A marble head of a young man

Description:

Probably Roman, 1st-2nd century AD.
H. 23 cm (o.S.)
Marble. Fully three-dimensional representation of a youth’s head with curly hair modelled in high relief. The lower part of the head is missing. Mounted on 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 pedestal, documented in a photograph taken in the owner's home in 1971 - Damage due to age