A large and impressive marble janiform sculpture of Thanatos and Hypnos, c. 1st - 2nd Century AD, rendered in nice style, both male human heads with short, tightly curled locks of hair, their features tranquil, peaceful. This piece is an extremely rare marble Janiform bust of the twin gods Hypnos and Thanatos. While there are a few known portrait depictions of Hypnos there are virtually none of Thanatos as an adult. Janiform portraits depicting both are rarer still. 11 ½ in x 8 ½ in x 14 in (19.2 x 21.9 x 35.4 cm). With heavy stone base. Thanatos was a Roman god of death. He was regarded as merciless and was hated by and hateful towards mortals and the deathless gods. Hypnos was a Roman god of sleep, residing in Erebos, the land of eternal darkness beyond the gates of the rising sun. From there he rose into the sky each night in the train of his mother Nyx (night). Ex German private collection, purchased in the late 1970's.

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