PROPERTY FROM THE MOUGINS MUSEUM OF CLASSICAL ART
A ROMAN BRONZE PORTRAIT HEAD OF THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS
JULIO-CLAUDIAN PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY TO MID 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN BRONZE PORTRAIT HEAD OF THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS
JULIO-CLAUDIAN PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY TO MID 1ST CENTURY A.D.
12 ⁵/₈ in. (32 cm.) high
JULIO-CLAUDIAN PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY TO MID 1ST CENTURY A.D.
12 ⁵/₈ in. (32 cm.) high
Provenance
Excavated in December 1880 beneath the foundations of the Anglican Church of All Saints at the intersection of Via del Balbuino and the Via del Gesù e Maria in Rome.
with Giuseppe Scalambrini, Rome, circa 1880.
(Possibly) Catalogo della Collezione Scalambrini di Roma, Vincenzo Capobianchi, Palazzo Cerasi, Rome, 20 February-3 March 1888, lot 166.
Roger Videau, France.
Antiquités égyptiennes, grecques et romaines, Mes. Laurin, Guilloux, Buffetaud, Tailleur, Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, 2 June 1989, lot 130.
with Michel Cohen, Galerie Mythes et Légendes, Paris, acquired from the above.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, on consignment from the above, February 1990.
Patricia Kluge, Charlottesville, VA., acquired from the above, July 1990.
The Collection of Patricia Kluge, Sotheby's, New York, 8-9 June 2010, lot 344.
with Gordian Weber Kunsthandel, Cologne.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2011.
with Giuseppe Scalambrini, Rome, circa 1880.
(Possibly) Catalogo della Collezione Scalambrini di Roma, Vincenzo Capobianchi, Palazzo Cerasi, Rome, 20 February-3 March 1888, lot 166.
Roger Videau, France.
Antiquités égyptiennes, grecques et romaines, Mes. Laurin, Guilloux, Buffetaud, Tailleur, Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, 2 June 1989, lot 130.
with Michel Cohen, Galerie Mythes et Légendes, Paris, acquired from the above.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, on consignment from the above, February 1990.
Patricia Kluge, Charlottesville, VA., acquired from the above, July 1990.
The Collection of Patricia Kluge, Sotheby's, New York, 8-9 June 2010, lot 344.
with Gordian Weber Kunsthandel, Cologne.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2011.
Literature
Notizie degli scavi di antichita: Comunicate alla R. Accademia del Lincei per ordine di S. E. il ministro della pubb. istruzione, Rome, January 1880, p. 466.
R. Lanciani, "Supplementi al volume VI del Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum," Bullettino della Commissione archeologica comunale di Roma, vol. 9, 1881, p. 30, pl. 1, 3.
H. Jordan, Topographie der Stadt Rom im Altertum, vol. 1, 3rd edition, Berlin, 1907, p. 451.
D. Kent Hill, "A Cache of Bronze Portraits of the Julio-Claudians," American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 43, 1939, pp. 401-402, 407, fig. 2.
C. Pietrangeli, "Su un ritratto bronzeo dei Musei Capitolini," Bullettino della Commissione archeologica comunale di Roma, vol. 72, 1949, p. 59, n. 2.
V. Poulsen, Claudische Prinzen: Studien zur Ikonographie des ersten römischen Kaiserhauses, Baden-Baden, 1960, p. 19, n. 33.
H. Jucker, "Die Prinzen auf dem Augustus-relief in Ravenna," in P. Ducrey et al., eds., Mélanges d'histoire et d'archéologie offerts à Paul Collart, Lausanne, 1976, p. 262, n. 140B.
Apollo, September 1990, p. 7.
K. Fittschen and P. Zanker, Katalog der römischen Porträts in den Capitolinischen Museen und den anderen kommunalen Sammlungen der Stadt Rom, vol. 1, Mainz am Rhein, 1985, p. 24, no. 20, n. 1b.
D. Boschung, Die Bildnisse des Augustus, Berlin, 1993, p. 196, pl. 208.
C. B. Rose, Dynastic Commemoration And Imperial Portraiture In the Julio-Claudian Period, Cambridge and New York, 1997, p. 115, cat. 43, no. 5, pl. 118.
D. Boschung, Gens Augusta: Untersuchungen zu Aufstellung, Wirkung und Bedeutung der Statuengruppen des julisch-claudischen Kaiserhauses, Mainz am Rhein, 2002, p. 140, n. 71.4.
"Sotheby's Sale of The Collection of Patricia Kluge Held On-Site in Charlottesville, Virginia Totals $15.2 Million," (online article, artdaily.cc, 2010).
J. Spier, "Roman Bronzes," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 129, fig. 4.
C. Wrathall, "Finders Keepers: Antiquities," Financial Times Magazine, 11 October 2013, n.p.
D. Höfelmanns, "Ausstellung im RGM: Augustus, Ich grüsse dich," Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 27 June 2014.
R. Krebs, "In Köln herrschte Goldgräberstimmung," Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 27 June 2014, p. 31.
"Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins Launches Virtual Interactive Museum – MACM 4D," (online article, blooloop.com, 2016).
M. Squire, "A Passionate Collector," Minerva, March/April 2018, p. 18, fig. 8.
"Mougins : l'Antiquité, c'est tout près," Nice-Matin, 7 May 2018.
K. Schörle, ed., L’armée de Rome, la puissance et la gloire, Arles, 2018, p. 30, no. 4.
J. Coulston, "The Power and the Glory," Minerva, March/April 2019, p. 18, fig. 8.
R. Lanciani, "Supplementi al volume VI del Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum," Bullettino della Commissione archeologica comunale di Roma, vol. 9, 1881, p. 30, pl. 1, 3.
H. Jordan, Topographie der Stadt Rom im Altertum, vol. 1, 3rd edition, Berlin, 1907, p. 451.
D. Kent Hill, "A Cache of Bronze Portraits of the Julio-Claudians," American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 43, 1939, pp. 401-402, 407, fig. 2.
C. Pietrangeli, "Su un ritratto bronzeo dei Musei Capitolini," Bullettino della Commissione archeologica comunale di Roma, vol. 72, 1949, p. 59, n. 2.
V. Poulsen, Claudische Prinzen: Studien zur Ikonographie des ersten römischen Kaiserhauses, Baden-Baden, 1960, p. 19, n. 33.
H. Jucker, "Die Prinzen auf dem Augustus-relief in Ravenna," in P. Ducrey et al., eds., Mélanges d'histoire et d'archéologie offerts à Paul Collart, Lausanne, 1976, p. 262, n. 140B.
Apollo, September 1990, p. 7.
K. Fittschen and P. Zanker, Katalog der römischen Porträts in den Capitolinischen Museen und den anderen kommunalen Sammlungen der Stadt Rom, vol. 1, Mainz am Rhein, 1985, p. 24, no. 20, n. 1b.
D. Boschung, Die Bildnisse des Augustus, Berlin, 1993, p. 196, pl. 208.
C. B. Rose, Dynastic Commemoration And Imperial Portraiture In the Julio-Claudian Period, Cambridge and New York, 1997, p. 115, cat. 43, no. 5, pl. 118.
D. Boschung, Gens Augusta: Untersuchungen zu Aufstellung, Wirkung und Bedeutung der Statuengruppen des julisch-claudischen Kaiserhauses, Mainz am Rhein, 2002, p. 140, n. 71.4.
"Sotheby's Sale of The Collection of Patricia Kluge Held On-Site in Charlottesville, Virginia Totals $15.2 Million," (online article, artdaily.cc, 2010).
J. Spier, "Roman Bronzes," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 129, fig. 4.
C. Wrathall, "Finders Keepers: Antiquities," Financial Times Magazine, 11 October 2013, n.p.
D. Höfelmanns, "Ausstellung im RGM: Augustus, Ich grüsse dich," Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 27 June 2014.
R. Krebs, "In Köln herrschte Goldgräberstimmung," Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 27 June 2014, p. 31.
"Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins Launches Virtual Interactive Museum – MACM 4D," (online article, blooloop.com, 2016).
M. Squire, "A Passionate Collector," Minerva, March/April 2018, p. 18, fig. 8.
"Mougins : l'Antiquité, c'est tout près," Nice-Matin, 7 May 2018.
K. Schörle, ed., L’armée de Rome, la puissance et la gloire, Arles, 2018, p. 30, no. 4.
J. Coulston, "The Power and the Glory," Minerva, March/April 2019, p. 18, fig. 8.
Exhibition
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA707).
Cologne, Römisch-Germanisches Museum, 14AD - Römische Herrschaft am Rhein, 19 October 2014-26 June 2015.
Arles, Musée départemental Arles antique, L'Armée de Rome: La puissance et la gloire, 15 December 2018-22 April 2019.
Cologne, Römisch-Germanisches Museum, 14AD - Römische Herrschaft am Rhein, 19 October 2014-26 June 2015.
Arles, Musée départemental Arles antique, L'Armée de Rome: La puissance et la gloire, 15 December 2018-22 April 2019.
Brought to you by
Hannah Fox Solomon
Head of Department, Specialist