Roman marble portrait of a goddess
Price: on request
Sold
Object number
AR2330
| Object: |
Female head, probably a goddess
|
| Material: |
Marble
|
| Date: |
About 1st century B.C. - 2nd century A.D. Roman Empire, copy of a Classical Greek exemplar |
| Description: |
Head of a goddess, bent slightly to the right. The hair is dressed symmtrically in long wavy strands. Below the diadem two bundles of strands from crest to the back of the head, joined and fixed by a long plate below the diadem nod. Small, almond-shaped eyes, full cheeks, strong chin. Mounted on a beautiful decorative red marble socket. |
| References: |
For an older but stylistically related piece, see the head of Hera in in Athens Archeological Museum, number 1571, from the Heraion of Argos, probably made by an argavian artist from the school of Polyklet around 420 B.C. See alse the Hera of Agorakritos (for example the so-called Hera Borghese on exhibition in the Musei Capitolini, a Roman copy of the original dating back to 420 B.C.). |
| Size: |
Head alone: Height 23 cm, width 14 cm, depth 22 cm. Height with base 35 cm. |
| Condition: |
Hair with traces of wear and minor chips, left ear and part of hair dress broken in antiquity. Professional restorations (reconstructions) on left part of the face (from the front down to the cheek), left side of neck, tip of the nose, and parts of the lips. Very small parts of right brow, on the front rght and on the right side of the neck behind and below the ear missing. All restorations are very professional and only visible upon a very detailed inspection, not impacting the beautiful impression made by this extraordinary piece.
|
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2015 from a German auction house. Ex German private collection Yagani, acquired 1980 in Frankfurt, Germany.
|
| Certificate: |
An ArtLoss certificate is available. |
| Authenticity: |
We unconditionally guarantee the authenticity of every artefact, all items are subject to our lifetime return policy on authenticity.
|