A MONUMENTAL ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT LATE ANTONINE PERIOD TO EARLY SEVERAN PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 2ND-EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D. 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm.) high Provenance James Hugh Smith Barry (1746-1801), Belmont and Marbury Hall, Cheshire, likely acquired through either Thomas Jenkins (1722-1798) or Gavin Hamilton (1723-1798); thence by descent to his son, John Smith Barry (1793-1837), Marbury Hall, Cheshire; thence by descent to his son, James Hugh Smith Barry (1816-1856), Marbury Hall, Cheshire; thence by descent to his son, Arthur Hugh Smith Barry 1st Baron Barrymore (1843-1925), Marbury Hall, Cheshire; thence by descent to his nephew, Robert Raymond Smith Barry (1886-1949), Marbury Hall, Cheshire. Mr. T. Place, Yorkshire and Marbury Hall, Cheshire, acquired from the above, 1932. George Smith Warrington and Marbury Hall, Cheshire, acquired from the above, 1933. Imperial Chemical Industries, London and Marbury Hall, Cheshire, acquired from the above, 1948. Leslie Fink and Company, Manchester and Marbury Hall, Cheshire, acquired from the above, 1961. Private Collection, U.K.; thence by descent. with Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London. Dr. Anton Pestalozzi (1915-2007), Zurich, acquired from the above, 2003; thence by descent to the current owner.
A MONUMENTAL ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT LATE ANTONINE PERIOD TO EARLY SEVERAN PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 2ND-EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D. 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm.) high Provenance James Hugh Smith Barry (1746-1801), Belmont and Marbury Hall, Cheshire, likely acquired through either Thomas Jenkins (1722-1798) or Gavin Hamilton (1723-1798); thence by descent to his son, John Smith Barry (1793-1837), Marbury Hall, Cheshire; thence by descent to his son, James Hugh Smith Barry (1816-1856), Marbury Hall, Cheshire; thence by descent to his son, Arthur Hugh Smith Barry 1st Baron Barrymore (1843-1925), Marbury Hall, Cheshire; thence by descent to his nephew, Robert Raymond Smith Barry (1886-1949), Marbury Hall, Cheshire. Mr. T. Place, Yorkshire and Marbury Hall, Cheshire, acquired from the above, 1932. George Smith Warrington and Marbury Hall, Cheshire, acquired from the above, 1933. Imperial Chemical Industries, London and Marbury Hall, Cheshire, acquired from the above, 1948. Leslie Fink and Company, Manchester and Marbury Hall, Cheshire, acquired from the above, 1961. Private Collection, U.K.; thence by descent. with Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London. Dr. Anton Pestalozzi (1915-2007), Zurich, acquired from the above, 2003; thence by descent to the current owner.
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