Details
A RECTANGULAR LEAD RELIEF OF LUCRETIA
The raised borders inset with plaques inscribed: PECTVS SANGVINIS ET TORRENS EGREDERETVR AIT TESTES (FAVIS SE TIRAMNO ANTE VIRVM) SANGVIS SPIRITVS ANTE DEOS, the dagger lacking; with four holes for inset roundels, now lacking; severe damages.
15in. (38.1cm) high
AND A BRONZE SKULL
19th or 20th century
Reddish-brown patina; probably cast from life; the head and jaw cast separately.
The raised borders inset with plaques inscribed: PECTVS SANGVINIS ET TORRENS EGREDERETVR AIT TESTES (FAVIS SE TIRAMNO ANTE VIRVM) SANGVIS SPIRITVS ANTE DEOS, the dagger lacking; with four holes for inset roundels, now lacking; severe damages.
15in. (38.1cm) high
AND A BRONZE SKULL
19th or 20th century
Reddish-brown patina; probably cast from life; the head and jaw cast separately.
Provenance
The former John Disney (Museum Disneianum, London, 1849, pp. 185-7, pl. LXXXI, as by G. Pilon, French, 16th century)
Sir John Charles Robinson
J.P. Heseltine (Trifles of Sculpture, 1916, no. 14, as Italian; sale Sotheby & Co., March 24, 1935, lot 59)
E.L. Paget (sale Sotheby & Co., Oct. 12, 1949, lot 192)
Alfred Spero, 1961
Hatvany Collection, Christie's, 25 June 1980, lot 2
Sir John Charles Robinson
J.P. Heseltine (Trifles of Sculpture, 1916, no. 14, as Italian; sale Sotheby & Co., March 24, 1935, lot 59)
E.L. Paget (sale Sotheby & Co., Oct. 12, 1949, lot 192)
Alfred Spero, 1961
Hatvany Collection, Christie's, 25 June 1980, lot 2