Inv. n°: CL968

Roman Marble Portrait of a Boy

Bust with unusual hairstyle: cropped hair in front, long tresses in the back.

h. 54.6 cm (including plinth)

2nd - 3rd Century AD

Marble

Provenance

  • Galerie Altero, Paris
  • Royal-Athena Galleries acquired from Galerie Altero, 1984
  • Ex John Kluge Collection, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1986
  • Royal-Athena Galleries reacquired from John Kluge (d. 2010), Invalid date
  • Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, October 2008

Publications

  • J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal Athena Galleries, 1985, vol. IV, fig. 265a
  • J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Anceint World, Royal Athena Galleries, 2009, vol. XX, p. 17, fig. 25
  • J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal Athena Galleries, 2010, vol. XXI, p. 9, fig. 16
  • J. Pollini, "Roman marble sculpure" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011, p. 103, fig. 3
  • L. Frescobaldi, "The Kingdom of Female Artists, in the Home of Christian Levett", Inside Florence, A Tale of Palazzi and Botteghe, Marsilio Arte, 2024

Exhibitions

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

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