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SECONDO PORTICO 3-5
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The two statues were once in the Cesi CoHection and were acquired
id 1720 by Ciement XI (see on no. g).
Drawn, whilst in the Cesi Collection, by Heemskerck, i, f. 23^ ( = vi
(1891), p. 13$, fig. 2); cf. Hubner, Vf Akwzn, 1, pi. 1 a, p. 37.
Lafrery, Ay^rzz/zzzzz, 72, Hiilsen; De Cavalleriis, i, ii. 30, 31: Vaccaria, 3$,
40; Franzini, A, 13; Episcopius, 73 (no. 3 only); Magnan,
nzzZ/yzza.?, 39 (no. 7 only); Winckelmann, vii, p. 222 f.; Montagnani-Mirabili, ii. 126,
127 ; Righetti, 1, 133, i8^ ; Armellini, ii. 218, 219; Clarac, 832, I26r D, E (p. 317 R) ;
AYzzzy, iii. 1, p. 110; Brunn-Bruckmann, 409; Hiilsen, Vczzzz'j'Hg HzzA^zz-
^zfz-^zz, Nos. 8g, 86.
ROMAN PORTRAYED AS MARS (pi. 7).
PI. (excl. plinth) 2-17 m. Pentelic marble. Restored (in marble) : tip of nose,
patches on r. eyebrow, r. temple, r. cheek and lower lip, 1. arm from above elbow, r.
arm with sword (except for small piece of latter where it rests on r. upper arm), 1. leg
from halfway up calf, r. leg from above knee except for front half of foot, r. part of
abdomen, and various smaller patches on body and support. Smeared with plaster,
tooled over in parts and let into modern plinth. Head re-set, but end of helmet-crest
on shoulder shows that it belongs to the statue.
Male figure turned slightly to r., with weight on 1. leg and r. foot
advanced: wearing a cloak fastened on r. shoulder which covers upper
part of chest and 1. shoulder, and falls to middle of calf behind. Head
turned half r. The body, in type a modification of the Ares Borghese of
the Louvre, is summarily treated. Head a good portrait of the period
A. D. 230-go. In view of the assimilation to Mars, the statue perhaps
represents an Emperor, and Visconti's identification (/<%*. HA), followed
by Mariani (Hr. H/.), with Trajanus Decius has much in its favour.
Found in 1874 on theEsquiline and brought to the Cortile: after-
wards employed to decorate the roof of the Palazzo dell' Esposizione, Via
Nazionale, whence it was brought back in 1921.
Visconti in VzzY. Uzzzzz. vii (1879), pp. 128 ff.; Bernoulli, AY'zzz. Ztwz. ii. (3), p. 132.
Mariani in at'Az-A', viii, 1921, p. 323.
5. SEATED FEMALE FIGURE RESTORED AS ROMA (pi. 6).
H. 3.to m. Luna marble. Restored: head, neck, part of breast, r. arm below
drapery, 1. hand and wrist, great toe of r. foot. Arms and legs of throne, almost the
whole plinth.
Seated female figure dressed in fine tunic girt at waist and fastened
with buttons down front of r. arm. L. arm covered by mantle which
passes round the back, is drawn across lower limbs, and hangs in deep
folds on 1. side. Feet shod with sandals which are secured by straps
buckled between the great and second toes.
The type is one commonly used for Ceres, descending probably
from a Demeter of the later gth century B. c. by an Attic artist, perhaps
the sculptor of the 'Three Fates' in the E. pediment of the Parthenon.
The engraving in De Cavalleriis (ig8g) shows a sheathed sword
pointing to 1. in 1. hand, laurel wreath in r.; in Lafrdry and Lauro, an
unsheathed one pointing the same way. A tapestry made just before
1776, and now in the An/a zAy/z'Arnszz'of this museum, shows a dagger
pointing to r.: the hilt of this still remains in the 1. hand, and the laurel
wreath in the r.
If we may trust Ligorio (APn/<. lib. 49, cap. xxxvii, partly repro-
duced by Ripostelli and Marucchi, Fz'n H/^zh, p. 79) the statue was
found in a building between the chapel of Domine Quo Vadis? and the
16
The two statues were once in the Cesi CoHection and were acquired
id 1720 by Ciement XI (see on no. g).
Drawn, whilst in the Cesi Collection, by Heemskerck, i, f. 23^ ( = vi
(1891), p. 13$, fig. 2); cf. Hubner, Vf Akwzn, 1, pi. 1 a, p. 37.
Lafrery, Ay^rzz/zzzzz, 72, Hiilsen; De Cavalleriis, i, ii. 30, 31: Vaccaria, 3$,
40; Franzini, A, 13; Episcopius, 73 (no. 3 only); Magnan,
nzzZ/yzza.?, 39 (no. 7 only); Winckelmann, vii, p. 222 f.; Montagnani-Mirabili, ii. 126,
127 ; Righetti, 1, 133, i8^ ; Armellini, ii. 218, 219; Clarac, 832, I26r D, E (p. 317 R) ;
AYzzzy, iii. 1, p. 110; Brunn-Bruckmann, 409; Hiilsen, Vczzzz'j'Hg HzzA^zz-
^zfz-^zz, Nos. 8g, 86.
ROMAN PORTRAYED AS MARS (pi. 7).
PI. (excl. plinth) 2-17 m. Pentelic marble. Restored (in marble) : tip of nose,
patches on r. eyebrow, r. temple, r. cheek and lower lip, 1. arm from above elbow, r.
arm with sword (except for small piece of latter where it rests on r. upper arm), 1. leg
from halfway up calf, r. leg from above knee except for front half of foot, r. part of
abdomen, and various smaller patches on body and support. Smeared with plaster,
tooled over in parts and let into modern plinth. Head re-set, but end of helmet-crest
on shoulder shows that it belongs to the statue.
Male figure turned slightly to r., with weight on 1. leg and r. foot
advanced: wearing a cloak fastened on r. shoulder which covers upper
part of chest and 1. shoulder, and falls to middle of calf behind. Head
turned half r. The body, in type a modification of the Ares Borghese of
the Louvre, is summarily treated. Head a good portrait of the period
A. D. 230-go. In view of the assimilation to Mars, the statue perhaps
represents an Emperor, and Visconti's identification (/<%*. HA), followed
by Mariani (Hr. H/.), with Trajanus Decius has much in its favour.
Found in 1874 on theEsquiline and brought to the Cortile: after-
wards employed to decorate the roof of the Palazzo dell' Esposizione, Via
Nazionale, whence it was brought back in 1921.
Visconti in VzzY. Uzzzzz. vii (1879), pp. 128 ff.; Bernoulli, AY'zzz. Ztwz. ii. (3), p. 132.
Mariani in at'Az-A', viii, 1921, p. 323.
5. SEATED FEMALE FIGURE RESTORED AS ROMA (pi. 6).
H. 3.to m. Luna marble. Restored: head, neck, part of breast, r. arm below
drapery, 1. hand and wrist, great toe of r. foot. Arms and legs of throne, almost the
whole plinth.
Seated female figure dressed in fine tunic girt at waist and fastened
with buttons down front of r. arm. L. arm covered by mantle which
passes round the back, is drawn across lower limbs, and hangs in deep
folds on 1. side. Feet shod with sandals which are secured by straps
buckled between the great and second toes.
The type is one commonly used for Ceres, descending probably
from a Demeter of the later gth century B. c. by an Attic artist, perhaps
the sculptor of the 'Three Fates' in the E. pediment of the Parthenon.
The engraving in De Cavalleriis (ig8g) shows a sheathed sword
pointing to 1. in 1. hand, laurel wreath in r.; in Lafrdry and Lauro, an
unsheathed one pointing the same way. A tapestry made just before
1776, and now in the An/a zAy/z'Arnszz'of this museum, shows a dagger
pointing to r.: the hilt of this still remains in the 1. hand, and the laurel
wreath in the r.
If we may trust Ligorio (APn/<. lib. 49, cap. xxxvii, partly repro-
duced by Ripostelli and Marucchi, Fz'n H/^zh, p. 79) the statue was
found in a building between the chapel of Domine Quo Vadis? and the