Details

LOT 0094

Roman Head of Gaius or Lucius Caesar

EARLY 1ST CENTURY AD

11 3/4" (14.1 kg, 30cm including stand).

An early Imperial marble bust of a youthful male, stern expression, slender face with short hair combed forward; probably Gaius Caesar or Lucius Caesar, grandsons of Augustus and his designated heirs, who died in 2 and 4 AD respectfully in suspicious circumstances; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

From the private collection of A L, acquired London 1996.

Literature

Cf. Vierneisel, K. & Zanker, P. Die Bildnisse des Augustus, Munich, 1978, p.91, no.9.8; and for discussion of busts of this type see Toynbee, J. M. C. Roman Historical Portraits.

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