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THE PROPERTY OF A MASSACHUSETTS PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A MAN
EARLY ANTONINE PERIOD, CIRCA MID 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A MAN
EARLY ANTONINE PERIOD, CIRCA MID 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Depicted with his head tilted slightly to his right, with a full beard, the mustache overhanging his thin lips, the heavy-lidded eyes with the pupils and irises articulated, the forehead creased, his curling locks of hair overlapping and deeply drilled, his ears prominent
15½ in. (38.7 cm.) high
EARLY ANTONINE PERIOD, CIRCA MID 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Depicted with his head tilted slightly to his right, with a full beard, the mustache overhanging his thin lips, the heavy-lidded eyes with the pupils and irises articulated, the forehead creased, his curling locks of hair overlapping and deeply drilled, his ears prominent
15½ in. (38.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Midwestern Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1997, lot 141. Dr. Michael Miller, Armonk, New York.
Literature
R. Brilliant, The Miller Collection of Roman Sculpture, Mythological Figures and Portraits, Minneapolis, 2004, pp. 62-63, no. 22.
Exhibited
Minneapolis, Minneapolis Museum of Art, The Miller Collection of Roman Sculpture, Mythological Figures and Portraits, 13 March - 20 June 2004, no. 22.