Lot 154: A CARVED MARBLE BUST OF A MAN, POSSIBLY SCIPIO

A CARVED MARBLE BUST OF A MAN, POSSIBLY SCIPIO
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, MANNER OF JOHAN TOBIAS SERGEL (1740-1814)
On a circular associated waisted marble socle
21½ in. (54.5 cm.) high

The present lot corresponds closely to a Roman portrait bust which was copied by Sergel in marble. He had seen the original in Paris, and returned to his native Stockholm in 1759 with a plaster cast of it. Once back in his studio, he carved the bust in marble and was to use it as a source of inspiration for many of his later works.