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ORTI MECENAZIANI 25—BRONZI 1
1*70
The rAp/w; rests on a bunch of water-lily leaves and consists of
a great trumpet-shaped crater ending in a winged Chimaera with lion's
face, goat's horns and ears, a hogged mane, and horse's legs. The wings
have been restored in too archaic a style. The rApA?; is pierced from
below and a jet of water issued between the knees of the Chimaera. The
mouth of the crater is hollowed for two-thirds of its depth and probably
served as a receptacle for real plants and flowers. It is fluted on the
outside, leaving a flat space below the rim on which are carved in low
relief (1) a Maenad with thyrsus and front half of kid, (2) a great crater,
(3) another Maenad with hind half of kid, (4) a Maenad with thyrsus.
The first Maenad dances on tip-toe to 1. with r. leg advanced, head
raised, thyrsus in r. arm, kid in 1. arm advanced. She wears a loose
flowing <r/%z'/073 which exposes her 1. side and breast. The second Maenad
is an adaptation of the type with sword and kid represented by the relief
in this room, no. 2, while her head is of the type published in y. AZ A.
xxxviii (1918), p. 8, pi. ii. She is raised on tip-toe. The third repro-
duces the same type that we see in the triangular base in Zrz'wy, 7, but
with a thyrsus in place of the /y77y%7207?. The subjects are favourites in
the neo-Attic period, and it is instructive to turn back to no. 2 and see
how the type becomes formalized and spoilt by repetition. On the whole
the 7*ApA73 is a good piece of decorative work and owes something to the
influence of the fine bronze technique of the period. It is a signed piece
and the date is approximately fixed by the artist's inscription on the base
below the Chimaera
IIoyTtos A^yyaZos
€7TCHet
in letters which point to the first century of the Empire.
Found in 1875 on the Esquiline in the former Villa Caetani not far
from the Auditorium of Maecenas.
(Aw;, iii (187$), pp. 118-34, pis. xii-xiii; Hauser, ZWz'y,
pp. 3, 8, 113, 187; P. Gusman, ii, pi. 68 ; HelbigS, $30.
7. C. xiv. 1238; 7. <7. 7*. 33$.
Alin. 6039; B. 16663; M. 730 (details), 10484, 10483.
SALA DEI BRONZI
1. HINDQUARTERS OF COLOSSAL BULL (pi. 61).
H. 1-87 m., L. 1-32 m. Bronze. Light green yW;*72%. Only the 1. side and
back are preserved, with the 1. hind leg. In a number of places little square patches
have been used to fill up faults in the casting.
The bull is represented in the act of charging with head down and
tail erect, as on coins of Thurii (HelbigS, fig. 28). It was found with
the horse no. g, and it met with similar exaggerated praises. But the
veins show the same slight treatment as those of the horse, and we
have no reason to suppose it other than a Roman copy, though probably
of a good Greek original.
Found with no. 4 in the Vicolo delle Palme, in 1849.
TWJ. 7. 7., 1830, pp. 33 f., no ff.; HelbigS, 934.
1*70
The rAp/w; rests on a bunch of water-lily leaves and consists of
a great trumpet-shaped crater ending in a winged Chimaera with lion's
face, goat's horns and ears, a hogged mane, and horse's legs. The wings
have been restored in too archaic a style. The rApA?; is pierced from
below and a jet of water issued between the knees of the Chimaera. The
mouth of the crater is hollowed for two-thirds of its depth and probably
served as a receptacle for real plants and flowers. It is fluted on the
outside, leaving a flat space below the rim on which are carved in low
relief (1) a Maenad with thyrsus and front half of kid, (2) a great crater,
(3) another Maenad with hind half of kid, (4) a Maenad with thyrsus.
The first Maenad dances on tip-toe to 1. with r. leg advanced, head
raised, thyrsus in r. arm, kid in 1. arm advanced. She wears a loose
flowing <r/%z'/073 which exposes her 1. side and breast. The second Maenad
is an adaptation of the type with sword and kid represented by the relief
in this room, no. 2, while her head is of the type published in y. AZ A.
xxxviii (1918), p. 8, pi. ii. She is raised on tip-toe. The third repro-
duces the same type that we see in the triangular base in Zrz'wy, 7, but
with a thyrsus in place of the /y77y%7207?. The subjects are favourites in
the neo-Attic period, and it is instructive to turn back to no. 2 and see
how the type becomes formalized and spoilt by repetition. On the whole
the 7*ApA73 is a good piece of decorative work and owes something to the
influence of the fine bronze technique of the period. It is a signed piece
and the date is approximately fixed by the artist's inscription on the base
below the Chimaera
IIoyTtos A^yyaZos
€7TCHet
in letters which point to the first century of the Empire.
Found in 1875 on the Esquiline in the former Villa Caetani not far
from the Auditorium of Maecenas.
(Aw;, iii (187$), pp. 118-34, pis. xii-xiii; Hauser, ZWz'y,
pp. 3, 8, 113, 187; P. Gusman, ii, pi. 68 ; HelbigS, $30.
7. C. xiv. 1238; 7. <7. 7*. 33$.
Alin. 6039; B. 16663; M. 730 (details), 10484, 10483.
SALA DEI BRONZI
1. HINDQUARTERS OF COLOSSAL BULL (pi. 61).
H. 1-87 m., L. 1-32 m. Bronze. Light green yW;*72%. Only the 1. side and
back are preserved, with the 1. hind leg. In a number of places little square patches
have been used to fill up faults in the casting.
The bull is represented in the act of charging with head down and
tail erect, as on coins of Thurii (HelbigS, fig. 28). It was found with
the horse no. g, and it met with similar exaggerated praises. But the
veins show the same slight treatment as those of the horse, and we
have no reason to suppose it other than a Roman copy, though probably
of a good Greek original.
Found with no. 4 in the Vicolo delle Palme, in 1849.
TWJ. 7. 7., 1830, pp. 33 f., no ff.; HelbigS, 934.