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SALA DEGLI ORTI LAMIANI 14-16
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front of 1. shoulder to below the girdle, and disappears into the r^z'/ozz
below 1. armpit. Head of Attic shape. Hair parted in centre and drawn
into a knot at back, with a high ridge and three slight waves on either
side of parting. There are short free locks above centre of forehead,
a single curl in front of each ear, and another on r. side of neck.
The statue seems to be the product of some eclectic school. There
is a superficial resemblance to certain types of Muse, e. g. that at Stockholm
(Amelung, ^rzir A*z'<2zuzAAy, fig. 22) where the shawl also occurs. But
though the high girding is a mark of the late fourth or succeeding
centuries, the lower part of the drapery goes back to far older models, the
closest parallel being the Myronian Athena (Poliak, xii (1909),
p. 154). The present restoration seems to be without authority, since in
the photograph published (A*zzA. Ctwz., Azr. <rz7.) before it was carried out,
there are no marks where the rz'/Azn? would have been attached. A former
theory of Helbig's (Azz^r 2, g8o) which interpreted this figure and No. 18,
with which it was found, as copies of statues of Danaids from the portico
of the temple of Apollo on the Palatine, has now been discarded by
Amelung, who considers this number to be a grave-statue with hands
simply folded, afterwards used for decorative purposes.
Found on theEsquiline with nos. 18-21, and 37.
HelbigS, 928 ; (Aw;. ii (1874), p. 247,110. 11; iii (1S75), pp. 57 ff., pi. IX ;
Reinach, ii. 307. 6.
15. HEAD AND BUST FROM STATUE OF A MUSE (pi. 49).
H. -55 m. Luna marble. Restored (in plaster) : nose, lips, patches on drapery.
Fragment consisting of the head and top of the body to the breast.
The drapery consists of an undergarment (which appears on the arms),
ay^/o-f, and a skin knotted on the 1. shoulder so as to hang under the r.
arm. The type of the head may be compared with the many copies of
a Dionysus head of the third century B. c. (?) which have come down to
us (e. g. A/zzr. i, (rAzz/za/oz^, no. g). Here, too, the ribbon crossing
the forehead and the unnaturalty sharp rippling of the hair indicate an
original of post-Praxitelean date. For the type we may also compare
A7*72 A*-A772 A22720*, 1993.
Provenance unknown.
16. SMALL STATUE OF FAUN WITH PANTFIER (pi. 5°).
H. 1-41 m. Luna marble. Restored: 1. forearm of Faun with much of the
the whole of r. arm, the instep of r. foot, lower part of tree-trunk, the whole
of the panther except fore-paws on trunk.
The Faun, crowned with pine-leaves and wearing a zzc^rzk, is dancing
or playing with his panther, which was leaping up to him on his 1. side,
as is shown by the contact marks of his claws on the trunk. His r. hand
must have been raised over his head, while his 1. was lowered towards the
beast. The motive was fairly common in the Hellenistic period (e. g.
Clarac, 716 D, i68gE, p.407 R, and Reinach, ii. 137.5-8). The execu-
tion of the work is moderate. The typical merry character of the Faun
is exaggerated here into a violent grin.
Provenance unknown.
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front of 1. shoulder to below the girdle, and disappears into the r^z'/ozz
below 1. armpit. Head of Attic shape. Hair parted in centre and drawn
into a knot at back, with a high ridge and three slight waves on either
side of parting. There are short free locks above centre of forehead,
a single curl in front of each ear, and another on r. side of neck.
The statue seems to be the product of some eclectic school. There
is a superficial resemblance to certain types of Muse, e. g. that at Stockholm
(Amelung, ^rzir A*z'<2zuzAAy, fig. 22) where the shawl also occurs. But
though the high girding is a mark of the late fourth or succeeding
centuries, the lower part of the drapery goes back to far older models, the
closest parallel being the Myronian Athena (Poliak, xii (1909),
p. 154). The present restoration seems to be without authority, since in
the photograph published (A*zzA. Ctwz., Azr. <rz7.) before it was carried out,
there are no marks where the rz'/Azn? would have been attached. A former
theory of Helbig's (Azz^r 2, g8o) which interpreted this figure and No. 18,
with which it was found, as copies of statues of Danaids from the portico
of the temple of Apollo on the Palatine, has now been discarded by
Amelung, who considers this number to be a grave-statue with hands
simply folded, afterwards used for decorative purposes.
Found on theEsquiline with nos. 18-21, and 37.
HelbigS, 928 ; (Aw;. ii (1874), p. 247,110. 11; iii (1S75), pp. 57 ff., pi. IX ;
Reinach, ii. 307. 6.
15. HEAD AND BUST FROM STATUE OF A MUSE (pi. 49).
H. -55 m. Luna marble. Restored (in plaster) : nose, lips, patches on drapery.
Fragment consisting of the head and top of the body to the breast.
The drapery consists of an undergarment (which appears on the arms),
ay^/o-f, and a skin knotted on the 1. shoulder so as to hang under the r.
arm. The type of the head may be compared with the many copies of
a Dionysus head of the third century B. c. (?) which have come down to
us (e. g. A/zzr. i, (rAzz/za/oz^, no. g). Here, too, the ribbon crossing
the forehead and the unnaturalty sharp rippling of the hair indicate an
original of post-Praxitelean date. For the type we may also compare
A7*72 A*-A772 A22720*, 1993.
Provenance unknown.
16. SMALL STATUE OF FAUN WITH PANTFIER (pi. 5°).
H. 1-41 m. Luna marble. Restored: 1. forearm of Faun with much of the
the whole of r. arm, the instep of r. foot, lower part of tree-trunk, the whole
of the panther except fore-paws on trunk.
The Faun, crowned with pine-leaves and wearing a zzc^rzk, is dancing
or playing with his panther, which was leaping up to him on his 1. side,
as is shown by the contact marks of his claws on the trunk. His r. hand
must have been raised over his head, while his 1. was lowered towards the
beast. The motive was fairly common in the Hellenistic period (e. g.
Clarac, 716 D, i68gE, p.407 R, and Reinach, ii. 137.5-8). The execu-
tion of the work is moderate. The typical merry character of the Faun
is exaggerated here into a violent grin.
Provenance unknown.