A MONUMENTAL ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST OF THE EMPEROR LUCIUS VERUS

Lot 48
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Lot 48 | A MONUMENTAL ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST OF THE EMPEROR LUCIUS VERUS
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£ 500 000 – 800 000
A MONUMENTAL ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST OF THE EMPEROR LUCIUS VERUS

ANTONINE PERIOD, LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.

38 in. (96.5 cm.) high





Provenance

with Raphaël Chiappetta, Aix-en-Provence.

Jean Martin-Roch (1905-1991), Abbaye de Pierredon, Mouries, acquired from the above, early 1960s; thence by descent to his widow, Claire Fontana (d. 1999).

Auctioned by Maître Holz, Arles, 2000/ 2001.

Art market, South of France.

with Kevin Delahunty, KD Antiques, Wiltshire, acquired from the above.

with Tomasso Brothers, Leeds, acquired from the above.

with Galerie Chenel, Paris, 2002.

with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 2004 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. XV, no. 31).

Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2008.



Literature

Minerva, vol. XV, no. 3, May/June 2004, p. 64, no. 1.

M. Merrony, 'Birth of a museum', Minerva, vol. 15, no. 3, March/April 2010, ill. front cover, p. 38, no. 5.

J. Pollini, 'Roman Marble Sculpture', in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 100, fig. 51.

M. Merrony, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, La Collection Famille Levett, Mougins, 2012, p. 59.

F. Leclerc, 'Classique ou contemporain, l'art sans frontières à Mougins', Nice Matin, 30 July 2012, p. XV.

V. Bougault, 'L'Antiquité au gout du jour', Connaissance des arts, July/August 2012, p. 112.

Ancient Warfare, vol. VI, issue 5, 2013, p. 8.

Les Étoiles de Mougins, January-March 2013, p. 8.

N. Nussbaum, 'Un Ken d'Or pour le Musée d'Art Classique', Nice Matin, 5 January 2013, p. 12.

Mougins Info, February 2013, ill. front cover.

La Marche de l'Histoire, no. 4, February 2013, p. 20.

Egypte Ancienne, no. 8, May-July 2013, p. 69.

S. Davis, 'Museum Watch', France Today, October/November 2013, p. 15.

France Today, vol. 29, no. 4, June/July 2014, pp. 63 and 65.

N. Nussbaum, 'L'art se met au vert avec Covoiture-Art', Nice Matin, 14 June 2016, p. 9.

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

M. Squire, 'A Passionate Collector', Minerva, March/April 2018, p. 20, fig. 11.

'Mougins: l'Antiquité, c'est tous près', Nice Matin, 19 May 2018.

France Today, vol. 34, no. 3, April/May 2019, p. 44.

'C'est quoi cette oeuvre?', Mougins Info, no. 74, October 2019, p. 23, no. 71.

Ancient Warfare, June/July 2019, vol. XII, issue 6, p. 59.

'Collecting stories: Christian Levett', 30 September 2019, christies.com (online).

Ancient History, no. 28, June/July 2020, p. 59.

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. MMoCA26).
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