Inv. n°: MMoCA780

A Roman Bronze Figure of a Bull

This bull is in motion, its right leg lifted, its head slightly titled to the right, and looking right.

h. 13 x w. 23.5 cm

1st-2nd century AD

Bronze

Provenance

  • Sold at Hotel Drouot, Paris, 23rd June 1905, lot 248
  • Sold at Hotel Drouot, Paris, 11th-12th December 1922, lot 163
  • Private collection, Switzerland, 1950-2010
  • Acquired at Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., London, 21st October 2011

Publications

  • Collection CH. N., Antiquites Grecques et Byzantines, Paris, 1905, p. 18, lot, 248 and planche 2
  • S. Reinach, Repertoire de la Statuaire, Paris, 1913, vol. IV, p. 485, fig. 2B
  • Objets D'Art Antiques Egyptienms, Grecs & Romains, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 11-12 December 1922, no. 8, lot 163
  • C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, frontpage, pp. 50 and 103
  • C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique. Le bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 42, fig. 34 and p. 92
  • Nice-Matin, 6th March 2016, p. 18
  • Nice-Matin, 9th March 2016, no. 24810, p. 12

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from 2011
  • Animal, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, 26th February 2016 — 19th June 2016

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