PORTRAIT OF A MAN (AESCHYLUS?) IN MARBLE Roman art, 1st - 2nd century AD Head depicting a bearded man with wavy, layered locks of hair, a straight nose, slightly drooping eyelids, thin parted lips and deep features. This face is reminiscent of the portrait of the playwright Aeschylus in the Farnese collection. The beard and hair are missing. Height Height : 31,8 cm Provenance: Former Portuguese collection Collection W.L, Sint Niklaas, Belgium, acquired around 2005 Royal-Athena Galleries, New York Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, acquired 2010 Exhibitions: Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011-August 2023 Bibliography: J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, January 2011, vol. XXII, p. 8, fig. 12 J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 86, fig. 25 in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art. Levett Family Collection, 2012, pp. 56 and 85 Ancient Egypt, May-June-July 2013, no 8, p. 69 C. Wrathall, "Collectors & Collections", Christie's Magazine, UK & China, January/February 2016, p. 52 M. Squire, "A Passionate Collector", Minerva: the International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology, London, March/April 2018, p. 16 R. Leung, "From 4th-Century Greek Vases to Female Abstract Expressionism", Larry's List, 2022, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/the-talks/from-4th-century-greek-vases-to-female-abstract-expressionism/ A Roman marble male portrait (Aeschylus?), 1st-2nd century A.D