BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
Property from the Collection of Danny Katz
A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF POTHOS (DESIRE), CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Lot Closed
July 9, 01:33 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Danny Katz
A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF POTHOS (DESIRE), CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
the slender youth standing with the weight on his right leg, his left leg formerly crossed in front of the right one, his left arm raised and formerly holding a staff, his right arm reaching toward his left; penis restored, base, support, limbs and head formerly restored, three small circular holes on the shoulder blades, possibly for a formerly restored quiver.
Height 42 cm.
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European private collection, circa 18th Century (based on the restoration techniques)
the painter Jean Martin-Roch (1905-1991), Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Pierredon, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, acquired prior to 1936
French private collection, Brittany, by descent (Rouillac SAS, Château de Cheverny, 26ème vente garden party, June 13th, 2014, no. 4, illus. [restored as Apollo, with 18th-century base, support, lower legs, and head; the restored arms already missing])
Galerie Chenel, Paris, acquired at the above sale
acquired from the above by the present owner
PUBLISHED
Galerie Chenel, Paris, Un homme & une femme, exh. cat., 2015, unpaginated, illus. (with restored head)
Sotheby's, London, Ancient Marbles: Classical Sculpture and Works of Art, June 13th, 2016, no. 24, cover illus. (with restored head)
The present torso is a reduced-sized copy of a larger type preserved in numerous copies. The original is dated to the late 4th Century B.C. based on stylistic grounds, and is commonly identified with a statue of personified Desire (gr. Pothos) by the Greek sculptor Skopas. Other statuettes of this type are at Oberlin College (http://www.oberlin.edu/amam/Torso.htm) and in Dresden (K. Knoll, et al., eds., Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Katalog der antiken Bildwerke, vol. 2, 2011, pp. 822ff., no. 196).