A Roman marble head of young man
Circa mid-2nd Century A.D.
With finely carved features, the lidded eyes drilled at the inner corners, the small mouth with full lower lip, the curly hair drilled, clustering over the head and along the forehead, 9 5/8in (24.5cm) high, mounted
Circa mid-2nd Century A.D.
With finely carved features, the lidded eyes drilled at the inner corners, the small mouth with full lower lip, the curly hair drilled, clustering over the head and along the forehead, 9 5/8in (24.5cm) high, mounted
Sold for
£43,200
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Ex C. v.d. Heyden Collection, Netherlands. Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate.
Published:
Rijksmuseum van Ouheden, Klassieke Kunst uit Particulier Bezit, (Leiden 1975), no.71, figs.32-3.
Literature:
This head bears great resemblance to portraits of a young Marcus Aurelius around the period of A.D. 139 when he was adopted by Antoninus Pius and given the title of Caesar. Cf. G.A. Mansuelli, Galleria degli Uffizi, Le Sculture, vol. II, (Rome 1961), no.117.
Category: Antiquities
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