PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG BOY
- Roman art, Antonine period
- Ca. end of the 2nd century
- Marble
- H. 21 cm (8,3 in)
- Provenance:
• Roger Peyrefitte Collection (1907-2000), Paris.
• Roger Peyrefitte Collection, Hôtel George V, Paris, May 26, 1977, lot 12.
• Art Market, 1978.
• Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby’s, New York, December 14, 1993, lot 94.
• Dr. Anton Pestalozzi (1915-2007), Zurich, acquired from the previous; then passed down by inheritance.
- Published:
• Roger Peyrefitte Collection, Hôtel George V, Paris, May 26, 1977, lot 12.(auction cat.).
• Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby’s, New York, December 14, 1993, lot 94.(auction cat.).
• I. Jucker, Skulpturen der Antiken-Sammlung Ennetwies, Mainz am Rhein, 1995, Volume 1, pp.41-42, no. 24, pls. 49-50.
• K. Fittschen, Prinzenbildnisse Antoninischer Zeit, Mainz am Rhein, 1999, p. 93, cat. no. 97.
- Due diligence:
• IADAA Search Certificate, 2026.
Photo credit : Studio Asselberghs – Frédéric Dehaen
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