Lot 22
ROMAN HEAD OF A SOLDIER
ITALY, C. 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Auction: 26 November 2026 from 14:00 GMT
Description
marble, depicting a helmeted soldier with asymmetrical features; bearded, with parted lips and almond eyes; the cheek pieces coming down to the jawline with an ornamental swirl on the top left of the helmet, raised on a bespoke mount
Dimensions
15cm high (unmounted)
Provenance
Baron J. von Nagel, The Schallenburg, Austria; prior to WWII, thence moved to Münsterland, Germany
Sophie von Nagel, London, UK; gifted from the above and brought to the UK 1971-1973, with a letter of provenance
Footnote
Compare the scenes of the Aurelian Column, published in Michel Feugère, Weapons of the Romans (Paris, 1993), p.99, fig.120. Compare an example in low relief in the British Museum, London, object number 1951,0306.1. Also compare Jan Stubbe Østergaard, Catalogue: Imperial Rome (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, 1996), no.61