A Roman marble bust of Emperor Caracalla - image-1
A Roman marble bust of Emperor Caracalla - image-2
A Roman marble bust of Emperor Caracalla - image-1A Roman marble bust of Emperor Caracalla - image-2

Lot 226 Dα

A Roman marble bust of Emperor Caracalla

Auction 1182 - overview Cologne
15.07.2021, 11:00 - The Exceptional Bernard De Leye Collection
Estimate: 25.000 € - 30.000 €
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A Roman marble bust of Emperor Caracalla

White Carrara marble on a pale grey marble base. Over life-sized bust of the emperor dressed in a drapery and armour, his head turned towards the right. H with round plinth 86, W ca. 65 cm.
Late 18th century.

This finely wrought bust of emperor Caracalla is based on a Roman prototype known as the “Caracalla Farnese”, a remnant from Caracalla's thermal baths which is dated to the year 212 and today housed in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. The fragment was originally part of a larger statue but was later converted into a bust.

Provenance

From a palace in Anjou. French aristocratic ownership.