Head representing the portrait of a man wearing... Lot 4

Head representing the portrait of a man wearing a hair composed of short curly locks and "sideburns" and a mustache, the large eyes whose pupil is incised gives him a fierce expression. The back of the skull is less finished. Fine-grained white marble Roman art, 3rd century Height : 27 cm *Court lot sold by order, no reserve price: reduced fees of 14.40 % in addition to the auction. Provenance : probably Serres Gallery Collection of Mr and Mrs Gagliardi. Great art collector and scholar, familiar with the curators and great merchants, Jacques Gagliardi is also the author of works on the history of art. . "Monet's trains only lead to the suburbs", Paris, PUF, 1987. . "La conquête de la peinture, l'Europe des ateliers du XIIIe au XVe siècle", Paris, Flammarion, 1993. . "Le roman de la peinture moderne", Paris, Hazan, 2006.