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SALA DEGLI ORTI LAMIANI 8a-io
8 a. FRAGMENT OF RELIEF FROM A STRIATED SARCOPHAGUS
(pl- 45).
H. -6o m., Br. -40 m. Marble, Unrestored.
AH that is preserved is a fragment of the striated centre-piece, and
the carved panel to its r. The relief represents a Faun carrying an Eros,
or perhaps the infant Dionysus, on his r. shoulder, and a panther below
running at his side. The group is placed on a low basis, in imitation of
statuary in the round.
Provenance unknown.
9. BEARDED MALE HEAD (pl. 47).
FI. -28 m. Parian marble. Restored (in plaster): 1. nostril. Hair is roughly
treated and bears traces of red colour; high polish on face.
Bearded male head turned slightly to r. Eyes narrow: mouth set
close to nose: upper lip full. Apparently derived from the work of an
unidentified artist of the fourth century B. c. This head is shown together
with the following number, the Charioteer (AHraTH 4), and an Asclepios
now in the Lateran (Room V, no. 312) in a photograph, presumably taken
shortly after their discovery. To this Asclepios it is closely related, less
closely to the bronze statuette of Poseidon from Paramythia (^*.
no. 2*74). It may represent either Zeus or Asclepios (probably
the latter if it was actually found with the Lateran statue mentioned
above), though in either case it is less ideal in character than usual.
Copy probably of the time of Hadrian.
Provenance unknown.
10. STATUE OF A GENIUS (pl. 46).
H. 1-80. Pentelic marble. Restored : (in plaster) top of hair, r. side of face,
lower part of 1. ear, r. leg from hip, r. arm from middle of biceps, 1. leg from knee,
1. wrist and hand with lower end of cornucopiae, plinth. The palm-tree trunk is
ancient, but does not belong to the statue (see Maviglia, /pr. ra'A).
Youthful male figure bearing cornucopiae in his 1. hand. From his
1. shoulder hangs a large aegis (without on which some of the
snakes are represented in relief on the marble, while drill-holes on the
front edge show where others were attached in bronze. The body is slim
with slender legs (as restored), the weight is on the r. leg, with the 1. to the
side, but only slightly drawn back. Head and countenance are modelled
on an Apolline type of the fourth century B.c. The hair is bound with
a band; part is gathered into a rwpwzAn* (restored from antique traces)
on the top of the head, and the rest is knotted at the back; two small
curls escape in front of the ears; the expression is animated; the eye-
pupils are indicated as in the second century A D.
The work is without much plastic merit, but the subject is of interest.
The the ideal treatment of the body and the god-like features,
leave no doubt that this is a Genius, but the introduction of the aegis
makes the identification difficult. C. L. Visconti, who published the
statue in Crwz., held it to represent the Genius of Jupiter ((?P7M'%,r
TcPM/fy, cf. Arnob. 3. 40), supposing that the figure was depicted youth-
ful and with the cornucopiae because this was the conventional art-type of
the Genius (see Birt in Roscher, art. (AwMAT, p. 1613), and the aegis was
SALA DEGLI ORTI LAMIANI 8a-io
8 a. FRAGMENT OF RELIEF FROM A STRIATED SARCOPHAGUS
(pl- 45).
H. -6o m., Br. -40 m. Marble, Unrestored.
AH that is preserved is a fragment of the striated centre-piece, and
the carved panel to its r. The relief represents a Faun carrying an Eros,
or perhaps the infant Dionysus, on his r. shoulder, and a panther below
running at his side. The group is placed on a low basis, in imitation of
statuary in the round.
Provenance unknown.
9. BEARDED MALE HEAD (pl. 47).
FI. -28 m. Parian marble. Restored (in plaster): 1. nostril. Hair is roughly
treated and bears traces of red colour; high polish on face.
Bearded male head turned slightly to r. Eyes narrow: mouth set
close to nose: upper lip full. Apparently derived from the work of an
unidentified artist of the fourth century B. c. This head is shown together
with the following number, the Charioteer (AHraTH 4), and an Asclepios
now in the Lateran (Room V, no. 312) in a photograph, presumably taken
shortly after their discovery. To this Asclepios it is closely related, less
closely to the bronze statuette of Poseidon from Paramythia (^*.
no. 2*74). It may represent either Zeus or Asclepios (probably
the latter if it was actually found with the Lateran statue mentioned
above), though in either case it is less ideal in character than usual.
Copy probably of the time of Hadrian.
Provenance unknown.
10. STATUE OF A GENIUS (pl. 46).
H. 1-80. Pentelic marble. Restored : (in plaster) top of hair, r. side of face,
lower part of 1. ear, r. leg from hip, r. arm from middle of biceps, 1. leg from knee,
1. wrist and hand with lower end of cornucopiae, plinth. The palm-tree trunk is
ancient, but does not belong to the statue (see Maviglia, /pr. ra'A).
Youthful male figure bearing cornucopiae in his 1. hand. From his
1. shoulder hangs a large aegis (without on which some of the
snakes are represented in relief on the marble, while drill-holes on the
front edge show where others were attached in bronze. The body is slim
with slender legs (as restored), the weight is on the r. leg, with the 1. to the
side, but only slightly drawn back. Head and countenance are modelled
on an Apolline type of the fourth century B.c. The hair is bound with
a band; part is gathered into a rwpwzAn* (restored from antique traces)
on the top of the head, and the rest is knotted at the back; two small
curls escape in front of the ears; the expression is animated; the eye-
pupils are indicated as in the second century A D.
The work is without much plastic merit, but the subject is of interest.
The the ideal treatment of the body and the god-like features,
leave no doubt that this is a Genius, but the introduction of the aegis
makes the identification difficult. C. L. Visconti, who published the
statue in Crwz., held it to represent the Genius of Jupiter ((?P7M'%,r
TcPM/fy, cf. Arnob. 3. 40), supposing that the figure was depicted youth-
ful and with the cornucopiae because this was the conventional art-type of
the Genius (see Birt in Roscher, art. (AwMAT, p. 1613), and the aegis was