A marble head of a bearded man

Description:

Roman, circa 2nd century AD
H. 40 cm (o.S.)
Light marble. Male head with curly hair and a full beard. The hair is modelled in high relief, imparting a sense of dynamism and vigour despite the fragmentary condition. The reverse is left unfinished. Mounted on a stone base.
From the estate of a former German diplomat, mentioned on a 1967 invoice from Toni Rommel, restorer at the Badisches Landesmuseum, for mounting on a base, documented in a photograph taken in the owner's home in 1971 - Damage due to age