A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT
A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT

NEO-ATTIC, CIRCA 50 B.C.

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A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT
NEO-ATTIC, CIRCA 50 B.C.
Archaistic in style, preserving a standing male figure in profile to the left, his left arm akimbo, his right stretched before him, draped in a mantle with sharply-defined zigzag folds cascading down the front of his torso, his muscular body exposed behind, depicted with a long spade-shaped beard and flowing moustache, his long hair bound in a diadem and tied in a chignon, the forehead framed by tightly-curled ringlets, two corkscrew locks falling along his shoulder in front, a spear or scepter at an angle behind him, perhaps once held by a now-missing figure to the right
17½ in. (44.4 cm.) high
來源
with Phoenix Ancient Art, Geneva, 1996.
Acquired by the current owner in 2001.

拍品專文

"Neo-Attic" is the name given to a distinct category of Hellenistic and Roman marble reliefs, figures and vessels with subjects inspired by archaic Greek works that once stood in the Agora, on the Acropolis, and in major temples.