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Grusenmeyer-Woliner

Portrait of a young boy
Antonine Period, circa the end of the 2nd century
Marble
H 21 cm
Provenance: Roger Peyrefitte (1907-2000) collection, Paris; Sale of Roger Peyrefitte collection, Hôtel George V, Paris, May 26th, 1977, lot n° 12; Art Market, 1978; Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby’s, New York, December 14th, 1993, lot n° 94; Dr. Anton Pestalozzi (1915-2007), Zurich, acquired from the previous owner; thence by descent
Literature: Auction catalogue, Roger Peyrefitte Collection, Hôtel George V, Paris, May 26th, 1977, lot n° 12; Auction catalogue, Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby’s, New York, December 14th, 1993, lot n° 94; I. Jucker, Skulpturen der Antiken-Sammlung Ennetwies, Mainz on the Rhine, 1995, Vol. 1, pp. 41-42, n° 24, pls. 49-50; K. Fittschen, Prinzenbildnisse Antoninischer Zeit, Mainz on the Rhine, 1999, p. 93, cat. n° 97