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de avroLQ i]«rav toXq /xlv z\q ~Sii\r]vovQ tiKaoQtiai [ia\\o)rol ^irtoveg,
ovq evioi xopralovg kciXovgl, — cf. Poll. iv. 118, and Hesych. voce
Xoprato£. The hair of this figure is short, rugged and crisp ; the
beard in thick, detached tufts; the muscular developement is re-
markably hard, rough, and exaggerated, and well illustrates the
expression of Pliny 3 in speaking of the horny flesh of fishermen.
His left hand rests upon the handle of his basket, his head is
turned over his right shoulder, his mouth is open as if in the act
of addressing some one ; his right hand is held out, and at present
grasps a small fish, but the arm has been restored from the elbow
and its original action cannot be clearly ascertained; the left arm
has also been restored, as have both the legs from the knees. The
action is spirited and expressive, and the execution bold ; but it
is extremely hard, and the forms are extravagantly exaggerated
even for the horny muscles of a Roman fisherman.
This was purchased by Mr. Towneley at Rome.
Height of antique portion, 1 ft. 11 in.
3 Itaque cornea videmus piscatorum corpora, Plin. Hist. Nat. xxxi. 9, s. 45. Com-
pare, Catull. Carm. xxi. 11, 14.
de avroLQ i]«rav toXq /xlv z\q ~Sii\r]vovQ tiKaoQtiai [ia\\o)rol ^irtoveg,
ovq evioi xopralovg kciXovgl, — cf. Poll. iv. 118, and Hesych. voce
Xoprato£. The hair of this figure is short, rugged and crisp ; the
beard in thick, detached tufts; the muscular developement is re-
markably hard, rough, and exaggerated, and well illustrates the
expression of Pliny 3 in speaking of the horny flesh of fishermen.
His left hand rests upon the handle of his basket, his head is
turned over his right shoulder, his mouth is open as if in the act
of addressing some one ; his right hand is held out, and at present
grasps a small fish, but the arm has been restored from the elbow
and its original action cannot be clearly ascertained; the left arm
has also been restored, as have both the legs from the knees. The
action is spirited and expressive, and the execution bold ; but it
is extremely hard, and the forms are extravagantly exaggerated
even for the horny muscles of a Roman fisherman.
This was purchased by Mr. Towneley at Rome.
Height of antique portion, 1 ft. 11 in.
3 Itaque cornea videmus piscatorum corpora, Plin. Hist. Nat. xxxi. 9, s. 45. Com-
pare, Catull. Carm. xxi. 11, 14.