Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property of a European Private Collector
A Roman Marble Torso of a Youth, circa 2nd Century A.D.
Auction Closed
December 3, 04:39 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
standing with the weight on his right leg and both arms lowered, the head once turned to his left, remains of puntelli on both hips.
Height 100 cm.
Japanese private collection, acquired prior to 1973, probably from Armando Pacifici, Il Faunetto, Via Margutta, 90, Rome
by descent to the present owner
Published
G. Hafner, ed., Greek and Etruscan Arts, exh. cat., Tokyo, 1973
Ernst Berger, "Zum von Plinius (N. H. 34,55) überlieferten 'Nudus talo incessens' des Polyklet", Antike Kunst, vol. 21, 1978, p. 55f., note 8
Ernst Berger, ed., Antike Kunstwerke aus der Sammlung Ludwig, vol. 3, Mainz, 1990, p. 144, Beilage 17C, 3-4
The present torso appears to be a replica of a Greek statuary type called the Dresden youth. For the eponymous replica see https://skd-online-collection.skd.museum/Details/Index/166064. The Greek original was a creation of the famous artist Polykleitos from circa 430/420 B.C.
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