A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS
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A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS

REIGN 27 B.C.-14 A.D.

Details
A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS
REIGN 27 B.C.-14 A.D.
13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.) high
Provenance
with Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), New York.
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York, acquired from the above, 1928.
David Rockefeller, New York, gifted from the above, 1942.
Literature
R.H. Ellsworth et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection, New York, 1993, vol III, pp. 386-387, no. 289.
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