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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PETER H. BROWN
A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF ASKLEPIOS
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF ASKLEPIOS
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
From a relief, depicted nearly in the round, turned to his right, his oval face with heavy-lidded elongated eyes beneath arching brows, prominent cheekbones, and full lips below the downturned mustache, his thick beard projecting forward, his wavy locks bound in a diadem
3 3/8 in. (8.7 cm.) high
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
From a relief, depicted nearly in the round, turned to his right, his oval face with heavy-lidded elongated eyes beneath arching brows, prominent cheekbones, and full lips below the downturned mustache, his thick beard projecting forward, his wavy locks bound in a diadem
3 3/8 in. (8.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Purportedly found in Athens by Dr. Josef von Kopf (1827-1903), a famous sculptor living in Rome, 1876.
with Dr. Ludwig Pollak, Rome.
with Ars Classica, Dr. Jacob Hirsch, Geneva and New York, 1927.
Herbert N. Straus (1881-1933) former owner of R.H. Macy's department store, New York.
Dr. Norton Sager Brown, New York, gifted from the above, 1930s; thence by descent.
with Dr. Ludwig Pollak, Rome.
with Ars Classica, Dr. Jacob Hirsch, Geneva and New York, 1927.
Herbert N. Straus (1881-1933) former owner of R.H. Macy's department store, New York.
Dr. Norton Sager Brown, New York, gifted from the above, 1930s; thence by descent.
Literature
L. Pollak, Joseph v. Kopf als Sammler: Beschreibung der von ihm hinterlassenen Sammlung, Rome, 1905, pl. II.1.
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