Empress Livia as the Goddess Ceres by Unknown Artist

Empress Livia as the Goddess Ceres by Unknown Artist, 30–55

© British Museum

Details

Medium:

Marble

Dimensions:

32 cm

Art Fund grant:

£50,000 ( Total: £103,000)

Acquired in:

2000

Vendor:

Sotheby's

Most of the tip of the nose is lost, some damage to the face and most of the back of the head has broken away. This work was acquired with assistance from the Wolfson Foundation.

Provenance

Hotel Drouot, PAris, 19-21 May 1910, lot 39 (collection of Dr B and Mr C), said to be from Sicily; Sotheby's, London, 13 June 1996, lot 170; Aldorf collection