BUST OF The YOUNG emperor Nero (37 – 68 A.D.)

Rome, first half of the 18th century

Carved from white carrara, sicilian jasper and bigio morato marble

50 cm high

33 cm wide

Provenance:

Collection of the Dukes of Buckingham, Stowe House, Buckinghamshire, England;

Purchased at the Duke of Buckingham’s sale conducted by Christies at Stowe in 1848 by Sir Robert Peel or his agent;

Purchased by the owners father at the Yorkshire the property of the Peel family between 1939-1945;

Private collection Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, England; Private collection London, who purchased from the above in the late 1970s.