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| ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF ODYSSEUS Bearded and wearing an ornately decorated pilos helmet. This relief decoration starts at the top with a rosette, then a corona of rays, then a frieze of rosettes, a frieze of erotes, a frieze of palmettes and lotus blossoms. Ex collection of Lord Bristol acquired in the 18th Century; Elderay collection, around 1920; French collection. Late 1st-early 2nd Century AD H. 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2008, no. 17 CBD10 SOLD |
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| A magnificent drawing by the celebrated German artist Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751-1829), now in the Deutsches Literaturarchiv in Marbach, depicts seven heroes celebrated by Homer in the Iliad and the Odyssey. These heroes were drawn after ancient busts that Tischbein saw during his lengthy stay in Naples at the end of the 18th century. The central bust, which is identified as Odysseus in a description published in 1801, is this very one. Tischbein based his painting of ‘Odysseus and Penelope’ (1802) on this sculpture, then in the possession of Lord Bristol, who allowed Tischbein to draw it at that time. The significant 18th Century additions include the nose, the rear left part of the face, part of the helmet, the bust, and the base. They were probably done by Bartolomeo Cavaceppi (1716-1799) or his studio. |
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