CIRCA LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A BEARDED GOD
CIRCA LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Head: 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) high
With bust: 17 in. (43 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, Bordeaux, France, acquired in the 1950s-1960s.
Anonymous sale; Versailles Enchères, 24 November 2013, lot 188.
Antiquities; Christie's, London, 1 October 2014, lot 126.
Pierre Bergé, Paris, 16 December 2015, lot 253.
Ancient Marbles, Classical Sculpture and works of art; Sotheby's, London, 13 June 2016, lot 19.

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Lot Essay

Likely depicting the god Asclepius, as well as possibly other bearded deities such as Jupiter or Neptune.
The treatment of the hair and beard is similar to a head of Asclepius in the Antikensammlung Berlin, inv. 71, cf. D. Grassinger, Die Rückkehr der Götter. Berlins verborgener Olymp, 2008, p. 116.

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