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SALA DEI BRONZI 13—SALA CASTELLANI 1. 1, 2 187
Brought to Rome in November 1872 by a peasant of the y-rc^z'zzrzh
<A' Czzzzz^zzgzzzz, a district of which the chief town was Frosinone.
A. Castellani, AW/. Gw;. v (1877), PP- 119*34, pis. XI-XIV; H. HeydemanD,
xxx (1878), pp. 12^). ff.; UVwgT* Uc^/^//a//gr, Serie B (1880),
pi. VII, H-T; Baumeister, iii, pi. XC, fig. 2325, p. 2082 ; F. Staehlin, ZU?/;. A////,
xxi (1906), pp. 332-86, pis. XVII, XVIII; Engelmann, ZJ;;;. AZ7/. xxiii (1908),
pp. 330-61 (on the Bellerophon medallion) ; O. Waser in Roscher, iv, p. 1578) fig. 2 ;
Stuart Jones, pi. XLIX, p. 292; V. ChapotinSaglio, art. Zkzzjzz, p. n6;
Helbig^, 966.
SALA CASTELLANI
NOTE.—The provenance of the objects in this and the two following
rooms is unknown unless otherwise stated.
1. SCULPTURE AND LARGE TERRA-COTTAS.
1. RELIEF OF DOG FROM A SARCOPHAGUS (pi. 74).
H. -78 m., L. 1-14 m. ZlyVrz'TM. Unrestored. The relief is broken in two
pieces horizontally, and the top 1. corner is largely restored in plaster. It adorned
the short side of the lower part of a large y^zizzc sarcophagus, to which 3 and 3 also
probably belonged.
A dog is represented in profile walking to r. with head lowered.
The technique is primitive, like that of the earliest carvings at Sparta,
the figure being outlined on the slab and the background then cut away,
leaving a rim at top and bottom, while the various parts of the figure are
shown on different planes according as they are nearer to or farther from
the spectator. At the same time the curious convention for the shoulder
repeated in nos. 3 and g shows that the relief belongs to a period when
art had developed rules. There is a certain vigour in the composition
and understanding of animal life. The relief was evidently a panel between
the legs of a couch, one of which appears carved in relief on the r. If,
as seems probable, no. 3 belonged to the same sarcophagus, then front and
back legs were, as is often the case, of a different pattern. A similar type
of funeral couch with a design of fantastic animals between the legs is
seen in Noel des Vergers, ^/rzz7*zy, pi. I: cf. also the couch in Heuzey,
AZz'yyzhzz & AZ^Vozhi?, xx. r.
2. TERRA-COTTA SARCOPHAGUS (fig. )?, p. 188).
H. from base to crown of man's head, -993 m.; H. of recumbent figure from
shoulder to toe, 1-32 m. ; L. 1-83 m. Restored : tip of man's nose.
The body of the sarcophagus is divided into two unequal parts and is
without decoration. On the lid is a male figure reclining in an easy
attitude with the 1. leg bent under the r. He raises himself on his 1. arm
while his r. lies across his body. He wears a sleeveless rZz'ATz and
a mantle drawn up over the back of his head and wrapt round his lower
limbs. On his head is a wreath. The features are small; brows strongly
marked, glance directed upwards, ears protruding. Hair rendered in
separate pointed strands. The eyes are formed by a small round dab of
clay. The couch has a mattress and a sloping cushion between uprights
Brought to Rome in November 1872 by a peasant of the y-rc^z'zzrzh
<A' Czzzzz^zzgzzzz, a district of which the chief town was Frosinone.
A. Castellani, AW/. Gw;. v (1877), PP- 119*34, pis. XI-XIV; H. HeydemanD,
xxx (1878), pp. 12^). ff.; UVwgT* Uc^/^//a//gr, Serie B (1880),
pi. VII, H-T; Baumeister, iii, pi. XC, fig. 2325, p. 2082 ; F. Staehlin, ZU?/;. A////,
xxi (1906), pp. 332-86, pis. XVII, XVIII; Engelmann, ZJ;;;. AZ7/. xxiii (1908),
pp. 330-61 (on the Bellerophon medallion) ; O. Waser in Roscher, iv, p. 1578) fig. 2 ;
Stuart Jones, pi. XLIX, p. 292; V. ChapotinSaglio, art. Zkzzjzz, p. n6;
Helbig^, 966.
SALA CASTELLANI
NOTE.—The provenance of the objects in this and the two following
rooms is unknown unless otherwise stated.
1. SCULPTURE AND LARGE TERRA-COTTAS.
1. RELIEF OF DOG FROM A SARCOPHAGUS (pi. 74).
H. -78 m., L. 1-14 m. ZlyVrz'TM. Unrestored. The relief is broken in two
pieces horizontally, and the top 1. corner is largely restored in plaster. It adorned
the short side of the lower part of a large y^zizzc sarcophagus, to which 3 and 3 also
probably belonged.
A dog is represented in profile walking to r. with head lowered.
The technique is primitive, like that of the earliest carvings at Sparta,
the figure being outlined on the slab and the background then cut away,
leaving a rim at top and bottom, while the various parts of the figure are
shown on different planes according as they are nearer to or farther from
the spectator. At the same time the curious convention for the shoulder
repeated in nos. 3 and g shows that the relief belongs to a period when
art had developed rules. There is a certain vigour in the composition
and understanding of animal life. The relief was evidently a panel between
the legs of a couch, one of which appears carved in relief on the r. If,
as seems probable, no. 3 belonged to the same sarcophagus, then front and
back legs were, as is often the case, of a different pattern. A similar type
of funeral couch with a design of fantastic animals between the legs is
seen in Noel des Vergers, ^/rzz7*zy, pi. I: cf. also the couch in Heuzey,
AZz'yyzhzz & AZ^Vozhi?, xx. r.
2. TERRA-COTTA SARCOPHAGUS (fig. )?, p. 188).
H. from base to crown of man's head, -993 m.; H. of recumbent figure from
shoulder to toe, 1-32 m. ; L. 1-83 m. Restored : tip of man's nose.
The body of the sarcophagus is divided into two unequal parts and is
without decoration. On the lid is a male figure reclining in an easy
attitude with the 1. leg bent under the r. He raises himself on his 1. arm
while his r. lies across his body. He wears a sleeveless rZz'ATz and
a mantle drawn up over the back of his head and wrapt round his lower
limbs. On his head is a wreath. The features are small; brows strongly
marked, glance directed upwards, ears protruding. Hair rendered in
separate pointed strands. The eyes are formed by a small round dab of
clay. The couch has a mattress and a sloping cushion between uprights