Roman original or deliberate fake?

A private collection in Cordoba contains a previously unpublished bronze head. It is not a Roman original. Its iconographic incongruences and its intentional fractures suggest a malicious intention in its manufacture. It is possibly a fake that someone intended to introduce in the art market. A seco...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inDissertationes archaeologicae ex Instituto Archaeologico Universitatis de Rolando Eötvös Nominatae.
Main Author David Ojeda
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Eötvös Loránd University 01.09.2024
Subjects
bronze
fake
forger
portrait
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:A private collection in Cordoba contains a previously unpublished bronze head. It is not a Roman original. Its iconographic incongruences and its intentional fractures suggest a malicious intention in its manufacture. It is possibly a fake that someone intended to introduce in the art market. A second bronze portrait of the same personage belongs to a private collection in Murcia. It has similarly never been made known. It is also a modern sculpture, confirming the non-ancient origin of the bronze in Cordoba. The joint study of the two objects can serve as a methodological example of the procedure to detect modern fakes of bronze portraits with an antique appearance.
ISSN:2064-4574
DOI:10.17204/dissarch.suppl4.169