Wall lamp; Rome, 1st-2nd century. Bronze. In good... Lot 12

Wall lamp; Rome, 1st-2nd century. Bronze. In good state of preservation. Measurements: 5.5 cm (diameter). Wall lamp made in bronze with a circular shape on which is placed a head with childlike features. This head is placed on a disc with a lion's claw at the top. The Romans brought two important innovations to the world of sculpture: the portrait and the historical relief, neither of which existed in the Greek world. However, they followed Greek models for much of their sculptural production, a basis which in Rome was combined with the Etruscan tradition. After the first contacts with Classical Greece via the Magna Graecia colonies, the Romans conquered Syracuse in 212 BC, a rich and important Greek colony in Sicily, which was adorned with a large number of Hellenistic works. The city was sacked and its artistic treasures taken to Rome, where the new style of these works soon replaced the Etruscan-Roman tradition that had prevailed until then.