AN ITALIAN MARBLE BUST OF AN ANTONINE PRINCE, PROBABLY ROME, 17TH CENTURY | BUSTE EN MARBRES POLYCHROMES D'UN JEUNE PRINCE DE LA DYNASTIE ANTONIENNE, TRAVAIL ITALIEN, PROBABLEMENT ROME, DE LA FIN DU XVIIE SIÈCLE
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July 23, 02:54 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description
AN ITALIAN MARBLE BUST OF AN ANTONINE PRINCE, PROBABLY ROME, 17TH CENTURY
white marble, veined grey marble, possibly Africano, and with rosso antico marble appliques, on a later Rouge Languedoc marble socle
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BUSTE EN MARBRES POLYCHROMES D'UN JEUNE PRINCE DE LA DYNASTIE ANTONIENNE, TRAVAIL ITALIEN, PROBABLEMENT ROME, DE LA FIN DU XVIIE SIÈCLE
marbres blanc, gris veiné peut-africain, et éléments en rosso antico appliqués, sur un socle en marbre rouge du Languedoc d'époque postérieure
Haut. buste 55 cm, socle 17cm ; height bust 21⅝ in; socle 6¾ in
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This sumptuous bust represents a young Roman Imperial prince. With its abundant, vigorously carved locks of hair, large ears and boyish features, the head follows the so-called Borghese type portrait of an Antonine prince, who has been tentatively identified as M. Galerius Aurelius Antoninus, a son of Antoninus Pius. See the bronze statue in the Galleria Borghese, Rome (inv. no. 829).
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Coloured marble portrait busts have adorned the residences of royalty and connoisseurs since the 16th century. Produced in the finest workshops in the rarest and most precious hardstones, these exotic materials demonstrated both their owner's taste and their extensive travels.