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SALA DEGLI ORTI MECENAZIANI 9-11
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original was a fifth-century portrait statue, while the technique of a copy
(torso only) at Corinth indicates that it was a bronze. The existence of
more than one copy shows that it represented a poet of note. It is
impossible to identify him with certainty, as the statue does not agree
with any of the known portraits on coins, &c.; Simonides and Ion of
Chios, whose chief renown, however, was as a tragedian, have both been
suggested.
Found in 1876 in the Villa Aldobrandini on the Quirinal.
AM//. Gzwz. iv (1876), pp. log, 126, no. 16; Bernoulli, GA Azw. i, pp. 87, 88;
F. Winter, iii (1900), pp. 78 ff., hg. 15, pis. I, II; G. Lippold, GA AyrAd'/-
j/a/Mzw, p. 40; Reinach, iii. 159. 7.
9 a. SHORT END OF SARCOPHAGUS WITH RELIEF OF
SHEPHERD AND DOG (pi. 59).
H. .51 m., Br. -35 m. Pentelic marble. Unrestored.
The relief shows a shepherd leaning 1. on a long staff with the
weight on his 1. leg and his r. leg crossed over it. He is bearded, with
wrinkled face and wild hair treated somewhat in the Pergamene manner;
he wears a short zAz'/ozz which reaches to his knees and leaves his 1.
shoulder and arm bare. He extends the back of his r. hand, which holds
what appears to be an apple, towards a dog, who springs eagerly towards
it holding up a paw; a second dog is seen running in the background.
To the 1. high, uneven ground with an olive-tree; on the r. another tree,
from a branch of which hangs the shepherd's wallet. Robert (Ac. rz'/.)
shows that the relief formed the short end of a sarcophagus with the story
of Endymion (cf. HAzy. Akzz7z<? 3<?; vol. i, pi. 82 and p. 313).
Rough stonemason's work. The shepherd does not properly lean on
his staff, his r. arm is too long, and the drawing of nose, feet, and 1. elbow
is clumsy.
In the possession of Magister Lita alia Valle in 1612-ig (Dal Pozzo,
Windsor, xviii. 118. 2, inv. 8111).
Robert, iii. 1, pi. XII, 39a, p. 60; Reinach, iii. 185. 2.
10. FEMALE BUST (pi. 58).
H. '55m. Luna marble. Restored (in plaster): nose, lips, chin, neck; hair
towards 1. in front and on 1. side of head ; patches on eyebrows, r. eye, and 1. cheek,
plinth. The bust has been broken vertically at 1. shoulder near the neck, but both
pieces are antique.
Head of a young woman turned to r. Her hair is parted and waved
back into a knot. Her neck is long and slender. The bust has a Wz'/wz
fastened on the shoulders by buttons, and a mantle draped over it. Her
coiffure resembles that of Antonia, and the head appears to be an inferior
work of the first century A. D. The bust is of the second century A. n.,
and does not belong.
Provenance unknown.
11. MALE TORSO (HERMES) (pi. 56).
H. 1-13. Pentelic marble. Missing ; head, r. arm from below shoulder, 1. arm
from mid-biceps, 1. leg from below knee, r. leg from mid-shin, base, bottom of tree-
trunk, all cloak behind 1. side of body and edges of it elsewhere.
The figure is nude and stands upright with the weight on the r. leg
and the 1. leg slightly bent and drawn to side. The 1. arm was extended
160
original was a fifth-century portrait statue, while the technique of a copy
(torso only) at Corinth indicates that it was a bronze. The existence of
more than one copy shows that it represented a poet of note. It is
impossible to identify him with certainty, as the statue does not agree
with any of the known portraits on coins, &c.; Simonides and Ion of
Chios, whose chief renown, however, was as a tragedian, have both been
suggested.
Found in 1876 in the Villa Aldobrandini on the Quirinal.
AM//. Gzwz. iv (1876), pp. log, 126, no. 16; Bernoulli, GA Azw. i, pp. 87, 88;
F. Winter, iii (1900), pp. 78 ff., hg. 15, pis. I, II; G. Lippold, GA AyrAd'/-
j/a/Mzw, p. 40; Reinach, iii. 159. 7.
9 a. SHORT END OF SARCOPHAGUS WITH RELIEF OF
SHEPHERD AND DOG (pi. 59).
H. .51 m., Br. -35 m. Pentelic marble. Unrestored.
The relief shows a shepherd leaning 1. on a long staff with the
weight on his 1. leg and his r. leg crossed over it. He is bearded, with
wrinkled face and wild hair treated somewhat in the Pergamene manner;
he wears a short zAz'/ozz which reaches to his knees and leaves his 1.
shoulder and arm bare. He extends the back of his r. hand, which holds
what appears to be an apple, towards a dog, who springs eagerly towards
it holding up a paw; a second dog is seen running in the background.
To the 1. high, uneven ground with an olive-tree; on the r. another tree,
from a branch of which hangs the shepherd's wallet. Robert (Ac. rz'/.)
shows that the relief formed the short end of a sarcophagus with the story
of Endymion (cf. HAzy. Akzz7z<? 3<?; vol. i, pi. 82 and p. 313).
Rough stonemason's work. The shepherd does not properly lean on
his staff, his r. arm is too long, and the drawing of nose, feet, and 1. elbow
is clumsy.
In the possession of Magister Lita alia Valle in 1612-ig (Dal Pozzo,
Windsor, xviii. 118. 2, inv. 8111).
Robert, iii. 1, pi. XII, 39a, p. 60; Reinach, iii. 185. 2.
10. FEMALE BUST (pi. 58).
H. '55m. Luna marble. Restored (in plaster): nose, lips, chin, neck; hair
towards 1. in front and on 1. side of head ; patches on eyebrows, r. eye, and 1. cheek,
plinth. The bust has been broken vertically at 1. shoulder near the neck, but both
pieces are antique.
Head of a young woman turned to r. Her hair is parted and waved
back into a knot. Her neck is long and slender. The bust has a Wz'/wz
fastened on the shoulders by buttons, and a mantle draped over it. Her
coiffure resembles that of Antonia, and the head appears to be an inferior
work of the first century A. D. The bust is of the second century A. n.,
and does not belong.
Provenance unknown.
11. MALE TORSO (HERMES) (pi. 56).
H. 1-13. Pentelic marble. Missing ; head, r. arm from below shoulder, 1. arm
from mid-biceps, 1. leg from below knee, r. leg from mid-shin, base, bottom of tree-
trunk, all cloak behind 1. side of body and edges of it elsewhere.
The figure is nude and stands upright with the weight on the r. leg
and the 1. leg slightly bent and drawn to side. The 1. arm was extended