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A Roman Marble Head of a Boy, 2nd Century A.D., on 17th Century Draped Shoulders in Coloured Marble
Estimate
8,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description
- A Roman Marble Head of a Boy
- MARBLE
- Total height 46 cm.; height of head 18 cm.
his chubby face with double chin, slightly open mouth with upper row of teeth visible, prominent cheeks, and eyes with drilled circular pupils, his unruly hair radiating from the crown and falling in asymmetrical locks over his high forehead and broad temples; no restorations.
Provenance
European collection, circa 17th Century (based on variegated marble shoulders)
Dr Montfort, Saint-Tropez
acquired by the present owner at auction in Rouen
Dr Montfort, Saint-Tropez
acquired by the present owner at auction in Rouen
Catalogue Note
For a related example in the Vatican see B. Andreae, ed., Bildkatalog der Skulpturen des Vatikanischen Museums, vol. I.1, 1994, pl. 195. For the unruly strains of hair falling on the forehead cf. heads in the Louvre (K. de Kersauson, Musée du Louvre. Catalogue des portraits romains, vol. 2, 1996, p. 106, no. 41) and in the Villa Albani (P. Bol, ed., Forschungen zur Villa Albani. Katalog der antiken Bildwerke, vol. 1, 1989, pp. 98ff., no. 23, pl. 40f.).