THE BEAUTY WITHIN: The Chenel Collection
THE BEAUTY WITHIN: The Chenel Collection
A Roman Marble Head of a Man, circa 2nd Century A.D., on later shoulders
Lot Closed
December 17, 04:34 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Roman Marble Head of a Man
circa 2nd Century A.D., on later shoulders
with an opened mouth, short hair, full beard, and eyes with incised irises and drilled crescentic pupils.
Total height 29 cm
European private collection, circa 17th Century (based on the shoulders)
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Coutau-Bégarie, Succession du Vicomte de X. Succession de Monsieur X. Ancienne collection des Ducs de L. et à divers, November 29th, 2013, no. 210, illus.
acquired at the above sale
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Coutau-Bégarie, Succession du Vicomte de X. Succession de Monsieur X. Ancienne collection des Ducs de L. et à divers, November 29th, 2013, no. 210, illus.
acquired at the above sale
The open mouth suggests that the figure was singing. It could have represented a poet. The shape of the face and the beard can be compared with a head in Detroit: http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/5134.