AN OVER-LIFESIZED ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF APOLLO
AN OVER-LIFESIZED ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF APOLLO
AN OVER-LIFESIZED ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF APOLLO
AN OVER-LIFESIZED ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF APOLLO
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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN OVER-LIFESIZED ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF APOLLO

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

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AN OVER-LIFESIZED ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF APOLLO
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
18 in. (45.8 cm.) high
来源
with K.J. Hewett (1919-1994), London.
Agatha (1924-2015) and Charles (1919-2003) Sadler, London, acquired from the above, 1965-1968.
The Sadler Collection, Sotheby's, London, 31 October 2003, lot 51.
Private Collection, California, acquired from the above.
The Property of a California Private Collector; Antiquities, Christie’s, New York, 4 June 2015, lot 84.

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Hannah Fox Solomon
Hannah Fox Solomon Head of Department, Specialist

拍品专文

This colossal head of Apollo is a Roman creation based on a Greek original of circa 480 to 450 B.C. In style, it recalls the Kassel Apollo, named for the best replica of the type now in the Kassel Museum, traditionally associated with the sculptors Pheidias or Kalamis (see B.S. Ridgway, Fifth Century Styles in Greek Sculpture, p. 184). While both share many attributes, including similar facial features and center-parted hair above a spade-shaped forehead, the present examples differs from the Kassell Apollo in the arrangement of hair at the back. As such, this Apollo is probably a Roman creation incorporating traits from Greek sculpture rather than a direct copy of a now-lost Greek original. For the Kassel Apollo, see no. 295 in W. Lambrinudakis, et al., “Apollon,” LIMC, vol. II. For a version of the head in Naples from the Farnese Collection, which shares with this colossal head a frontal placement on a broad neck, see E. M. Schmidt, “Der Kasseler Apollo und seine Repliken,” Antike Plastik, 1966, no. 14, pls. 36-37.

Charles and Agatha Sadler together built an eclectic collection of antiquities and ancient jewelry from across the ancient Mediterranean and Near East from 1954-1992, which was combined with later sculpture and paintings from the Renaissance. The Sadlers filled their home with their treasures, peppering them on every available space, fulfilling the notion of truly living with their objects.

The Sadlers were advised by the distinguished British scholar and dealer John Hewett (1919-1994), who played an active role in shaping many collections of Antiquities and Tribal art from the 1950s-1980s. Besides the Sadlers, Hewett was known for selling to the international elite, including Sir Robert and Lisa Sainsbury, Nelson A. Rockefeller, and George Ortiz, as well as institutions such as the British Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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