Lot Essay
Cf. D. E. E. Kleiner, Roman Sculpture, Yale, 1992, pl. 145, for a similar portrait of the Emperor Domitian in the Museo del Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome.
CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN MARBLE FLAVIAN PORTRAIT BUST, PROBABLY DOMITIAN
CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY A.D.
With strongly modelled face and 'age' lines, short wavy hair curled in front, repaired with some restoration, mounted on later turned socle
27½ in. (70 cm.) high
CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY A.D.
With strongly modelled face and 'age' lines, short wavy hair curled in front, repaired with some restoration, mounted on later turned socle
27½ in. (70 cm.) high
Provenance
An accompanying label reads "From Stanwick Hall, the seat of the Duke of Northumberland".