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Depicted turning to the right, his face naturalistically carved with deep-set heavily-lidded eyes beneath an imposing brow-line, his waving hair swept to the side and falling over his forrowed brow.

h. 26.7 x w. 22 cm

c. 1st century AD

Marble

Provenance

Ex Swiss private collection
Sotheby's, New York, 8th December 2000, lot 135
Acquired at Bonhams, London, 28th April 2010, lot 134

Publications

Sotheby's, Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art, 8th December 2010, lot 135, pp. 106-107
Bonhams, Antiquities Sale, London, 2010, lot 134
Minerva: the International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology, September/October 2010, vol. XXI, p. 48, no. 3
J. Pollini, "Roman Marbles" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011-01-01, p. 85, fig. 23
M. Merrony, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, Collection famille Levett, 2012, pp. 55 and 85
C. Wrathall, "Collectors & Collections", Christie’s Magazine, UK & China, January/February 2016, p. 52
M. Squire, "A Passionate Collector", Minerva: the International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology, London, March/April 2018, p. 16
R. Leung, "From 4th-Century Greek Vases to Female Abstract Expressionism", Larry's List, 2022, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/the-talks/from-4th-century-greek-vases-to-female-abstract-expressionism/

Exhibitions

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

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Roman Marble Portrait Head of the Athenian Playwright Menander

Provenance

Publications

Exhibitions