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CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF VENUS
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
The goddess of love depicted with youthful idealizing features, on an elongated neck angled forward, her oval face with slender cheeks tapering to her rounded chin, her full lips pressed together, her wide almond-shaped eyes with heavy upper lids, the irises deeply drilled, perhaps for now-missing inlays, her delicately-modeled brows arching gracefully and merging with the bridge of her nose, her center-parted hair loosely pulled up over the tops of her ears and fastened in a top-knot, the locks curling at their ends, a comma-shaped lock on her cheek before each ear
8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
The goddess of love depicted with youthful idealizing features, on an elongated neck angled forward, her oval face with slender cheeks tapering to her rounded chin, her full lips pressed together, her wide almond-shaped eyes with heavy upper lids, the irises deeply drilled, perhaps for now-missing inlays, her delicately-modeled brows arching gracefully and merging with the bridge of her nose, her center-parted hair loosely pulled up over the tops of her ears and fastened in a top-knot, the locks curling at their ends, a comma-shaped lock on her cheek before each ear
8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Art Market (possibly Jean Roudillon), Paris.
with Galerie Samarcande, Paris.
Bernard Faidutti, Geneva, acquired from the above, 1988; thence by descent.
with Galerie Samarcande, Paris.
Bernard Faidutti, Geneva, acquired from the above, 1988; thence by descent.