ID 1076463
Lot 40 | A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF MARK ANTONY
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
10 ¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Swiss art market, Zurich.
Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 9 December 1999, lot 352.
Private collection, Germany.
with Phoenix Ancient Art, New York and Geneva, acquired from the above (Catalogue 1, 2005, no. 16, p. 23.).
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 12 June 2003, lot 28 (unsold).
Antiquities, Christie's, London, 7 October 2010, lot 149.
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale.
Literature
S. Walker and P. Higgs (eds.), Cleopatra of Egypt, London, 2001, p. 244, where it is mentioned in the note for no. 266, a portrait which has been identified as Mark Antony.
Minerva, January/February 2011, vol. 22, no. 1, p. 57, fig. 19.
J. Pollini, 'Roman Marble Sculpture', in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 79, fig. 11.
V. Bougault, 'L'Antiquité au gout du jour', Connaissance des arts, July/August 2012, p. 112.
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. MMoCA593).
| 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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