ID 820698 
Lot 20  | A ROMAN MARBLE ARCHAISTIC RELIEF WITH LETO
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000 
EARLY AUGUSTAN PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C.
16 7/8 in. (42.8 cm.) high
Provenance
James-Alexandre, Comte de Pourtalès-Gorgier (1776-1855), Paris, acquired by 1841.
Catalogue des objets d’art et de haute curiosité, antiques, du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance, qui composent les collections de feu M. le Comte de Pourtalès-Gorgier, C. Pillet and E. Escribe, Paris, 21 March 1865, lot 7.
Baron Valentin de Courcel (1838-1917), Villa Faustina, Promenade de la Croisette, Cannes, acquired by 1893.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 5 June 2013, lot 20.
Acquired by the current owner from the above.
Literature
J.J. Dubois, Description des antiques faisant partie des collections de M. le Comte de Pourtalès-Gorgier, Paris, 1841, p. 2, no. 4.
A. Michaelis, "La raccolta de Courcel a Cannes," Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Römische Abteilung, vol. 8, 1893, pp. 181-182, no. 16.
| Medium: | Marble, Stone | 
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| Art style: | Ancient Art | 
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire | 
| Category: | Fragment | 
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities | 
| Medium: | Marble, Stone | 
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| Art style: | Ancient Art | 
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire | 
| Category: | Fragment | 
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities | 
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