Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Boy

Turned slightly to his right, his eyes drilled in the inner corners, his hair radiating from the crown and falling in comma-shaped locks over the temples, forehead, and nape of the neck; left ear and tip of nose with upper lip restored in marble, rim of right ear in plaster, underside of neck polished for attachment to a statue or bust. European private collection, circa 18th Century (based on restoration techniques)French private collection, acquired prior to 1960 (Drouot, Paris, Auction Art, Rémy le Fur & Associés, November 27th, 2015, no. 87, illus., on a 1920s/30s varnished block-shaped wood base)