A Marble Torso of a Man of Letters, Roman Imperial, circa 2nd Century A.D.

standing with his left hand resting on his hip and his right hand held on his chest, and wearing a pallium.

French private collection, Paris, 1970s (Hôtel Drouot, Paris, September 24th, 2008, no. 84, illus.)

Good , surface somewhat worn, very minor chips, head and missing lower part of statue appear to have been carved separately.
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For closely related statues see G. Richter, The Portraits of the Greeks, vol. I, London, 1965, figs. 680 (Sophokles), and vol. II, fig. 1369 (Aischines). For other Roman figures of palliati see M. Bieber, Ancient Copies, New York, 1977, pp. 134-135, pls. 104-105.