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Artworks
Statue of Narcissus, Roman, Hadrianic, ca. 117-138 A.D.
MarbleHeight: 60.2 cm; 23 5/8 in.Further images
Provenance
Private collection, 18th century (based on restoration techniques);
John Watkins Brett, Esq. (1805-1863) collection, UK;
Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 5-18 April 1864, lot 1110;
Sir Charles Robinson (1824 – 1913) collection, UK;
Alfred Moritz Mond (1868 – 1930), The Lord Melchett collection, UK;
Sotheby’s London, The Melchett Collection of Paintings, Drawings and Antiquities, 23-24 May 1951, lot 43;
Christopher Norris collection, UK, 1951;
W.H. private collection, Connecticut, 1988;
US private collection, Connecticut, 2004;
US private collection, 2015.Literature
Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 5-18 April 1864, lot 1110.
Arndt P., Amelung W., eds., Photographische Einzelaufnahmen Antiker Sculpturen, Mun̈ chen 1893- 1947, cat. no. 4926.
Strong E., Catalogue of the Greek and Roman Antiquities in the Possession of the Right Honourable Lord Melchett, P.C., D.Sc., F.R.S., Oxford, 1928, pp. 16-17, no. 10, pl. XVII.Sotheby’s, London, 23-24 May 1951, lot 43.
Vermeule C. C., Von Bothmer D., “Notes on a New Edition of Michaelis: Ancient Marbles in Great Britain, Part Two,” in American Journal of Archaeology 60, 1956, pp. 337-338.Zanker P., ““Iste ego sum”. Der Naive und der bewusste Narziss,” in Bonner Jahrbuc̈ her 166, 1966, p. 159, fig. 8.
SCHEFOLD K., Die Goẗ tersage in der klassischen und hellenistischen Kunst, Mun̈ chen, 1981, p. 210, fig. 288.Rafn B, “Narkissos,” in Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), vol. VI, Zur̈ ich, Mun̈ chen, 1992, p.707, no. 43.
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