Lot 124
124
AN ITALIAN PATINATED BRONZE BUST OF THE PSEUDO-SENECA
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AN ITALIAN PATINATED BRONZE BUST OF THE PSEUDO-SENECA

NAPLES, LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

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AN ITALIAN PATINATED BRONZE BUST OF THE PSEUDO-SENECA
NAPLES, LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE
With polychrome inlaid eyes, on a variegated marble plinth base, damages to the marble
18 in. (46 cm.) high, overall
Special notice
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Lot Essay

The present bust is a life-size version of the original Roman bronze bust from the late 1st century B.C., which was excavated in 1754 at Herculaneum and is now conserved in the Museum Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.

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