Live Auction 2838The Decorative Arts Sale incl. Fine Paintings
AN ITALIAN BRONZE BUST OF THE PSEUDO SENECA
Lot 570

AN ITALIAN BRONZE BUST OF THE PSEUDO SENECA

AFTER THE ANTIQUE, LATE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY NAPLES

Closed1 July 2010

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EUR 2,375

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AN ITALIAN BRONZE BUST OF THE PSEUDO SENECA
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, LATE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY NAPLES
Mounted on a waisted circular red marble socle
37 cm. high; 47 cm. high overall

Specialist note

The so-called Pseudo-Seneca is a Roman bronze bust dating from the 1st century BC. It was discovered at Herculaneum in 1754 and is now conserved in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples.