ID 1037567
Lot 70 | A ROMAN MARBLE ASCLEPIUS
Estimate value
$ 250 000 – 350 000
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
41 ½ in. (110.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Karol Lanckoroński (1848-1933), Vienna; thence by descent to his son, Anton (Antoni) Lanckoroński (1893-1956), Vienna and Zurich (dated 1938 photograph recorded in the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom Fotothek, no. 38.1539, logged on 29 July 1938. A reproduction of the photograph logged on 23 June 1971 is recorded under no. 71.1197).
Confiscated with the Lanckoroński Collection by the Gestapo, but remained at the Palais Lanckoroński, Vienna, 1939 (Inv. no. 1066, A.L. 833); probably removed to the Augustinerkeller beneath the Albertina, Vienna, by 1943.
Restituted to Anton (Antoni) Lanckoroński (1893-1956), Vienna and Zurich, 15 June 1948; thence by descent to his sister, Adelheid (Adelajda) Lanckoronska (1903-1980), Vienna and Zurich.
The Property of The Countess Adelheid Lanckoronska; Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 12 June 1967, lot 36.
with Douglas Fisher (1917-2006), London and Marbella, Spain, acquired from the above (according to buyer’s list).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1976.
Literature
J. Winiewicz-Wolska, Karol Lanckoroński and His Viennese Collection, vol. 1, Cracow, 2014, p. 489, no. 1066, AL 833.
Arachne Online Database no. 5549399.
Exhibited
Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, 2002-2022 (Loan no. L.93.22.2002).
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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