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A Roman Marble Figure of a Philosopher or Man of Letters, circa 2nd Century A.D.

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Lot Closed

July 6, 01:32 PM GTNN

Estimate

24,000 - 35,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A Roman Marble Figure of a Philosopher or Man of Letters

circa 2nd Century A.D.


standing with the weight on his right leg, the left leg slightly advanced, and wearing calcei, tunic, and mantle draped over the left shoulder, wrapped around the body, and falling from the left lower arm, both hands holding a scroll; hands and scrollrestored, former restorations removed.

Total height 79 cm.; height without plinth 74 cm.

European private collects ion, 18th/19th Century (based on restoration techniques)

Edouard Geladakis, Paris, 1912

Belgian private collects ion

Rob Michiels Auctions, Bruges, March 14th 2021, no. 1111, illus.

acquired by the present owner at the above sale


Published

Salomon Reinach, Répertoire de la statuaire grecque et romaine, vol. 5, Paris, 1924, p. 352, no. 4 ("chez Geladakis à Paris en 1912. Phot. Espérandieu. Philosophe?").

A similar figure of a philosopher from the Mattei collects ion is now in the Vatican: http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/buchseite/372531.

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