ID 1334727
Lot 18 | A ROMAN BRONZE VENUS
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
7 in. (17.8 cm) high
Provenance
French private collection.
with Galerie Samarcande, Paris.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1988, lot 166.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1989 (Gods & Mortals, vol. I, no. 60).
John W. Kluge (1914-2010), Charlottesville, Virginia, acquired from the above, 1989.
The Morven Collection of Ancient Art, Christie's, New York, 8 June 2004, lot 505.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above.
with Seaby Antiquities Gallery, London (Advert in Minerva, November-December 2004).
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York.
U.S. private collection, Miami, Florida, acquired from the above.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above, 2008 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. XX, 2009, no. 59).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2009.
Literature
C.C. Vermeule and J. M. Eisenberg, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, 1995, no. 89-50.
J. Spier, "Roman Bronzes," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 135, fig. 14.
Exhibited
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, From Olympus to the Underworld: Ancient Bronzes from the John W. Kluge Collection, 26 March-31 June 1996.
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA301).
| 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 |
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