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With cropped hair, furrowedbrows, and general brutish appearance. A rare subject, probably from a gymnasium.

h. 19.7 x w. 13.3 x d. 17.8 cm

Late 2nd - early 3rd century AD

Marble

Provenance

Ex private collection (Jacques Becquevort); inherited from his late father who acquired in the 1960's - 1970's, Belgium, 1960s-1970s
Acquired by Dominique Thirion (‘Dominique Thirion Ars Antiqua’, Brussels), 2007
Acquired by the Royal-Athena Galleries, London, 2008
Acquired at the Royal-Athena Galleries, 22nd October 2008, 8TB0801

Publications

J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2009, vol. XX, p. 17, fig. 24
J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 77, fig. 6

Exhibitions

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

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Roman Black Marble Janiform Herm Head of Two Wrestlers

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