PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF INGRID MCALPINE (1939-2018)Ingrid McAlpine was one of London’s most prominent antiquities’ dealers. Although Ingrid originally studied linguistics and political science, she was also passionate about art and archaeology which she studied in Paris. Her varied careers in the 1960s saw her working in Brussels for the Common Market and, renowned for her style, as an international buyer in fashion, later coming to London to work for a furniture dealership. It was in London in 1972 that she and Bruce McAlpine launched the eponymous antiquities gallery, which became known as Bruce and Ingrid McAlpine Ancient Art. From 1977, the business occupied fine premises in Brook Street opposite Claridge’s and, as one of the leading London Antiquities dealerships, moved to The Vale in Chelsea in the early 1990s. Having married in 1974, Ingrid and her husband acquired The Durdans, Epsom. As a country house set in sweeping grounds The Durdans became Ingrid’s beloved home where she lived for the rest of her life.

A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A GOD

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A GOD
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
13 ½ in. (34.2 cm.) high

Provenance

with Ingrid McAlpine (1939-2018), London and Epsom, 1994.

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Lot Essay

The god, possibly representing Dionysus, is depicted in the classicistic style. Beginning in the Hellenistic period, sculptors began to glamorise the earlier Classical period by producing stylistically nostalgic works. By the first century B.C., these types became widespread throughout the Roman Empire, reflecting Roman admiration of Greek artistic achievements.

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