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Lot 106 - Auction 43

Portrait of leading figure of Antonine elite2nd century AD

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Portrait of leading figure of Antonine elite
2nd century AD
height cm 42 (16’’)
His hair crowning the head with a deeply-drilled mass of upswept curls which coming down his face along the jawline forming his rich beard.
The hairstyle and the pensive, almost remote, attitude remind to the typical features of the Antonine portraiture and recall the depiction of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD).
Restaured nose and small Renaissence reworkings on the forehead curls.

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English private collection formed in the 1970s.

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