58. Roman fresco fragment with Bacchus or Silenus, 1st-3rd Century AD
Mounted in plaster and in a modern frame
Height: 10cm, width: 14cm, depth: 2cm
12520 C
$ 25,000
Polychrome fresco fragment showing the bearded head and hand of Bacchus (Dionysus) or Silenus. Good condition with original paint: minor repair and some epainting at join lines. Mounted in plaster...
Polychrome fresco fragment showing the bearded head and hand of Bacchus (Dionysus) or Silenus.
Good condition with original paint: minor repair and some epainting at join lines. Mounted in plaster and in a modern frame by prior owner (before 1950).
Provenance
J-R. F. collection, Switzerland; acquired 1920-1950, thence by descent
With David Cahn, Switzerland, 2011
Antiquarium Ltd, New York, USA; acquired 2011
Literature
Compare Roger Ling, Roman Painting (Cambridge, 1991), pl.XVDPublications
Cahn Auktion 6. Basel, 5 November 2011, no. 203
Published, Antiquarium Ltd. Ancient Treasures X. 2012, p. 38
