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SALA DEGLI ORTI LAMIANI 10-14
and the suggestion that this is the Genius of an Emperor can only be put
forward tentatively.
Found in the Giardino Altieri on the Esquiline, near the Via
Labicana.
C. L. Visconti, AW/. Gw;, x (1882), pp. 173 ff., pis. XVII, XIX; Reinach, ii.
45. 3 ; A. Mavigliain AY/72. AfZ/A%. xviii (1913), p. 19, no. 17 ; HelbigS, 927 ; Mariani
in iii (1922), p. 14.
11. HEAD OF YOUTHFUL DIONYSUS (pi. 49).
H. -35 m. Pentelic marble. Restored: (in marble) nose; (in plaster) lower
part of neck.
The young god wears a crown of ivy-leaves and berries, and a band
across his forehead ; the hair is drawn back in rippling waves and is
fastened in a knot at the back. The head is slightly inclined to his 1.
The pupils are faintly indicated. The work has a certain superficial
elegance and may belong to the Antonine period: it is probably derived
from a Greek original of the third century B. c.
Provenance unknown.
12. STATUE OF HERMES WITH PURSE AND CI4AVCFVV
(pi. 46).
H. 1-60 m. Pentelic marble. Restored (in plaster): head, r. upper arm and
lower part of forearm and hand, most of the <r%<2W?M.r in the 1., 1. leg down to foot,
r. leg from above knee to foot.
The god was represented with the for the extremity of it in
the 1. hand is antique. The restoration of the r. hand as holding the
purse is probably correct. This motive was most common in the Graeco-
Roman period, and we have another example of it in this museum
(2'72/Pa, Ca//. 17), and cf. Scherer in Roscher, art. p. 2426, who
however is mistaken in supposing that the purse as an attribute of AAr772^
did not occur in art before the Roman period, since it is found on a coin
of Aenos of the third century B. c. (Farnell, CM/A, v, p. 41, coin-plate A 3).
Ordinary work.
Provenance unknown.
Alin. 27184.
13. ALABASTER COLUMN (not illustrated).
14. FEMALE FIGURE RESTORED AS MUSE WITH C/7VA4.M
(pi. 50).
H. (excluding base) 1-64 m., (of base) -07 m. Parian marble. Restored (in
plaster) : point of chin, 1. arm, r. arm with edge of drapery above it, r. foot, small
patch on drapery at back of neck, and parts of base. Head, with
neck, made separately and inset.
Female figure with weight on 1. leg: r. slightly bent at knee. Whole
of body turned to 1. on pivot of 1. leg, which alone remains in the frontal
plane. Head and neck inclined to 1. and turned in same direction, though
rather less than is remainder of body. The dress consists of a Doric
<W/<772 with deep overfall, girt beneath the breasts with a narrow girdle tied
in a knot. In addition a shawl, with one end fringed, is looped round 1*.
shoulder : one corner hangs in front, another is carried across back, over
SALA DEGLI ORTI LAMIANI 10-14
and the suggestion that this is the Genius of an Emperor can only be put
forward tentatively.
Found in the Giardino Altieri on the Esquiline, near the Via
Labicana.
C. L. Visconti, AW/. Gw;, x (1882), pp. 173 ff., pis. XVII, XIX; Reinach, ii.
45. 3 ; A. Mavigliain AY/72. AfZ/A%. xviii (1913), p. 19, no. 17 ; HelbigS, 927 ; Mariani
in iii (1922), p. 14.
11. HEAD OF YOUTHFUL DIONYSUS (pi. 49).
H. -35 m. Pentelic marble. Restored: (in marble) nose; (in plaster) lower
part of neck.
The young god wears a crown of ivy-leaves and berries, and a band
across his forehead ; the hair is drawn back in rippling waves and is
fastened in a knot at the back. The head is slightly inclined to his 1.
The pupils are faintly indicated. The work has a certain superficial
elegance and may belong to the Antonine period: it is probably derived
from a Greek original of the third century B. c.
Provenance unknown.
12. STATUE OF HERMES WITH PURSE AND CI4AVCFVV
(pi. 46).
H. 1-60 m. Pentelic marble. Restored (in plaster): head, r. upper arm and
lower part of forearm and hand, most of the <r%<2W?M.r in the 1., 1. leg down to foot,
r. leg from above knee to foot.
The god was represented with the for the extremity of it in
the 1. hand is antique. The restoration of the r. hand as holding the
purse is probably correct. This motive was most common in the Graeco-
Roman period, and we have another example of it in this museum
(2'72/Pa, Ca//. 17), and cf. Scherer in Roscher, art. p. 2426, who
however is mistaken in supposing that the purse as an attribute of AAr772^
did not occur in art before the Roman period, since it is found on a coin
of Aenos of the third century B. c. (Farnell, CM/A, v, p. 41, coin-plate A 3).
Ordinary work.
Provenance unknown.
Alin. 27184.
13. ALABASTER COLUMN (not illustrated).
14. FEMALE FIGURE RESTORED AS MUSE WITH C/7VA4.M
(pi. 50).
H. (excluding base) 1-64 m., (of base) -07 m. Parian marble. Restored (in
plaster) : point of chin, 1. arm, r. arm with edge of drapery above it, r. foot, small
patch on drapery at back of neck, and parts of base. Head, with
neck, made separately and inset.
Female figure with weight on 1. leg: r. slightly bent at knee. Whole
of body turned to 1. on pivot of 1. leg, which alone remains in the frontal
plane. Head and neck inclined to 1. and turned in same direction, though
rather less than is remainder of body. The dress consists of a Doric
<W/<772 with deep overfall, girt beneath the breasts with a narrow girdle tied
in a knot. In addition a shawl, with one end fringed, is looped round 1*.
shoulder : one corner hangs in front, another is carried across back, over