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Roman, time der Soldatenkaiser

Larger than life-sized urban Roman portrait of a prince, from a statue – presumably Emporer Gordian III (225 – 244 AD). Circa 243 AD

Bronze cast. 32 cm (12 ⅝ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Roman, time der Soldatenkaiser. Larger than life-sized urban Roman portrait of a prince, from a statue – presumably Emporer Gordian III (225 – 244 AD). Circa 243 AD.

Estimate:

EUR 50,000

 

- 70,000

USD 68,000

 

- 95,200

Sold for:

85,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 215-221

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 28.11.2013

Information

Bronze cast. 32 cm (12 ⅝ in.). With a material/technical report from the Rathgen Research Laboratory of the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Prof. Dr. Riederer, dated 29 June 1990 (in copy). Neck cut smooth, pieces missing from the top and bottom of the head, losses to the face (tip of the nose) reconstructed.

Circa 1960 art trade Mathias Komor (1904 – 1984), New York / 1960s acquired there with the advice of Norbert Schimmel (1904 – 1990) for the collection Hans Cohn (1903 – 1993), Los Angeles / 1974 – 1989 on loan to J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California (inv. no. L73) / private collection, Germany

Jörgen Bracker: Gordianus III.; in: Max Wegner: Gordianus III. bis Carinus, Berlin 1979, p. 13 - 29, p. 24