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ANTINOUS.
ANTIQUE STATUE.
We have frequently had occasion to remark how
much the statues of this young favorite of Adrian were
multiplied, in conformity to the orders of that prince.
To throw an appearance of truth in this series of por-
traits, and to reflect greater honour upon Antinoiis,
he has been decorated with the attributes of several
divinities. The statue before us is accompanied with
those which designate, in a peculiar manner, the re-
nowned Hercules. One foot with one arm directed
towards Heaven, Antinoiis lets the other fall upon his
club covered with a lion’s skin.
Did we not advert to the extreme resemblance of
the head with those which represent Antinoiis, we
might imagine that the artist was desirous of depic-
turing lole, the companion of Hercules, who, in some
ancient monument, bears, like that god, the lion’s
skin and the club.
This statue is colossal. The execution is firm and
dignified, and characterizes the sculpture of the time
of Adrian ; an epoch in which art produced chef-
d’oeuvres, little inferior to those of the days of Pe-
ricles and Alexander.
The head is very fine; the hair braided with grace
and of exquisite workmanship. This statue could
only be raised from the earth in detached pieces, it
ANTIQUE STATUE.
We have frequently had occasion to remark how
much the statues of this young favorite of Adrian were
multiplied, in conformity to the orders of that prince.
To throw an appearance of truth in this series of por-
traits, and to reflect greater honour upon Antinoiis,
he has been decorated with the attributes of several
divinities. The statue before us is accompanied with
those which designate, in a peculiar manner, the re-
nowned Hercules. One foot with one arm directed
towards Heaven, Antinoiis lets the other fall upon his
club covered with a lion’s skin.
Did we not advert to the extreme resemblance of
the head with those which represent Antinoiis, we
might imagine that the artist was desirous of depic-
turing lole, the companion of Hercules, who, in some
ancient monument, bears, like that god, the lion’s
skin and the club.
This statue is colossal. The execution is firm and
dignified, and characterizes the sculpture of the time
of Adrian ; an epoch in which art produced chef-
d’oeuvres, little inferior to those of the days of Pe-
ricles and Alexander.
The head is very fine; the hair braided with grace
and of exquisite workmanship. This statue could
only be raised from the earth in detached pieces, it