Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
A Roman Marble Figure of a Philosopher or Man of Letters, circa 2nd Century A.D.
Lot Closed
July 6, 01:32 PM GMT
Estimate
24,000 - 35,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Roman Marble Figure of a Philosopher or Man of Letters
circa 2nd Century A.D.
standing with the weight on his right leg, the left leg slightly advanced, and wearing calcei, tunic, and mantle draped over the left shoulder, wrapped around the body, and falling from the left lower arm, both hands holding a scroll; hands and scrollrestored, former restorations removed.
Total height 79 cm.; height without plinth 74 cm.
European private collection, 18th/19th Century (based on restoration techniques)
Edouard Geladakis, Paris, 1912
Belgian private collection
Rob Michiels Auctions, Bruges, March 14th 2021, no. 1111, illus.
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Published
Salomon Reinach, Répertoire de la statuaire grecque et romaine, vol. 5, Paris, 1924, p. 352, no. 4 ("chez Geladakis à Paris en 1912. Phot. Espérandieu. Philosophe?").
A similar figure of a philosopher from the Mattei collection is now in the Vatican: http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/buchseite/372531.