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Head of a young man with masses of curly hair, eyes once inlaid. This evocative over-life size portrait, for optimal effect, was meant to be viewed facing 3/4 to right and probably was part of a monumental group. Lips with groove for outline inlay.

h. 36 x w. 21 x d. 21 cm

Late 2nd - 3rd century AD

Bronze

Provenance

Ex French Collection acquired from Gallery Odeon, Munich (Germany), 1970
Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries from Pierre Berge Sale, Paris, June 2009, lot 805
Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 3rd July 2009, PBPR19CM

Publications

Pierre Bergé, Vente Arts d'Orient, Extrême-Orient, Archéologie, Paris, 28 - 29 May 2008, p. 248, lot 805
J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2019, vol. XX, p. 33, fig. 54
Minerva: the International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology, March/April 2009, vol. 20, no. 2
Nice-Matin, January 2013, no. 23654, p. 12
J. Spier, "Roman Bronzes", Mougins Museum of Classical Art, M. Merrony, France, 2011, p. 127, fig. 1

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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Roman Bronze Head of an Athlete

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