A MONUMENTAL ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS

Lot 42
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Lot 42 | A MONUMENTAL ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS
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A MONUMENTAL ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS

JULIO-CLAUDIAN PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.

16 1⁄8 in. (41 cm.) high





Provenance

French private collection, discovered near Quinsac in the Périgord region between 1880-1885; thence by continuous descent within the family.

Vente Nº 313, Périgord Enchères – Périgord Estimations, Périgueux, 27 November 2011, lot 48.

with Galerie Chenel, Paris, acquired from the above.

Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2012.



Literature

J. Secret, 'Sur une tête de statue romaine découverte à Quinsac', Bulletin de la Société historique et archéologique du Périgord, Périgueux, tome CVIII, 1981, pp. 64-66.

B. Roussel, 'D’Est en Ouest, 20 siècles de promenade sur le territoire niçois', in J.J. Aillagon, et al., Promenade(s) des Anglais, Nice, 2015, p. 49.



Exhibited

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2013 - 2022 (Inv. no. MMoCA820).

Nice, Musée d'Archéologie de Cimiez, D'Est en Ouest: 20 siècles de promenade sur le territoire niçois, 12 June - 4 October 2015.
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