Commodus has a tête-à-tête with a striking bust in Gladiator - Film and Furniture

A short and sharp post to answer a question sent to us recently via twitter: I spent some time fondling this rather fine bust recently. It features in a seminal scene in Gladiator (2000) where Commodus, played by Joaquin Phoenix, murders his father, Marcus Aurelius. Joaquin Phoenix talks to the bust for what is quite a long scene. The owner of the bust, Mark Farley, who gave me a private tour of his jaw-dropping film and TV prop house Farley’s recently, gave me some low down on this striking antique. It is in fact a late 17th Century Italian piece, … Continued

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