Lot no. 111
MARBLE PORTRAIT OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Roman art, 2nd century AD
Juvenile male head with wavy hair forming an anastole on the forehead, characteristic of portraits of the Macedonian sovereign.
Restorations and blocking.
Height: 24.1 cm
Provenance: Former A.D. collection, Nivelles, Belgium, acquired in the 1980s
Collection F.R., Brussels
J.B., Brussels
Royal-Athena Galleries, New York
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2009
Exhibitions: Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011-August 2023
Bibliography: J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 83, fig. 16
A Roman marble portrait of Alexander the Great,
2nd century A.D.
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