Old Master Sculpture & Early Jewels

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Italian, circa 1800

Pair of Monumental Busts of the Roman Emperors Lucius Verus and Antoninus Pius

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Lot Closed

July 5, 02:43 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Italian, circa 1800,

After the Antique

Pair of Monumental Busts of the Roman Emperors Lucius Verus and Antoninus Pius 


plaster

94cm., 37in. and 93cm., 36⅝in.

These impressive busts exemplify the Grand Tour taste for copies of famous antique sculptures. The busts are modelled after Roman emperor portraits that were found in Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli, dated to circa 120 A.D. One bust portrays Lucius Verus (161–169) and the other Antoninus Pius (138-161).