Marble group representing Theseus and Antiope by Alceo Dossena (1878-1937)

Period
Italian, after the antique, c. 1900
Dimension
H. 80 cm (31 1⁄2 in)

Probably Jakob Hirsch (1874-1955)
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Ars Classica, Thomas Virzi (1881-1974), no. 115, New York
Private collection Switzerland; where acquired by the present owner

F. Studniczka
Neue archaische Marmorskulpturen – Falsches und Echtes, in: Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 43, 1928, 149-170, Abb. 13-14, 16-20, Beil. 4-6

Bernard Ashmole
“An alleged archaic group”, 99-104, pl. V-VI, in: The journal of hellenic studies, vol L, part. I, 1930

G.M.A. Richter
The sculpture and sculptors of the Greeks, New Revised Edition, 1950, 537 ill. 555

W. Lussetti
Alceo Dossena scultore, Rome 1955, ill. 1-2

EAA
“Falsificazione”, 582-589, fig. 702

‘La tradition du faux,’ The Charming Magazine

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