Roman marble bust of Alexander

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Marble bust of Alexander the Great. His face framed by thick wavy hair, with seven recesses over the top of the head for insertion of bronze rays. He wears a chlamys fastened with a circular brooch at the shoulders, with three ears of wheat at the base of the bust. 1st century AD.

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Christian Levett and The Mougins Museum
Discover, in the heart of the old village of Mougins, how the beauty of the ancient world has influenced neoclassical, modern and contemporary art. The museum’s large and diverse collection of antiquities includes Roman, Greek and Egyptian sculpture, vases, coins, and jewellery, and also the world’s largest private collection of ancient arms and armour. These ancient artworks are interspersed with a hundred classically inspired paintings, drawings, and sculptures by artists such as Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, Dufy, Cézanne, Rodin, Dali, Andy Warhol, Marc Quinn, Antony Gormley, and Damien Hirst. The founder of the museum is Christian Levett, a British investment manager with a passion for ancient art. In 2008 he decided to place his collection on display for the benefit of the public in a museum in Mougins, where he has a family home.

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