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GALLERIA 64, 65
113
Female figure draped in a long sleeveless c^z'/czz girt beneath the
breasts with a ribbon tied in a bow. The ^zzzzzz/zhzz is thrown over the 1.
shoulder, passed across back to r. hip, and carried in front of the body,
with upper edge rolled, to the 1. side. It is secured there by the 1. upper
arm, both ends hanging in heavy folds. In front of the r. hip a loop of
the ^zzzzzzz'zbzz is pulled up behind the rolled edge. From this folds radiate
downwards, at the back drawn tightly over the outside of the r. thigh,
faintly showing the vertical folds of the r^zY^zz beneath ; in front, falling
more loosely and forming with those from the inside of the 1. thigh a
series of rough triangles with apex downwards.
Weight on r. leg, with 1. drawn back and to the side. Torso turned
slightly to r., 1. shoulder brought forward and raised. L. arm bent at
elbow, forearm held horizontally across the body, r. upper arm hanging at
side, forearm bent sharply inwards and upwards so that the hand was on
a level with the girdle.
On each wrist are remains of a twisted bracelet; a third, on 1. upper
arm, probably imitates plaited metal-work set with pearls, and holds
within a beaded and serrated edge a circular medallion or cameo bearing
a defaced relief which seems to represent the Polycleitan Diadumenos.
Amelung discusses the present statue and the type in dealing with the
Vatican copy (Fizz*. C<3/. Cort. Belved. 8g, p. 22*/), where, though the work
is otherwise not so good, the materials of r^z'/czz and A'zzzzz/zbz; are differen-
tiated. One at least of the other replicas there cited represents Hygieia,
and variants of the type (one with sleeved rA'/czz at Fpidauros) are com-
monly used for that goddess. In the present statue, however, there is no
trace of a serpent. Amelung's dating of the original to the fourth century
is open to question. The artificial motive of the loop pulled up on the
r. thigh, though not without parallel, is never made so emphatic, nor is
high girding common at that period, even if Amelung's date for the
Mantinean Basis be accepted. Further, the appearance of the vertical
lines of the undergarment through the upper (here an integral part of
the composition and not a Roman adaptation) is unknown in works
of certain fourth-century date. The present development (by comparison
with the female figure found with the Hermes of Andros (Stai's, Afhz-Azw
z?/.Z?7i973RM, no. 218, p. 49), on the one hand, and on the other with the
Muse types of Philiskos, may be dated to the first half of the third century
B. c. (Dickins, .YAJAzz. &-zA, p. 44 sq.).
The head is of a well-known type of Apollo (cf. Cap. Cat. GAAa-
/<?z*<?, no. 7, p. 346), in which the hair is combed down from the crown
and secured by a fillet: in the centre it is parted, two tresses being formed
into vertical rolls above forehead, the remainder waved back on each side
to nape of neck, where it is drawn through the fillet in a loose knot.
Provenance unknown.
65. ANTINOUS (pi. 37).
H. i-yo m. Pentelic marble. Restored (in plaster) : nose, part of wreath.
Head broken off and rightly reset. Almost circular hole (-05 diam.) filled with
plaster, on 1. thigh just below the hip; a similar one on r. side of stomach above
the groin. Broken on back of r. thigh.
The personality is recognized by the wreath of fir leaves, the fringe
over the forehead, and the clouded melancholy expression. Antinous is
1912
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113
Female figure draped in a long sleeveless c^z'/czz girt beneath the
breasts with a ribbon tied in a bow. The ^zzzzzz/zhzz is thrown over the 1.
shoulder, passed across back to r. hip, and carried in front of the body,
with upper edge rolled, to the 1. side. It is secured there by the 1. upper
arm, both ends hanging in heavy folds. In front of the r. hip a loop of
the ^zzzzzzz'zbzz is pulled up behind the rolled edge. From this folds radiate
downwards, at the back drawn tightly over the outside of the r. thigh,
faintly showing the vertical folds of the r^zY^zz beneath ; in front, falling
more loosely and forming with those from the inside of the 1. thigh a
series of rough triangles with apex downwards.
Weight on r. leg, with 1. drawn back and to the side. Torso turned
slightly to r., 1. shoulder brought forward and raised. L. arm bent at
elbow, forearm held horizontally across the body, r. upper arm hanging at
side, forearm bent sharply inwards and upwards so that the hand was on
a level with the girdle.
On each wrist are remains of a twisted bracelet; a third, on 1. upper
arm, probably imitates plaited metal-work set with pearls, and holds
within a beaded and serrated edge a circular medallion or cameo bearing
a defaced relief which seems to represent the Polycleitan Diadumenos.
Amelung discusses the present statue and the type in dealing with the
Vatican copy (Fizz*. C<3/. Cort. Belved. 8g, p. 22*/), where, though the work
is otherwise not so good, the materials of r^z'/czz and A'zzzzz/zbz; are differen-
tiated. One at least of the other replicas there cited represents Hygieia,
and variants of the type (one with sleeved rA'/czz at Fpidauros) are com-
monly used for that goddess. In the present statue, however, there is no
trace of a serpent. Amelung's dating of the original to the fourth century
is open to question. The artificial motive of the loop pulled up on the
r. thigh, though not without parallel, is never made so emphatic, nor is
high girding common at that period, even if Amelung's date for the
Mantinean Basis be accepted. Further, the appearance of the vertical
lines of the undergarment through the upper (here an integral part of
the composition and not a Roman adaptation) is unknown in works
of certain fourth-century date. The present development (by comparison
with the female figure found with the Hermes of Andros (Stai's, Afhz-Azw
z?/.Z?7i973RM, no. 218, p. 49), on the one hand, and on the other with the
Muse types of Philiskos, may be dated to the first half of the third century
B. c. (Dickins, .YAJAzz. &-zA, p. 44 sq.).
The head is of a well-known type of Apollo (cf. Cap. Cat. GAAa-
/<?z*<?, no. 7, p. 346), in which the hair is combed down from the crown
and secured by a fillet: in the centre it is parted, two tresses being formed
into vertical rolls above forehead, the remainder waved back on each side
to nape of neck, where it is drawn through the fillet in a loose knot.
Provenance unknown.
65. ANTINOUS (pi. 37).
H. i-yo m. Pentelic marble. Restored (in plaster) : nose, part of wreath.
Head broken off and rightly reset. Almost circular hole (-05 diam.) filled with
plaster, on 1. thigh just below the hip; a similar one on r. side of stomach above
the groin. Broken on back of r. thigh.
The personality is recognized by the wreath of fir leaves, the fringe
over the forehead, and the clouded melancholy expression. Antinous is
1912
1