Lot Essay
For a similar example at the Capitoline Museum in Rome, see no. 925 in G. Siebert et al., "Hermes," LIMC, Vol. V.
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CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF MERCURY
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
6 ¼ in. (15.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
6 ¼ in. (15.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Paris.
with Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich, 1962.
with Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich, 1962.
Literature
J.B. Byrnes, The Odyssey of an Art Collector: Unity in Diversity/Five Thousand Years of Art, New Orleans, 1966, no. 21, p. 141.
Exhibited
New Orleans, The Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, The Odyssey of an Art Collector: Unity in Diversity/Five Thousand Years of Art, 11 November 1966 - 8 January 1967.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982-2010 (loan no. L.1982.123.1).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982-2010 (loan no. L.1982.123.1).
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