A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF THE PHILOSOPHER EPIKOUROS

Lot 94
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Lot 94 | A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF THE PHILOSOPHER EPIKOUROS
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$ 12 000 – 18 000
A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF THE PHILOSOPHER EPIKOUROS

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

15 in. (38.1 cm.) high





Provenance

with Il Silenus di Via Margutta, Rome.

Artemis A.W. Joukowsky (1930-2020) and Dr. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (1936-2022), Providence, RI, acquired from the above, 1970; thence by descent to the current owners.



Literature

R. Winkes, "The portraiture of Epikouros," Revue des archéologues et historiens d'art de Louvain, vol. XVI, 1983, pp. 68-94.

T. Hackens and R. Winkes, eds., Love for Antiquity: Selections from the Joukowsky Collection, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1985, pp. 90-91, no. 68.



Exhibited

Providence, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Ancient Art from Rhode Island Collections, 9 September-30 October 1983.

Providence, List Art Center, Brown University, Love for Antiquity: Selections from the Joukowsky Collection, 12 October-8 November 1985.
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