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Roman lady of the Augustan age. The forehead is low,
which, as we learn from Horace, was then thought a special
characteristic of a beautiful face. The arrangement of the
hair, waved in front, and falling over the back of the head,
suggests a likeness to Antonia, the mother of Germanicus,
hut it is, perhaps, intended for Agrippina, the wife of
Claudius.
The type is more refined, and the expression more
highly wrought, than is usual in Roman portraits, hut
seems quite in harmony with the general spirit of the
Augustan age. The bosom is thrown a little forward, as if
the bust had been copied from a statue seated in a chair.
This bust was greatly esteemed by Mr. Towneley, who
purchased it, in 1773, from Prince Laurenzano, at Naples.
In recent years, doubts have been thrown on its genuine-
ness, but on no sufficient grounds.
This bust is in the finest condition, the only parts
restored being two of the leaves of the flower.
Ht. 1 ft. 10! in. Nee Hubner, Archaol. Zeitung, 1867, pp. 55* and
58*. Friederichs, Bausteine, p. 505. Ellis, T. Gb, II., p. 20*
Vaux, Handbook, p. 192. Caldesi, No. 40. Harrison, No.
843. T.
(150.) Head of an Amazon.—The forward inclination
of the head, the expression of pain in the countenance,
and the character of the hair, which is wiry in texture, and
drawn back in strongly-marked wavy lines, enable us to
recognize this head as having belonged to a statue of a
wounded Amazon, of which we have several replicas. One
of these is in the Capitoline Museum at Rome, the other
in the Vatican. For other instances, O. Jahn, Ueber
die Amazonen Statuen in the Berichte d. k. s. Ges. d. Wiss.,
1850. Restorations, end of nose, throat, bust.
Ht. (of ancient portion) 101 in- Formerly in the collection of Lyde
Brown. Mus. Marbles, X., pi. 5. T.
Roman lady of the Augustan age. The forehead is low,
which, as we learn from Horace, was then thought a special
characteristic of a beautiful face. The arrangement of the
hair, waved in front, and falling over the back of the head,
suggests a likeness to Antonia, the mother of Germanicus,
hut it is, perhaps, intended for Agrippina, the wife of
Claudius.
The type is more refined, and the expression more
highly wrought, than is usual in Roman portraits, hut
seems quite in harmony with the general spirit of the
Augustan age. The bosom is thrown a little forward, as if
the bust had been copied from a statue seated in a chair.
This bust was greatly esteemed by Mr. Towneley, who
purchased it, in 1773, from Prince Laurenzano, at Naples.
In recent years, doubts have been thrown on its genuine-
ness, but on no sufficient grounds.
This bust is in the finest condition, the only parts
restored being two of the leaves of the flower.
Ht. 1 ft. 10! in. Nee Hubner, Archaol. Zeitung, 1867, pp. 55* and
58*. Friederichs, Bausteine, p. 505. Ellis, T. Gb, II., p. 20*
Vaux, Handbook, p. 192. Caldesi, No. 40. Harrison, No.
843. T.
(150.) Head of an Amazon.—The forward inclination
of the head, the expression of pain in the countenance,
and the character of the hair, which is wiry in texture, and
drawn back in strongly-marked wavy lines, enable us to
recognize this head as having belonged to a statue of a
wounded Amazon, of which we have several replicas. One
of these is in the Capitoline Museum at Rome, the other
in the Vatican. For other instances, O. Jahn, Ueber
die Amazonen Statuen in the Berichte d. k. s. Ges. d. Wiss.,
1850. Restorations, end of nose, throat, bust.
Ht. (of ancient portion) 101 in- Formerly in the collection of Lyde
Brown. Mus. Marbles, X., pi. 5. T.