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LOT 0128
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.
ProvenancePrivate 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.
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.
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LOT 0128
Life-Size Roman Republican Marble Portrait Head of a Man
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