Lot Essay
For an example of the Socrates portrait type, see Stewart, loc. cit..
Details
A GILT-BRONZE BUST OF SOCRATES
ITALIAN, PROBABLY 16TH CENTURY
Some wear to gilding; drilled with three holes to the reverse; on a modern wooden base.
1 7/8in. (4.8cm.) high
ITALIAN, PROBABLY 16TH CENTURY
Some wear to gilding; drilled with three holes to the reverse; on a modern wooden base.
1 7/8in. (4.8cm.) high
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
A. Stewart, Greek Sculpture - An Exploration, New Haven and London, 1990, II, fig. 483
A. Stewart, Greek Sculpture - An Exploration, New Haven and London, 1990, II, fig. 483