Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property from the Estate of Louis Maury, Switzerland
A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF A MAN, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Auction Closed
July 2, 04:42 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 90,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of Louis Maury, Switzerland
A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF A MAN, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
standing with the weight on his left leg, and wearing a chlamys fastened with a brooch on his left shoulder, the head repaired in antiquity, traces of an attribute on his upper left arm, remains of a support on his left thigh; no restorations.
Height 82 cm.
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Christian Grandin, commissaire-priseur, February 13th, 1982, no. 198
Louis Maury, Geneva, acquired at the above sale
by descent to the present owners
The statuary composition may have been similar to the Ares Borghese (A. Pasquier and J.-L. Martinez, 100 chefs-d’oeuvre de la sculpture grecque au Louvre, 2007, p. 122f.). The chlamys, which is similar in shape to a Roman paludamentum, is a "decorative" feature added by the sculptor of the Roman Imperial era.