Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 06 Jul 2021

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AN ITALIAN MARBLE GRAND TOUR BUST OF A ROMAN EMPEROR

£2,000 - £3,000 £24,000

AN ITALIAN MARBLE GRAND TOUR BUST OF A ROMAN EMPEROR

PROBABLY LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY

possibly of a young Nero, the carved white marble bust on a polychrome alabastro fiorito and grey marble veneered chest and shoulders (losses) and with a later white painted wood tapering column (2);

the bust: 42.5cm high, the chest: 58.5cm high, 75cm wide, the pedestal 150cm high (approx)

Provenance

From the collection of Edward Croft-Murray CBE (1907-1980).

Catalogue Note

See Guido Mansuelli, Galleria degli Uffizi. Le Sculture. Part 2, pp.137-38, no.178 for a related bust.

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