Material Coade Stone, or Lithodipyra
Dimensions 60 × 49 × 26 cm
Price Available upon inquiry
Status Vetted

About the Work

Almost certainly modelled by JOHN BACON, THE ELDER (1740 - 1799)


STAMPED

‘COADE LAMBETH 1792’


The present work is a Coade stone bust of the Ancient Roman emperor Caracalla (188-217 A.D.) after an ancient portrait bust, previously in the Farnese Collection, now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, in Naples.

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Provenance

Private Collection, Ireland

Literature

Related Literature
F. Haskell & N. Penny (A. Aymonino & E. Dodero), Taste and the Antique: The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900, revised and amplified edition, 2024, pp. 223-226.
A. Kelly, Mrs Coade’s Stone, Worcester, 1990.

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