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AN OVERSIZED PLASTER CAST BUST OF THE JUNO LUDOVISI
Lot 156 An American Grand Tour: A Corporate Collection

AN OVERSIZED PLASTER CAST BUST OF THE JUNO LUDOVISI

LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

Closed14 October 2014

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AN OVERSIZED PLASTER CAST BUST OF THE JUNO LUDOVISI
LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE
Variously inscribed in pencil, hollow to the reverse
43 ½ in. (110.5 cm.) high; 29 in. (73.5 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The bust of the Juno Ludovisi is the only surviving portion of a monumental sculpture thought to modeled after Antonia Minor, daughter of Octavia Minor and Marc Anthony and mother of the Emperor Claudius. It was likely a political commission by Claudius.