy college, Marian Fathers, undated, p. 2, illus.



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