Antiquities and Ancient Art: A Study

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Lot 162

Lot 162

A Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Man

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Closed

Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000

Estimate$15,000 – $20,000

Status

Closed

A Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Man

Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.

Height 16 inches (41 cm).

Provenance:

Private Collection, Europe, since 1982.

Private Collection, United States, 1990’s.

Aphrodite Ancient Art, New York, 2015 (Art of the Ancient, Vol. II, no. 8. p. 14-15).

Art Loss Register no. S00101620

Note:

Monumental is size, this veristic portrait head was commissioned for public display. Though the surface of the sculpture has been worn by the passage of time, essential facial features remain. Folds of skin around the mouth, eyes, and forehead express his mature age, while the slightly turned head conveys movement.

The nose formed with modern composition. The top of the round part of the proper right cheek also with modern composite on its surface, and similar repair possibly on the bottom of the proper left ear and along a shallow incised line running from the bottom of the proper left ear toward the back of the head. An area of repair with fill on the top of the proper right ear that fluoresces under UV light. Otherwise intact as preserved; a small hole on the proper right side of the neck. The surface heavily worn with a rough texture throughout. The underside drilled, with a modern metal base.

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Jacob Coley

Senior Vice President, Head of Department, Antiquities and Ancient Art

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Mr. Coley joined the Antiquities department in 2021 after working as Managing Director in the Ancient Art department at Colnaghi, the world’s oldest commercial art gallery, where he helped to establish the Ancient Art department and launched Colnaghi New York in 2017. Prior to Colnaghi, Mr. Coley was in the Greek and Roman Art department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Coley holds a B.A. from the University of Miami and an M.A. in Art Market from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and he earned an art-appraisal certificate from New York University.

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Antiquities and Ancient Art: A Study

A Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Man

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