Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
Property from a Belgian Private Collection
A Fragmentary Roman Torso of Apollo or Dionysos, circa 2nd Century A.D.
Auction Closed
December 6, 03:36 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Belgian Private Collection
A Fragmentary Roman Torso of Apollo or Dionysos
circa 2nd Century A.D.
his long wavy hair falling delicately in twin voluted curls over each shoulder and in a long flaring plait of voluted curls over the nape of the neck and upper back; no restorations.
Height 32 cm.
Galerie Chenel, Paris
acquired by the present owner from the above in 2002
The long strains of hair suggest that this fragment comes from a statue of Apollo or Dionysos. The rendering of the hair is stylistically close to that of a torso in the Villa Albani: P. Bol, ed., Forschungen zur Villa Albani. Katalog der antiken Bildwerke, vol. 4, 1994, pp. 360ff., no. 507, pl. 204f (https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/6290490). This torso as well as the present one are probably from Roman statues copying Greek originals of the mid 5th Century B.C.