A ROMAN MARBLE GRAND TOUR HEAD OF AN EMPEROR

A ROMAN MARBLE GRAND TOUR HEAD OF AN EMPEROR

JULIO-CLAUDIAN, AD 25-50 AND LATER

the carved marble head mounted on a late 17th / early 18th century alabaster shoulders carved with a tunic, later mounted on a marble socle, sitting on an associated white marble plinth

35.5cm high (the bust), 45.4cm high (overall)

Provenance

Parker & Morris: The Art of Decorating.

The Marquess of Linlithgow, Hopetoun House, Queensferry.

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