A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST OF A MAN

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£ 30 000
Auction dateClassic
07.12.2023 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1076484
Lot 55 | A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST OF A MAN
A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST OF A MAN

CIRCA LATE 1ST - EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D.

21 ¾ in. (55.2 cm.) high





Provenance

Baron Léon de Somzée (1837-1901), Brussels, acquired by 1897.

Collections de Somzée, J. Fievez, Brussels, 24 May 1904, lot 60.

Private collection, U.K.

Antiquities, Christie's, London, 10 July 1991, lot 201.

Ambassador Edward Elliot Elson, Norfolk, Virginia, acquired from the above.

The Property of Ambassador Edward Elliot Elson; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 4 June 2008, lot 257.

Acquired by the present owner from the above.



Literature

A. Furtwängler, Sammlung Somzée - Antike Kunstdenkmäler, Munich, 1897, p. 43, no. 60.

J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture", in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 88, fig. 28.

'Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins Launches Virtual Interactive Museum – MACM 4D', 18 October 2016, blooloop.com (online).

R. Leung, 'From 4th-Century Greek Vases to Female Abstract Expressionism', larryslist.com (online).



Exhibited

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA21).
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