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PLATE XV.
still distinguished as having been once the residence of Cicero;(4)
but his ashes were afterwards removed to Rome by order of Anto-
ninus Pius, (5) and deposited in the noble mausoleum which Hadrian
had erected there, and which, though divested of its former mag-
nificent decorations, is yet remaining. (6)
The Emperor is here represented rather larger than life; the
beard is short and curly ;(7) the head is not ornamented with any
diadem, and the breast is quite uncovered. This bust was formerly
in the Villa Montalto, and Visconti when describing various busts
of Hadrian, enumerates the present as one of those possessing the
greatest celebrity, (s)
The preservation of the marble is remarkably good; the extreme
edge of the right ear, and a very small piece in the right breast,
are the only parts that have been restored.
Height, 2 feet.
* Post hoc Hadrianus Baias petiit, Antonino Romae ad imperandum relicto. Ubi
quum nihil proficeret, accersito Antonino, in conspectu ejus apud ipsas Baias periit, die
sexto Iduum Juliarum: invisusque omnibus sepultus est in villa Ciceroniana Puteolis.
Spartian. in vita Hadriani, c. 25.
5 Sed Hadriano apud Baias mortuo, reliquias ejus Romam pervexit sancte ac reveren-
ter, atque in hortis Domitia? collocavit: etiam repugnantibus cunctis, inter divos eum
retulit. Capitolin. in vita Antonini Pii, c. 5.
6 Fecit et sui nominis pontem, et sepulchrum juxta Tiberim, Spartian. in vita
Hadriani, c. 19.
It is now called the " Castle of St. Angelo;" the best description of this building, as
it anciently stood, is given by Procopius. Procop. de bello Gothico, lib. i. c. xxii.
1 Hadrian was the first Roman Emperor who wore a beard; and he is said to have
adopted the custom, in order to hide the blotches with which his face was disfigured:
promissa barba, ut vulnera qua? in facie naturalia erant, tegeret. Spartian. in vita
Hadriani, c. 26". This practice was continued by his successors, although they had not
the same reason for it.
8 " Con tutto il petto nudo, e di stile grande e sublime era quello della villa Montalto."
Museo Pio-Clementino, vol. vi. p. 61.
London : Printed by W. Bulmar and Co.
Cleveland Row, St. James's.
still distinguished as having been once the residence of Cicero;(4)
but his ashes were afterwards removed to Rome by order of Anto-
ninus Pius, (5) and deposited in the noble mausoleum which Hadrian
had erected there, and which, though divested of its former mag-
nificent decorations, is yet remaining. (6)
The Emperor is here represented rather larger than life; the
beard is short and curly ;(7) the head is not ornamented with any
diadem, and the breast is quite uncovered. This bust was formerly
in the Villa Montalto, and Visconti when describing various busts
of Hadrian, enumerates the present as one of those possessing the
greatest celebrity, (s)
The preservation of the marble is remarkably good; the extreme
edge of the right ear, and a very small piece in the right breast,
are the only parts that have been restored.
Height, 2 feet.
* Post hoc Hadrianus Baias petiit, Antonino Romae ad imperandum relicto. Ubi
quum nihil proficeret, accersito Antonino, in conspectu ejus apud ipsas Baias periit, die
sexto Iduum Juliarum: invisusque omnibus sepultus est in villa Ciceroniana Puteolis.
Spartian. in vita Hadriani, c. 25.
5 Sed Hadriano apud Baias mortuo, reliquias ejus Romam pervexit sancte ac reveren-
ter, atque in hortis Domitia? collocavit: etiam repugnantibus cunctis, inter divos eum
retulit. Capitolin. in vita Antonini Pii, c. 5.
6 Fecit et sui nominis pontem, et sepulchrum juxta Tiberim, Spartian. in vita
Hadriani, c. 19.
It is now called the " Castle of St. Angelo;" the best description of this building, as
it anciently stood, is given by Procopius. Procop. de bello Gothico, lib. i. c. xxii.
1 Hadrian was the first Roman Emperor who wore a beard; and he is said to have
adopted the custom, in order to hide the blotches with which his face was disfigured:
promissa barba, ut vulnera qua? in facie naturalia erant, tegeret. Spartian. in vita
Hadriani, c. 26". This practice was continued by his successors, although they had not
the same reason for it.
8 " Con tutto il petto nudo, e di stile grande e sublime era quello della villa Montalto."
Museo Pio-Clementino, vol. vi. p. 61.
London : Printed by W. Bulmar and Co.
Cleveland Row, St. James's.