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LOT 0377
Post Medieval Marble Portrait of a Man
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
16 1/8 in. (35.1 kg, 41 cm high including stand).
Modelled in the round with a frowning expression, a triangular face with angular features and thick banded hair; recessed to the top of the head.
ProvenancePrivate collection, England.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13082-249677.
Fogg, S., Medieval Sculpture from the Van Horne Collection, London, 2019, cat.20, for a post-medieval head of a King, in similar style.
FootnotesFrom the late 17th century until around the 1760s, classical nostalgia and the viewing and recording of classical remains became major occupations for aristocratic young men who went on the ‘Grand Tour’. In Rome, for example, some British visitors counted and measured the huge number of ancient columns and obelisks still visible in the city. The wealthiest brought back antiquities, including stones with Latin inscriptions, and redesigned their gardens to display them. More significantly, such travels also encouraged those who went to redefine their own origins and native identities within a wider European context. The taste for the reproductions of ancient monuments involved also the sculptures of Middle Age.
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LOT 0377
Post Medieval Marble Portrait of a Man
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000€5,800 - 8,120 (for guidance only)$6,750 - 9,450 (for guidance only)
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Post-Classical Red Agate Gemstone with Omphale
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Opening Bid: £250
Elipsoid in plan with domed obverse; intaglio with Omphale standing nude on a baseline, right hand on her hip and supporting her club with her left; at her feet an Apulian trozella vessel; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.13 grams, 25 mm
Private collection, England.
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