DOI issue:
Nr. 236 (October, 1916)
DOI article:Taber, Louise E.: The art collection of an antiquarian
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43462#0080
The Art Collection of an Antiquarian
SILANION—HEAD OF POETESS
terpiece, because in the greater num-
ber of types of Aphrodite and other
female characters, the hair-dressing
is entirely different from that of
the head in the Canessa collection.
This style of dressing the hair is
found rarely elsewhere in the Attic
bas-reliefs, but very frequently in
the Tanagra terra-cottas. It is found
also in a copy of the statue of Cor-
inne by Silanion, preserved in the
VivenelMuseum,Compiegne, France.
In the Munich Glyptothique there
is a similar' head recognized by Doc-
tor P. Arndt and other archaeologists
as the work of Praxiteles, artist-
contemporarv of Silanion.
The Greek art of the third century b.c. is represented
by the three graces completely nude, standing and lovingly
holding each other’s arms. At the sides are two vases upon
which the divine maidens have abandoned their garments
and peplums. Another copy of the noted group was found
during the construction of the cathedral at Siena and is
kept in the cathedral. Composed harmoniously in an ad-
mirable group, in which the decorative beauty is marked by
a line following the inclination of the heads, the rounding
of the shoulders, the interlacing arms, the tired abandon-
ment of the limbs, all unite in making the three magnifi-
cent figures appear to move to the rhythm of an ancient
dance. The group in the Canessa collection is similar to
the group in the Cathedral of Siena in its felicity of con-
ception and beauty of execution. The group attracted
Raffaello’s attention, who copied it once in one of his de-
signs for the collection at the Royal Galleries at Venice,
and a second time he extracted from it the inspiration for
the noted picture of the same subject existing at Chantilly
in the Due d’Aumale collection. Canessa’s group was found
at Capua.
ROSSELLINO (FAMILY) TABERNACLE IN MARBLE
LUCA DELLA ROBBIA—THE VIRGIN AND CHILD IN ENAMELLED
TERRA-COTTA
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SILANION—HEAD OF POETESS
terpiece, because in the greater num-
ber of types of Aphrodite and other
female characters, the hair-dressing
is entirely different from that of
the head in the Canessa collection.
This style of dressing the hair is
found rarely elsewhere in the Attic
bas-reliefs, but very frequently in
the Tanagra terra-cottas. It is found
also in a copy of the statue of Cor-
inne by Silanion, preserved in the
VivenelMuseum,Compiegne, France.
In the Munich Glyptothique there
is a similar' head recognized by Doc-
tor P. Arndt and other archaeologists
as the work of Praxiteles, artist-
contemporarv of Silanion.
The Greek art of the third century b.c. is represented
by the three graces completely nude, standing and lovingly
holding each other’s arms. At the sides are two vases upon
which the divine maidens have abandoned their garments
and peplums. Another copy of the noted group was found
during the construction of the cathedral at Siena and is
kept in the cathedral. Composed harmoniously in an ad-
mirable group, in which the decorative beauty is marked by
a line following the inclination of the heads, the rounding
of the shoulders, the interlacing arms, the tired abandon-
ment of the limbs, all unite in making the three magnifi-
cent figures appear to move to the rhythm of an ancient
dance. The group in the Canessa collection is similar to
the group in the Cathedral of Siena in its felicity of con-
ception and beauty of execution. The group attracted
Raffaello’s attention, who copied it once in one of his de-
signs for the collection at the Royal Galleries at Venice,
and a second time he extracted from it the inspiration for
the noted picture of the same subject existing at Chantilly
in the Due d’Aumale collection. Canessa’s group was found
at Capua.
ROSSELLINO (FAMILY) TABERNACLE IN MARBLE
LUCA DELLA ROBBIA—THE VIRGIN AND CHILD IN ENAMELLED
TERRA-COTTA
LXXIV