ID 1334731
Lot 32 | A ROMAN BRONZE AND SILVER VENUS
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high
Provenance
Aimé Péretié (1808-1882), Beirut.
Louis de Clercq (1882-1901), Paris; thence by continuous descent to his grand-nephew, Comte Henri de Boisgelin (1901-1967), Paris.
with N. Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva, acquired 1960s; thence by descent.
with Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London, acquired from the above, 2009.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2010.
Literature
A. de Ridder, Collection De Clercq, vol. 3: Les bronzes, Paris, 1905, p. 84, no. 119, pl. XXV.
J. Spier, "Roman Bronzes," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 134, fig. 13.
"À la croisée des regards," Cote Magazine, September 2012, p. 125.
"J'ai fait un rêve...," Zibeline, May/June 2012, p. 60.
J. West, "A Museum in Picasso’s Final Playground on the Hillsides above the Cote d’Azur adds Culture to the Sunshine,” Scotsman Magazine, November 2012, p. 32.
"L'or pour le musée de l'art classique de Mougins," Mougins Infos, February 2013, p. 21.
"Christian Levett: 'Mougins a une histoire artistique,'” Nice-Matin, 30th April 2013, p. 11.
“Destinations: Toulon,” Velocity, June 2014, p. 74.
“Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins: Des siècles d'art à découvrir," BeauxArts Magazine, August 2014, p. 114.
“Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins: Des siècles d'art à découvrir," BeauxArts Magazine, September 2014, p. 120.
“Agenda: L’art est dans l’air," Grand Sud, October/November 2014, p. 84.
State, 2014, no. 15, pp. 6 and 22.
“Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins: Museum to go,” Zeit Riviera, January/February 2017, p. 23.
“Exhibitions: Ancient Art,” Grand Sud, Autumn 2014, p. 88.
Force One Magazine, no. 15, 2017, p. 38.
“The MACM on the International Art Scene,” Mougins: Côte d’Azur, June 2017, p. 43.
“Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins: Art antique, néoclassique, moderne & contemporain," SO Cannes, Summer 2017, p. 115.
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA509).
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Address of auction |
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