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Two busts of Roman emperors White marble
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51
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Two busts of Roman emperors White marble
H.
See original version (French)
Estimate €8,000 - €12,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Two busts of Roman emperors
White marble
H. 66–73 cm
17th–18th century
Two virile busts idealised in the classical style, wearing laurel wreaths tied with a ribbon at the nape of the neck:
— one draped in a paludamentum fastened over the shoulder with a disc (fibula), over a tunic;
— the other wearing a scale armour (lorica squamata) beneath the paludamentum, his head held upright and slightly turned.
Two marble busts of Roman emperors. 17th–18th century
See original version (French)
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