A ROMAN MARBLE ARCHAISTIC HEAD OF A GODDESS
A ROMAN MARBLE ARCHAISTIC HEAD OF A GODDESS
A ROMAN MARBLE ARCHAISTIC HEAD OF A GODDESS
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A ROMAN MARBLE ARCHAISTIC HEAD OF A GODDESS
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A ROMAN MARBLE ARCHAISTIC HEAD OF A GODDESS

CIRCA 1ST-EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D.

细节
A ROMAN MARBLE ARCHAISTIC HEAD OF A GODDESS
CIRCA 1ST-EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D.
12 in. (30.4 cm.) high
来源
Karl Wittgenstein (1847-1913), Vienna; thence by descent to his daughter, Margaret Wittgenstein-Stonborough (1882-1958), Vienna; thence by continuous descent within the family.
Property Formerly in the Collection of Karl Wittgenstein; Antiquities, Christie’s, New York, 25 October 2016, lot 97.
出版
P. Wijdeveld, Ludwig Wittgenstein: Architect, Amsterdam, 2000, p. 39.

荣誉呈献

Hannah Fox Solomon
Hannah Fox Solomon Head of Department, Specialist

拍品专文

For a related archaistic portrait of a goddess with similar spiral-corkscrew curls framing the face, perhaps representing the goddess Isis, see no. 185 in A. Giuliano, ed., Museo Nazionale Romano, vol. I, pt. 1. In the absence of other preserved attributes, however, the identity of this enigmatic goddess cannot easily be ascertained.

The head was originally in the collection of Karl Wittgenstein (1847-1913), Vienna, and inherited by his daughter, Margaret Wittgenstein-Stonborough. Archival images from 1931 show the present head on display in her home, Haus Wittegenstein, which she commissioned in 1926. Her home was confiscated by the Nazis during World War II for use as a hospital, and then during the post-war occupation by the Russians it served as the barracks of a cavalry unit. Many assets, including this head, were preserved for the family by a loyal employee who buried objects of value in the basement, only to be returned to the family after the home was restituted. Haus Wittgenstein remained in the family until 1968; it is now used by the Bulgarian Cultural Institute.

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