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work by a sculptor so ancient as Onatas, who, according to the
best evidence, flourished b.c. 472—-456 ; though it may be re-
marked that Onatas worked chiefly in bronze, and that the wiry
treatment of the hair is in favour of the idea that it has been
copied from an original in that metal. A statue very similar to
the present one is in the Museum of the Capitol; the arms have
been restored, and so has the quiver at the side of the trunk of
the tree which supports it, rendering it uncertain if it is really an
Apollo.(2) Some, however, are of opinion, that this statue, as well
as another in the Capitol, are rather representations of Ptolemy
Evergetes II., or of Apion,(3) and it is certainly of the same school
as the supposed Orestes and Electra of the Museo Borbonico.(4)
A similar disposition of hair is seen in the busts of the supposed
Ptolemy II., or IV., and Berenice/5) and on another bronze bust,
the pourtrait of an unknown personage/0)
It will be noticed that the right hand has rested on some
uncertain object, perhaps a quiver, the left holding the bow, and
that the outside of the left leg exhibits the mark of an attachment,
which may have supported a quiver. The right leg, too, of the
figure leans against the trunk of a tree which supports the statue;
and on this trunk is another uncertain object, perhaps the strap
that bound the upper side of the quiver.
This statue, originally, formed part of the collection made by the
Comte de Choiseul Gouffier, when French Ambassador at Constan-
tinople.
It was purchased at the sale of his antiquities in 1818. It is of
Parian marble, and measures, without the plinth, 5 feet 10£ inches.
2 Locatelli, Mus. Cap. HI. t. xiv. 3 Locatelli, Mus. Cap. III. t. xlix.
4 Mus.Borb. IV. t. viii. 5 Mus. Borb. VII. t. xii.
6 Mus. Borb. XII. t. xi. Sec, also, the supposed Hymenals, Mus. Borb. XII. t. xvii.,
holding a garland and torch, which, according to some, is a Ptolemy. Cf. Locatelli,
Mus. Cap. L t. lxxxiv.
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work by a sculptor so ancient as Onatas, who, according to the
best evidence, flourished b.c. 472—-456 ; though it may be re-
marked that Onatas worked chiefly in bronze, and that the wiry
treatment of the hair is in favour of the idea that it has been
copied from an original in that metal. A statue very similar to
the present one is in the Museum of the Capitol; the arms have
been restored, and so has the quiver at the side of the trunk of
the tree which supports it, rendering it uncertain if it is really an
Apollo.(2) Some, however, are of opinion, that this statue, as well
as another in the Capitol, are rather representations of Ptolemy
Evergetes II., or of Apion,(3) and it is certainly of the same school
as the supposed Orestes and Electra of the Museo Borbonico.(4)
A similar disposition of hair is seen in the busts of the supposed
Ptolemy II., or IV., and Berenice/5) and on another bronze bust,
the pourtrait of an unknown personage/0)
It will be noticed that the right hand has rested on some
uncertain object, perhaps a quiver, the left holding the bow, and
that the outside of the left leg exhibits the mark of an attachment,
which may have supported a quiver. The right leg, too, of the
figure leans against the trunk of a tree which supports the statue;
and on this trunk is another uncertain object, perhaps the strap
that bound the upper side of the quiver.
This statue, originally, formed part of the collection made by the
Comte de Choiseul Gouffier, when French Ambassador at Constan-
tinople.
It was purchased at the sale of his antiquities in 1818. It is of
Parian marble, and measures, without the plinth, 5 feet 10£ inches.
2 Locatelli, Mus. Cap. HI. t. xiv. 3 Locatelli, Mus. Cap. III. t. xlix.
4 Mus.Borb. IV. t. viii. 5 Mus. Borb. VII. t. xii.
6 Mus. Borb. XII. t. xi. Sec, also, the supposed Hymenals, Mus. Borb. XII. t. xvii.,
holding a garland and torch, which, according to some, is a Ptolemy. Cf. Locatelli,
Mus. Cap. L t. lxxxiv.
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