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A Roman Marble Figure of Asklepios, with Early 18th Century Restorations
Auction Closed
July 3, 02:32 PM GMT
Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Roman Marble Figure of Asklepios
with Early 18th Century Restorations
standing with the weight on his left leg, his right arm lowered and holding a staff with coiled serpent, his left hand resting on his hip, and wearing a himation enveloping the left arm, falling from his left shoulder, and draped around the lower body, a triangular overfold in front.
Height 67 cm.
Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke (1656-1733), Wilton House, Wiltshire
Sidney Herbert, 16th Earl of Pembroke (1906-1969), Wilton House, Wiltshire, by descent from the above
probably sold at auction in the 1960s
private collection, Texas (Austin Auction Gallery, Austin, Texas, August 27th, 2023, no. 871, illus.)
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Published
Cary Creed, The Marble Antiquities, The Right Hon. The Earl of Pembroke's, at Wilton, [..], 1731, pl. 46 (https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008756591/page/n96/mode/1up)
Richard Cowdry, A Description of the Pictures, Statues, [...] at the Earl of Pembroke’s House at Wilton, London, 1751, p. 92
James Kennedy, A Description of the Antiquities and Curiosities in Wilton-House, Salisbury, 1769, p. 9, illus.
George Richardson, Aedes Pembrochianae or a Critical Account of the Statues, Bustos, Relievos [...] at Wilton-House, London, 1774, p. 13f.
Comte de Clarac, Musée de sculpture antique et moderne, vol. 4, Paris, 1850, p. 10, no. 1160, pl. 550
Adolf Michaelis, Ancient Marbles in Great Britain, Cambridge, 1882, p. 690, no. 97
Peter Stewart, A Catalogue of the Sculpture Collection at Wilton House, Oxford, 2020, p. 402, no. 13
The type of the Asklepios Anzio achieved a high level of popularity in antiquity; an example in grey marble is in the Capitoline Museums (inv. no. 659).
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