A ROMAN ARCHAISTIC BASALT HEAD OF HERMES PROPYLAIOS
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A ROMAN ARCHAISTIC BASALT HEAD OF HERMES PROPYLAIOS

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN ARCHAISTIC BASALT HEAD OF HERMES PROPYLAIOS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
The god with flowing beard, hair arranged in two rows of curls over the brow, with long strands falling from behind the ears, wearing a fillet, with strong nose, pursed lips, eyes with remains of red glass inlay
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high
來源
Victor Adda (1885-1965) collection; acquired in the early 20th Century; and thence by descent to the present owner.

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The use of basalt in Roman art became extremely popular under the emperor Augustus, where the medium soon became equated with paradigms of artistic excellence: particularly difficult to work due to its hardness, Roman sculptors of basalt achieved high levels of detail and finesse, with works usually commissioned by Rome's imperial elite. (Cf. M. de Nuccio and L. Ungaro, i marmi colorati della Roma imperiale, Rome, 2002, p. 88). Basalt had a long tradition of usage in Egypt, with Augustan Egyptomania encouraging its continued vogue under the Empire. A Roman basalt herm found in Egypt and now in the British Museum suggests that this head may also be from Egypt (cf. British Museum, 1897,0511.207).

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