NAPLES, LATE 19TH CENTURY

The present bust is a life-size version of the original Roman bronze bust from the late 1st century B.C., which was excavated in 1754 at Herculaneum and is now conserved in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples. This model is illustrated as no. 5616 in the 1911 joint catalogue of the Chiurazzi and De Angelis foundries.