Sculpture (Forgery)

Head of a male. Auction sticker with the printed number "210". Marked P VI 29 (a reference to a 1906 auction catalogue). Sold at Sotheby's 1906, 19-21 Dec Lot 92/13: "Figure of a man seated, his left leg bent beneath him, white marble, modern (plate VI,4); and various heads, etc. from statues or figures, in marble and stone". Illustrated in the 1906 sale catalogue of the Robert de Rustafjaell collection, sold at Sotheby's 1906, 19-21 December, pl. VI.29.