Life-Size Roman Republican Marble Portrait Head of a Man

2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.

19 3/4 in. (25.75 kg total, 50 cm including stand).

Private portrait head of a beardless but aged man sculpted in provincial style to be full of character with pinched mouth and furrowed brow; the short hairstyle characteristic of Late Republican Rome; nose abraded; socket to underside for mounting on the display stand.

Provenance

Private collection, Auvergne, France, 1970s.

Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00131545.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12477-228801.

Footnotes

In view of the fact that visual conventions (i.e. the Julian hairstyle) developed in the capital reached the “Romanised” provinces with a certain time lag, this portrait head was probably created in the Late Republican or Early Imperial Period.

CONDITION

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