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FASTI MODERNI 1. 5-8
5. COLOSSAL HEAD OF UNKNOWN ROMAN (pi. 22).
H. (to restoration) .32 m. Marble, Restored: greater part of nose,
neck. The ears and chin are damaged.
The head, made to set into a statue, is poised frontally, but the
eyes look to the 1. It represents a beardless man in the prime of life.
Hair carefully arranged in smooth curls and brushed forward over the
forehead and behind the ears. Iris and pupil rendered. There is a
marked fold of skin between the eyebrows and the eyelids.
Characteristic work of the Constantinian period.
Found on the Esquiline.
AM//. (Aw;, v (1877), p. 26$, no. 12.
6. HEAD OF ROMAN YOUTH (pi. 23).
H. -433 m. Pentelic marble. Restored: nose, large patch on r. cheek, piece
connecting head with plinth.
Head of beardless youth slightly turned to the r. Hair arranged in
a mass of tangled locks falling low over forehead. Traces of the drill.
Eyebrows lightly incised; the iris and pupil rendered. Cheeks full and
smooth.
Moderate work of the early Antonine period.
Found on the Esquiline between S. Vito and S. Eusebio.
AM//. A77M. iii (1873), p. 244, no. 7; Bernoulli, AJ777. 2%773. ii. 2, p. 211, no. 67.
y. DOUBLE HERM OF DIONYSUS AND FAUN (pi. 2l).
H. -57m. Parian marble. Restored: herm, lips of Dionysus, nose of Faun.
Ears of both heads defaced.
On a modern herm, two heads back to back, young Dionysus and a
young Faun. The hair of Dionysus is parted in the middle and waved.
It is bound by a fillet and wreathed with ivy. The features are broad
but carelessly treated. The Faun has a smiling face. His hair, which is
parted and waved, is wreathed with ivy.
Poor work.
For provenance see on no. 1.
8. HELLENISTIC PORTRAIT HERM (pi. 24).
Id. .47 m. Parian marble. Unrestored. Ears damaged.
On an antique herm, head of a beardless man of advanced age,
inclined slightly to the 1. Face thin and drawn with deep furrows from
the nostrils to the chin. Eyes deep set and eyelids prominent. Hori-
zontal wrinkle across the forehead. Hair disordered and rendered in
long close-lying curls.
Careful work probably of the first century B.c. The use of the herm
(rare for the portrait of a Roman) and the style of the hair, recalling that
of the pseudo-Seneca, suggests that a Greek may be represented, perhaps
a poet of the third century B.c. Poulsen (Jer. <rz'/. z/z/hr) aptly compares
two analogous heads of Greeks in Ny-Carlsberg.
Found in the so-called Auditorium of Maecenas on the Esquiline.
AM//. Crwr.ii (1874), p. 164, pi. xviii. 2 ; Amdt-Bruckmann, 881-2 ; F. Poulsen,
' Tetes et Bustes recemment acquis par la Glypt. Ny-Carlsberg', in Oversigt over det
Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger (1913) (no. 3), p. 410.
FASTI MODERNI 1. 5-8
5. COLOSSAL HEAD OF UNKNOWN ROMAN (pi. 22).
H. (to restoration) .32 m. Marble, Restored: greater part of nose,
neck. The ears and chin are damaged.
The head, made to set into a statue, is poised frontally, but the
eyes look to the 1. It represents a beardless man in the prime of life.
Hair carefully arranged in smooth curls and brushed forward over the
forehead and behind the ears. Iris and pupil rendered. There is a
marked fold of skin between the eyebrows and the eyelids.
Characteristic work of the Constantinian period.
Found on the Esquiline.
AM//. (Aw;, v (1877), p. 26$, no. 12.
6. HEAD OF ROMAN YOUTH (pi. 23).
H. -433 m. Pentelic marble. Restored: nose, large patch on r. cheek, piece
connecting head with plinth.
Head of beardless youth slightly turned to the r. Hair arranged in
a mass of tangled locks falling low over forehead. Traces of the drill.
Eyebrows lightly incised; the iris and pupil rendered. Cheeks full and
smooth.
Moderate work of the early Antonine period.
Found on the Esquiline between S. Vito and S. Eusebio.
AM//. A77M. iii (1873), p. 244, no. 7; Bernoulli, AJ777. 2%773. ii. 2, p. 211, no. 67.
y. DOUBLE HERM OF DIONYSUS AND FAUN (pi. 2l).
H. -57m. Parian marble. Restored: herm, lips of Dionysus, nose of Faun.
Ears of both heads defaced.
On a modern herm, two heads back to back, young Dionysus and a
young Faun. The hair of Dionysus is parted in the middle and waved.
It is bound by a fillet and wreathed with ivy. The features are broad
but carelessly treated. The Faun has a smiling face. His hair, which is
parted and waved, is wreathed with ivy.
Poor work.
For provenance see on no. 1.
8. HELLENISTIC PORTRAIT HERM (pi. 24).
Id. .47 m. Parian marble. Unrestored. Ears damaged.
On an antique herm, head of a beardless man of advanced age,
inclined slightly to the 1. Face thin and drawn with deep furrows from
the nostrils to the chin. Eyes deep set and eyelids prominent. Hori-
zontal wrinkle across the forehead. Hair disordered and rendered in
long close-lying curls.
Careful work probably of the first century B.c. The use of the herm
(rare for the portrait of a Roman) and the style of the hair, recalling that
of the pseudo-Seneca, suggests that a Greek may be represented, perhaps
a poet of the third century B.c. Poulsen (Jer. <rz'/. z/z/hr) aptly compares
two analogous heads of Greeks in Ny-Carlsberg.
Found in the so-called Auditorium of Maecenas on the Esquiline.
AM//. Crwr.ii (1874), p. 164, pi. xviii. 2 ; Amdt-Bruckmann, 881-2 ; F. Poulsen,
' Tetes et Bustes recemment acquis par la Glypt. Ny-Carlsberg', in Oversigt over det
Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger (1913) (no. 3), p. 410.