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GALLERIA g-iia
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Scythian to the 1. of the Marsyas, so as to obtain a more homogeneous
composition, in which the three male personages—the protagonists in the
scene—wouid be grouped together and balance the enthroned Leto and
Artemis. But Helbig has pointed out that the transposition is impossible
as the present outer edges slant inwards and would if brought together
form an awkward triangular gap. Moreover, the returns of the slab in
the present reconstruction are finished in a way which shows it to be
correct.
Roman copy of a picturesque Hellenistic original probably belonging
to a series dealing with the legend of Marsyas.
Found in a late wall near San Clemente in 1887.
AW/. Gw;. xv (1887), P- 132 ! xviii (1890), p. 344, no. 2 ; Schreiber, AW/. Gw;,
xix (1891), pp. 301ft., and pi. xi; K. Hadaczek, x (1907), pp. 324 ff.,
and figs. 98, 99 ; HelbigS, 923.
10. FRONT OF SARCOPHAGUS WITH SEATED PHILOSOPHER
OR POET (pi. 2$).
H. -63 m., L. 2-17 m. Pentelic marble. Unrestored. Broken in four pieces.
Front of a striated sarcophagus with central panel, within which is a
man facing r., seated on a draped folding-stool. He is nude except for
drapery round his lower limbs and holds an unfolded roll in his 1. hand
(r. hand broken). Facing him a woman stands to 1., dressed in a tunic.
Her r. hand is raised. At each end is a smaller panel containing a
standing figure. At the r. is a woman dressed in a tunic and a mantle
which veils her head. Her r. arm is broken, her 1. holds her mantle. At
the 1. is a bearded man wearing a mantle which leaves the r. arm and
shoulder bare. In his 1. hand he holds a roll. Behind is a tree.
Ordinary work of the second century A. D.
Provenance unknown. Given to the Museum by Sig. Costanzi.
A;;//. Gw;, i (1872-3), p. 297, no. 4.
11. BUST OF AN AFRICAN GlRL (pi. 27).
H. .55 m. Marble, Restored: lips, nose, section of neck. The ears
and parts of the bust are damaged.
Head of a girl looking slightly to 1. and upwards. Hair parted in
the middle and brushed back, ending on the crown in a plaited coil.
The lips are prominent, the cheek-bones high, and the features thick.
The bust is draped with a fine tunic with a broad hem, which is fastened
on the 1. shoulder and has slipped from the r.
Early Trajanic period. The bust is a pendant to no. 7.
Found with other heads behind the church of S. Vito on the Esquiline.
A^//. Gw;, iii (1873), P- 245, no. 10.
II a. DECORATIVE PILASTER (pi. 28).
H. 1-123 m., Br. .233 m. Marble : Restored : patches below.
Narrow rectangular fragment, broken off at the top. Within a border
of lotus flowers is a tall decorative stem with tendrils and palmettes.
Rosettes fill the vacant spaces.
Provenance unknown.
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Scythian to the 1. of the Marsyas, so as to obtain a more homogeneous
composition, in which the three male personages—the protagonists in the
scene—wouid be grouped together and balance the enthroned Leto and
Artemis. But Helbig has pointed out that the transposition is impossible
as the present outer edges slant inwards and would if brought together
form an awkward triangular gap. Moreover, the returns of the slab in
the present reconstruction are finished in a way which shows it to be
correct.
Roman copy of a picturesque Hellenistic original probably belonging
to a series dealing with the legend of Marsyas.
Found in a late wall near San Clemente in 1887.
AW/. Gw;. xv (1887), P- 132 ! xviii (1890), p. 344, no. 2 ; Schreiber, AW/. Gw;,
xix (1891), pp. 301ft., and pi. xi; K. Hadaczek, x (1907), pp. 324 ff.,
and figs. 98, 99 ; HelbigS, 923.
10. FRONT OF SARCOPHAGUS WITH SEATED PHILOSOPHER
OR POET (pi. 2$).
H. -63 m., L. 2-17 m. Pentelic marble. Unrestored. Broken in four pieces.
Front of a striated sarcophagus with central panel, within which is a
man facing r., seated on a draped folding-stool. He is nude except for
drapery round his lower limbs and holds an unfolded roll in his 1. hand
(r. hand broken). Facing him a woman stands to 1., dressed in a tunic.
Her r. hand is raised. At each end is a smaller panel containing a
standing figure. At the r. is a woman dressed in a tunic and a mantle
which veils her head. Her r. arm is broken, her 1. holds her mantle. At
the 1. is a bearded man wearing a mantle which leaves the r. arm and
shoulder bare. In his 1. hand he holds a roll. Behind is a tree.
Ordinary work of the second century A. D.
Provenance unknown. Given to the Museum by Sig. Costanzi.
A;;//. Gw;, i (1872-3), p. 297, no. 4.
11. BUST OF AN AFRICAN GlRL (pi. 27).
H. .55 m. Marble, Restored: lips, nose, section of neck. The ears
and parts of the bust are damaged.
Head of a girl looking slightly to 1. and upwards. Hair parted in
the middle and brushed back, ending on the crown in a plaited coil.
The lips are prominent, the cheek-bones high, and the features thick.
The bust is draped with a fine tunic with a broad hem, which is fastened
on the 1. shoulder and has slipped from the r.
Early Trajanic period. The bust is a pendant to no. 7.
Found with other heads behind the church of S. Vito on the Esquiline.
A^//. Gw;, iii (1873), P- 245, no. 10.
II a. DECORATIVE PILASTER (pi. 28).
H. 1-123 m., Br. .233 m. Marble : Restored : patches below.
Narrow rectangular fragment, broken off at the top. Within a border
of lotus flowers is a tall decorative stem with tendrils and palmettes.
Rosettes fill the vacant spaces.
Provenance unknown.