Large Roman bronze Fortuna figurine
€2,400
available
Object number
AR3269
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Statuette of goddess Fortuna
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| Material: |
Bronze
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| Date: |
About 1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D. Gallo-Roman |
| Description: |
The goddess Fortuna wears a long robe (chiton) and a cloak (himation) over it. She gazes straight ahead, strictly frontally. Her right arm hangs down, her forearm bent; in her hand she once held a rudder. In her bent left arm, she holds a cornucopia filled with fruit. On her head she wears a diadem, beneath which strands of hair are combed straight forward and swept back. The face is rounded and oval, the eye sockets and mouth are recessed, and the nose is prominently sculpted. The goddess stands in contrapposto; the robe, including its folds, is rendered in three dimensions.
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| Size: |
Height 114 mm
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| Condition: |
Perfect condition. The figure itself is complete and intact; the rudder, which the goddess presumably held in her right hand in antiquity, is broken off and missing. The figure has been cleaned but has retained much of its original patina and developed a new, beautiful patina. It stands on its own.
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| Reference: |
M. Kohlert-Nemeth, Archäologische Reihe . Römische Bronzen I, aus Nida-Heddernheim, Götter und Dämonen (Frankfurt am Main 1988) pp. 23-24, Nr. 3, further references and literature therein.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired by us in 2022 at a Swiss auction house. Previously in the Swiss private collection of P. Bonsera, acquired in 2020 from M. Tritten, Switzerland. Acquired by Tritten around 2012 from Dr. K. in Basel. Ex German private collection (Mainz), in which the figure had been since the 1950s.
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| Authenticity: |
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