Roman Marble Over-Life Size Head of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) - MACM Collection - MACM Collection

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h. 65 x w. 26 cm

1st century AD

Marble

Provenance

Collection of Comte de Caylus (1692-1765), acquired in Paris, prior to 1752
Antoine Crozat, baron de Thiers (1699-1770), received it as a gift from the above, France
Galerie Ratton Ladrière, Paris
Sold by François de Ricqlès in Drouot- Richelieu, Paris, Sale 1 'Archéologie', Paris, 30th September 1997, lot 565. Accompanied by a French passport
Acquired at Aaron Gallery, London, 24th November 2009

Publications

Comte de Caylus, Recueil d'antiquités égyptiennes, étrusques, grecques, romaines et gauloises, Paris, 1752, vol. I, p. 121; pl. XLV, I (engraving)
François De Ricqlès, Archéologie, Drouot Richelieu, Paris, 29th and 30th September 1997, lot 565
J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 96, fig. 42
Paris Match, October 2012, p. 131

Exhibitions

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

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