A Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Girl, 1st half of the 1st Century A.D.

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July 6, 12:49 PM GMT

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Property from a Belgian Private Collection

A Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Girl

1st half of the 1st Century A.D.

her centrally parted wavy hair pulled back behind the ears, falling in ringlets over the forehead, gathered in a plait on the back, and wound in a braid around the crown of the head, the neck carved for insertion into a bust or statue; no restorations.

Height 27 cm.

D.S. Collection, Delmenhorst, Germany, acquired in the 1970s, then by descent in the family
Pierre-Bergé, Paris, November 26th, 2013, no. 276, illus.
acquired by the present owner at the above sale

For the arrangement of the plait see a portrait in the Musei Capitolini: http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/39267. For the ringlets framing the forehead see the female portrait sold at Sotheby's, London, November 29th, 2017, no. 60.