A CARVED POLYCHROME MARBLE BUST OF JULIUS CAESAR

AFTER THE ANTIQUE, ITALIAN, LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A CARVED POLYCHROME MARBLE BUST OF JULIUS CAESAR
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, ITALIAN, LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The white marble head set into polychrome marble shoulders, wearing armour and with a cloak held by a clasp on the proper right shoulder, inscribed on a cartouche at bottom centre 'GIULIE CESARE', on a circular marble socle
24 in. (61 cm.) high; 28¾ in. (73 cm.) high, overall

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
G. A. Mansuelli, Galleria degli Uffizi - Le Sculture, II, Rome, 1961, p. 44, figs. 32a & b.

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Lot Essay

The present bust of Julius Caesar is after an original Roman example in bronze and marble which is in the Uffizi, Florence. For an illustration and discussion of the antique portrait see the catalogue by Guido Mansuelli (loc. cit.).

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