A Fragmentary Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Man, Republican, circa 100-25 B.C.

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 USD

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Description

A Fragmentary Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Man
Height 11 13/16 in. 30 cm.

turned to his right, with powerful neck, strong jaw, broad nose, large wide-set eyes with crow's feet, and furrowed brow, the hair falling in flat crescentic locks above the nape of the neck, the underside of the neck carved for insertion into a statue.

Provenance

private collection, southern France, acquired in the 1940s
by descent to the previous owner

Catalogue Note

For a related example of Julio-Claudian date see Copenhagen, Les portrait romains, vol. I, no. 2, pl. III-V.