Lot Essay
For a similar example see no. 157, p. 102 in Comstock and Vermeule, Sculpture in Stone, The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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THE PROPERTY OF A SYDNEY PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF HERMES
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF HERMES
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
A Roman copy of a Greek original from the mid 4th Century B.C., the god with thick rows of curling locks emerging from beneath a helmet-like petasos, the heavy-lidded eyes under sharply arching brows, the eyes unarticulated, with soft features and a slightly downturned mouth
13½ in. (34.3 cm) high
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
A Roman copy of a Greek original from the mid 4th Century B.C., the god with thick rows of curling locks emerging from beneath a helmet-like petasos, the heavy-lidded eyes under sharply arching brows, the eyes unarticulated, with soft features and a slightly downturned mouth
13½ in. (34.3 cm) high
Provenance
Wilhelm Horn, collected between 1926-1938
Fine Antiquities including the collection of the late Wilhelm Horn, Christie's London, 11 December 1987, lot 194
Fine Antiquities including the collection of the late Wilhelm Horn, Christie's London, 11 December 1987, lot 194
Literature
Antiken aus Rheinischem Privatbesitz, Landesmuseum, Bonn, no. 354, pl. 160.
Exhibited
Antiken aus Rheinischen Privatbesitz, Landesmuseum, Bonn, 9 November 1973-13 January 1974.