GALLERIA 72-74
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back and to the side. He is dressed in a tunic, and a which covers
his arms and leaves the tunic visible on the chest. His 1. hand holds a
roll. His r. arm is bent at the elbow and the hand holds a fold of the
/<%**<?. By the 1. leg stands a case for rolls with a flat cover and band.
The 1. shoe-strap is visible. The head is turned a little to the r. Hair
smooth and scanty, leaving the temples bare. Eyes deep set and the
bones above them prominent. Cheeks sunk, lips thin and close. The
statue was part of a grave monument and is cut flat behind at the 1. side.
It stands on a low plinth, placed on a massive rectangular block. On the
face of the block is the inscription within a moulded frame. This is
mentioned as G'zz 3zzjz'j/zz/zzzz^ A^rzAzz?' by Venuti (MS. Guarnieri, cited in
C. A Z. Ar. rz'Z), but it is not certain that it belongs to the statue.
Ordinary work of the end of the Republic, typical of sepulchral
monuments. The face is worked with some skill and feeling for character,
but the body is poor, and the hands large and shapeless.
Formerly in the Museo Capitolino.
Mori, i, Cortile, pi. viii; Armellini, i. 25 ; AAzwa ZArr?*., p. 97, no. 18.
C. 7. 7. vi. 23149.
73. STATUETTE OF A WOMAN (pi. 38).
H. -88 m. Parian marble. Restored (in plaster) : patches on lower folds of
AAzzzZAzz on r. Missing : head and 1. forearm.
Woman standing with weight on 1. leg, having the r. knee bent and
slightly advanced, with the r. foot drawn back and to the side. The r.
hand rests on the hip, and the 1. arm was probably bent at the elbow.
The dress consists of an Ionic zAz'Avz (which has slipped from the 1.
shoulder) and an AzivzzzAhTz draped round the lower half of the body with
both ends at the 1. side, one over the shoulder, the other probably once
over the missing 1. arm. In addition, over the rAz'Azz, a third garment is
worn; it is fastened on the r. shoulder and covers the r. breast, but passes
under the 1. breast and armpit: its lower edge reaches to a level just
above the waist, but is higher on the 1. of the body than on the r. In the
centre of this edge in front the copyist seems to have mistaken one of the
folds for a fastening, and has accordingly rendered it in a heavier and
more rigid way than is natural to the material.
The figure is a summary but skilful copy from a fine Attic original
of the last quarter of the fifth century B.c., which had much in common
with the ' Three Fates ' of the Parthenon Pediment, and was later than
the frieze of that building, where figures in similar pose usually have the
supporting leg hidden by columnar folds. The small garment over the
breasts, too, was a fashion perhaps confined to this period.
Provenance unknown.
74. BUST OF HADRIAN (pi. 44).
H. -ggg m. Greek marble. Restored : nose. The ears are damaged and the
greater part of the bust is broken away.
On a fragment of a bust with tunic, cuirass, and military cloak, the
head of Hadrian of the usual type, turned to the left.
Fair work.
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back and to the side. He is dressed in a tunic, and a which covers
his arms and leaves the tunic visible on the chest. His 1. hand holds a
roll. His r. arm is bent at the elbow and the hand holds a fold of the
/<%**<?. By the 1. leg stands a case for rolls with a flat cover and band.
The 1. shoe-strap is visible. The head is turned a little to the r. Hair
smooth and scanty, leaving the temples bare. Eyes deep set and the
bones above them prominent. Cheeks sunk, lips thin and close. The
statue was part of a grave monument and is cut flat behind at the 1. side.
It stands on a low plinth, placed on a massive rectangular block. On the
face of the block is the inscription within a moulded frame. This is
mentioned as G'zz 3zzjz'j/zz/zzzz^ A^rzAzz?' by Venuti (MS. Guarnieri, cited in
C. A Z. Ar. rz'Z), but it is not certain that it belongs to the statue.
Ordinary work of the end of the Republic, typical of sepulchral
monuments. The face is worked with some skill and feeling for character,
but the body is poor, and the hands large and shapeless.
Formerly in the Museo Capitolino.
Mori, i, Cortile, pi. viii; Armellini, i. 25 ; AAzwa ZArr?*., p. 97, no. 18.
C. 7. 7. vi. 23149.
73. STATUETTE OF A WOMAN (pi. 38).
H. -88 m. Parian marble. Restored (in plaster) : patches on lower folds of
AAzzzZAzz on r. Missing : head and 1. forearm.
Woman standing with weight on 1. leg, having the r. knee bent and
slightly advanced, with the r. foot drawn back and to the side. The r.
hand rests on the hip, and the 1. arm was probably bent at the elbow.
The dress consists of an Ionic zAz'Avz (which has slipped from the 1.
shoulder) and an AzivzzzAhTz draped round the lower half of the body with
both ends at the 1. side, one over the shoulder, the other probably once
over the missing 1. arm. In addition, over the rAz'Azz, a third garment is
worn; it is fastened on the r. shoulder and covers the r. breast, but passes
under the 1. breast and armpit: its lower edge reaches to a level just
above the waist, but is higher on the 1. of the body than on the r. In the
centre of this edge in front the copyist seems to have mistaken one of the
folds for a fastening, and has accordingly rendered it in a heavier and
more rigid way than is natural to the material.
The figure is a summary but skilful copy from a fine Attic original
of the last quarter of the fifth century B.c., which had much in common
with the ' Three Fates ' of the Parthenon Pediment, and was later than
the frieze of that building, where figures in similar pose usually have the
supporting leg hidden by columnar folds. The small garment over the
breasts, too, was a fashion perhaps confined to this period.
Provenance unknown.
74. BUST OF HADRIAN (pi. 44).
H. -ggg m. Greek marble. Restored : nose. The ears are damaged and the
greater part of the bust is broken away.
On a fragment of a bust with tunic, cuirass, and military cloak, the
head of Hadrian of the usual type, turned to the left.
Fair work.