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ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF APOLLO In the style of a Greek sculpture of the 5th Century BC, with straight nose, parted lips drilled in the inner corners, and almond-shaped eyes, his wavy hair radiating from the crown, parted in the center over the forehead, and bound with a double mitra. For related heads in the classicizing style see Paul Zanker, Klassizistische Statuen: Studien zur Veränderung des Kunstgeschmacks in der römischen Kaiserzeit, Mainz, 1974, pls. 68-69. Ex collection of Ortrud Carstens, New York Ex Sotheby's, London, December 12th, 1988, no. 136, illus. Earlier 1st Century AD H. 10 in. (24.5 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2003, no. 24 SNF101 $95,000 Sales |
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