Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A MAN, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Auction Closed
December 3, 05:06 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A MAN, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
turned to his right, with parted lips, the hair composed of sickle-shaped locks; no restorations.
Height 11 cm. Height of head from chin to crown 9 cm.
acquired by Paul Arndt prior to 1907 for Carl Jacobsen (1842-1914), Valby, Copenhagen
Hruby Collection, Vienna, acquired in the late 1950s from the Austrian collector and dealer H. Görner, Vienna (Bonhams, September 30th, 2015, no. 47, illus.)
The present head belongs to a type known in several other replicas, small-size as well as slightly overlife-size, and attributed to Polykleitos, circa 430 B.C. For the replicas see Kreikenbom, op. cit., pp. 181ff., pls. 210ff. For a discussion of the suggested interpretation as Herakles see S. Kansteiner, Herakles, 2000, pp. 94ff.; id. et al., eds., Der Neue Overbeck, vol. 2, 2014, p. 470f., no. 4.