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Rome, where it was improperly placed on the trunk of a
Bacchus.
Ht. 1 ft. Obtained by Mr. Towneley, in 1773, from Cardinal
Alexander Albani. Mug. Marbles, XI., pi. 4. Winckelmann,
Mon. Ant. Ined., p. 31. Ellis, T. 0., 1., p. 322. T.
(116.) Venus (Aphrodite).—The right arm from above
the elbow, the left forearm, the right foot from above the
ankle, the heel and half of the left foot, have been restored.
The long hair is gathered into a knot on the top of the
head.
The vase covered with drapery at the side of this figure
indicates that the goddess is about to take a bath, or has
just left one. This statue is very similar to the one repre-
senting the same subject in the Museum of the Capitol at
Rome, but is very inferior to it in execution.
Several other copies of the same subject exist; all are,
probably, repetitions of the celebrated Cnidian Venus of
Praxiteles, modided so as to please Roman taste.
lit. 6 ft. 9 in. Presented, in 1834, by His Majesty King William the
Fourth. Mus. Marbles, XI., pi. 34. Ellis, T. G., 1., p. 260.
Oaldesi, No. 12.
(117.) Terminal Bust of Homer.—The end of the nose
only is restored. This bust represents the poet in very ad-
vanced age, and blind. A fillet, tamd?, the distinctive mark
mf a poet, encircles the head. The portrait is, of course, an
ideal one, and its first conception was probably due to the
Macedonian period, when Homer was so much studied at
Alexandria. The eyes are deep set, and the wrinkles about
the brows elaborately rendered. The execution is perhaps
.a little mannered and overwrought, but this bust, and one
rfonnerly in the Polignac Collection, and now at Potsdam,
Rave been generally esteemed the two finest extant
portraits of Homer in marble. The Potsdam bust is con-
sidered by Botticher (Verzeichniss, p. 488, No. 779)
Bacchus.
Ht. 1 ft. Obtained by Mr. Towneley, in 1773, from Cardinal
Alexander Albani. Mug. Marbles, XI., pi. 4. Winckelmann,
Mon. Ant. Ined., p. 31. Ellis, T. 0., 1., p. 322. T.
(116.) Venus (Aphrodite).—The right arm from above
the elbow, the left forearm, the right foot from above the
ankle, the heel and half of the left foot, have been restored.
The long hair is gathered into a knot on the top of the
head.
The vase covered with drapery at the side of this figure
indicates that the goddess is about to take a bath, or has
just left one. This statue is very similar to the one repre-
senting the same subject in the Museum of the Capitol at
Rome, but is very inferior to it in execution.
Several other copies of the same subject exist; all are,
probably, repetitions of the celebrated Cnidian Venus of
Praxiteles, modided so as to please Roman taste.
lit. 6 ft. 9 in. Presented, in 1834, by His Majesty King William the
Fourth. Mus. Marbles, XI., pi. 34. Ellis, T. G., 1., p. 260.
Oaldesi, No. 12.
(117.) Terminal Bust of Homer.—The end of the nose
only is restored. This bust represents the poet in very ad-
vanced age, and blind. A fillet, tamd?, the distinctive mark
mf a poet, encircles the head. The portrait is, of course, an
ideal one, and its first conception was probably due to the
Macedonian period, when Homer was so much studied at
Alexandria. The eyes are deep set, and the wrinkles about
the brows elaborately rendered. The execution is perhaps
.a little mannered and overwrought, but this bust, and one
rfonnerly in the Polignac Collection, and now at Potsdam,
Rave been generally esteemed the two finest extant
portraits of Homer in marble. The Potsdam bust is con-
sidered by Botticher (Verzeichniss, p. 488, No. 779)