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THE LORD MELCHETT NARCISSUS
A ROMAN MARBLE STATUE OF NARCISSUS
CIRCA EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D., WITH CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY RESTORATIONS
Details
A ROMAN MARBLE STATUE OF NARCISSUS
CIRCA EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D., WITH CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY RESTORATIONS
23 5⁄8 in. (60 cm.) high
CIRCA EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D., WITH CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY RESTORATIONS
23 5⁄8 in. (60 cm.) high
Provenance
John Watkins Brett (1805-1863), London; thence by descent.
The Illustrated Catalogue of the Valuable Collection of Pictures, and Other Works of Art of the Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Mediaeval Periods…of that Eminent Connoisseur, John Watkins Brett, Esq., of Hanover Square, Christie’s, London, 5-18 April 1864, lot 1110.
Sir John Charles Robinson (1824-1913), Newton Manor, Swanage, Dorset.
Alfred Moritz Mond, Lord Melchett of Landford (1868-1930), London, acquired by 1928; thence by descent.
The Melchett Collection of Paintings, Drawings and Antiquities, Sotheby’s, London, 23-24 May 1951, lot 43.
E. Christopher Norris (1907-1987), Polesden Lacey, Surrey, acquired from the above.
The Property of a Gentleman; Important European Sculpture and Works of Art, Christie’s, London, 8 December 1987, lot 130.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above.
Private Collection, Connecticut, acquired from the above, 1988.
Private Collection, U.S., 2004-2015.
Art Market, U.K.
with Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch, London, 2016 (From the Mediterranean & Beyond: Flint, Marble, Bronze, no. 32).
with Kallos Gallery, London.
with Phoenix Ancient Art, New York and Geneva, acquired from the above, 2017.
Acquired by the current owner from the above.
The Illustrated Catalogue of the Valuable Collection of Pictures, and Other Works of Art of the Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Mediaeval Periods…of that Eminent Connoisseur, John Watkins Brett, Esq., of Hanover Square, Christie’s, London, 5-18 April 1864, lot 1110.
Sir John Charles Robinson (1824-1913), Newton Manor, Swanage, Dorset.
Alfred Moritz Mond, Lord Melchett of Landford (1868-1930), London, acquired by 1928; thence by descent.
The Melchett Collection of Paintings, Drawings and Antiquities, Sotheby’s, London, 23-24 May 1951, lot 43.
E. Christopher Norris (1907-1987), Polesden Lacey, Surrey, acquired from the above.
The Property of a Gentleman; Important European Sculpture and Works of Art, Christie’s, London, 8 December 1987, lot 130.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above.
Private Collection, Connecticut, acquired from the above, 1988.
Private Collection, U.S., 2004-2015.
Art Market, U.K.
with Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch, London, 2016 (From the Mediterranean & Beyond: Flint, Marble, Bronze, no. 32).
with Kallos Gallery, London.
with Phoenix Ancient Art, New York and Geneva, acquired from the above, 2017.
Acquired by the current owner from the above.
Literature
E. Strong, Catalogue of the Greek and Roman Antiquities in the Possession of the Right Honourable Lord Melchett, Oxford, 1928, p. 16, no. 10, pl. XVII.
S. Reinach, Répertoire de la statuaire et romaine, vol. VI, Paris, 1930, p. 178, no. 6.
G. Lippold, ed., Photographische Einzelaufnahmen antiker Sculpturen, Serie 17a, Munich, 1947, p. 41, no. 4926.
G. Lippold, Die Griechische Plastik, Munich, 1950, p. 311, n. 1.
C.C. Vermeule and D. von Bothmer, “Notes on a New Edition of Michaelis: Ancient Marbles in Great Britian, Part Two,” American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 60, no. 4, 1956, pp. 337-338.
P. Zanker, “Iste ego sum: Der naive und der bewusste Narziss," Bonner Jahrbücher, vol. 166, 1966, p. 159, fig. 8.
K. Schefold, Die Göttersage in der klassischen und hellenistischen Kunst, Munich, 1981, p. 210, fig. 288.
B. Rafn, “Narkissos,” Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae, vol. VI, Zurich and Munich, 1992, p. 707, no. 43.
S. Reinach, Répertoire de la statuaire et romaine, vol. VI, Paris, 1930, p. 178, no. 6.
G. Lippold, ed., Photographische Einzelaufnahmen antiker Sculpturen, Serie 17a, Munich, 1947, p. 41, no. 4926.
G. Lippold, Die Griechische Plastik, Munich, 1950, p. 311, n. 1.
C.C. Vermeule and D. von Bothmer, “Notes on a New Edition of Michaelis: Ancient Marbles in Great Britian, Part Two,” American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 60, no. 4, 1956, pp. 337-338.
P. Zanker, “Iste ego sum: Der naive und der bewusste Narziss," Bonner Jahrbücher, vol. 166, 1966, p. 159, fig. 8.
K. Schefold, Die Göttersage in der klassischen und hellenistischen Kunst, Munich, 1981, p. 210, fig. 288.
B. Rafn, “Narkissos,” Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae, vol. VI, Zurich and Munich, 1992, p. 707, no. 43.
Brought to you by
Hannah Solomon
Head of Department, Specialist