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Marble head of Odysseus, legendary Greek hero wearing an ornate pilos helmet decorated with a rosette, a corona of rays, friezes of Erotes (winged deities), palmettes and lotus blossoms.

h. 49.5 x w. 22 x d. 22 cm

late 1st to early 2nd century AD

Marble

Provenance

Ex collection of Lord Frederick Augustus Hervey, Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry, (1730 -1803), acquired in the 18th century
Ex McElderay private collection, Ireland, c. 1920
Christie's, European Furniture, Works of Art, Tapestries and Carpets, London, 22nd November 2005, lot 423, together with 3 other busts from the McElderay collection
Ex private French collection
Acquired from a French dealer by Jean-David Cahn, 2006
Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries from Jean-David Cahn, Basel, June 2007
Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 2nd May 2008, item CBD10

Publications

J.H.W. Tischbein mith Erlaüterungen von Christian Gottlob Heyne, Homer nach Antiken gezeichnet, 1801, p. 7 and pp. 34-36
G. Rathgeber, Numismatische Zeitung, Bl für Münz-, Wappen- u. Siegelkunde, Münzen von Ithaka aus dem herzoglichen Münzkabinett zu Gotha, 5th September 1837, no. 17, p. 133
M. Kunze, Wiedergeburt Griechischer Götter und Helden, Homer in der Kunst der Goethezeit, eine Ausstellung der Winckelmann-Gesellschaft im Winckelmann-Museum Stendal, 6. November 1999 bis 9. Januar 2000, 1999, drawings of the head by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751-1829) on the front cover, pp. 118-120, no. IV.11 and IV. 13, Kat. Nr. 14C and 14D
Christie's, European Furniture, Works of Art, Tapestries and Carpets, London, 22nd November 2005, lot 423
"An Important Roman Marble Head of Odysseus", Minerva, 2007
H. Wiegel, In Morgenmantel und Mitra irrte er durch die Stadt, Die Römer schätzten ihn, er mochte Sammlungen und liebte Wilhelmine: Neue Funde erhellen das Leben des Earl of Bristol, Feuilleton and associated figures, Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung, 18th September 2007
J.M. Eisenberg, Arts of the Ancient World XIX, 2008, pp. 1, 10-11
S. Albersmeier (dir.), Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 2009, p. 194
S. Albersmeier, "Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece", Minerva Magazine, November/December 2009, p. 22, fig. 2
J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011, p. 87, fig. 26
Rediscovered masterpieces at the European Fine Art Fair in Maastritch, Global Edition if the NY Times, 18th February 2011
"Pieces of the Classical Past", Minerva Magazine, May/June 2011, p. 51, no. 4
in M. Merrony (ed.), Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, La Collection Famille Levett, France, 2012, p. 56
J.L. Fitton and al., "Troy Enduring Stories" in A. Villing and al. (ed.), Troy, myth and reality, The British Museum, Thames & Hudson, London, 2019, pp. 198 & 199

Exhibitions

Heroes, Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA, 11th October 2009 — 3rd January 2010
Heroes, Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece, First Center for Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 29th January 2010 — 25th April 2010
Heroes, Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California, USA, 22nd May 2010 — 5th September 2010
Heroes, Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece, Onassis Cultural Center, New York, USA, 5th October 2010 — 3rd January 2011
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM) - outside of loan period, Mougins, France, from June 2011
Troy, Myth and Reality, The British Museum, London, 21st November 2019 — 8th June 2020

N.B. Our online collection is being continually updated thanks to ongoing research and documentation efforts carried out by the MACM documentation team. Any additional information is welcome, please contact us.

Marble Head of Odysseus

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