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SALA DEI MONUMENTI ARCAICI 24-27
225
covering two sides each. Below the are shown in low relief
a disk, a cornucopiae, and a basket out of which comes a snake. The
disk is covered with small incised circles and may be a po/r/3os or possibly
may represent the sun. A hole in the top of the shaft and two long slits
on the outside served for fitting the superstructure.
Found on the Esquiline.
(Y772. iii (1873), p. 249, no. 37.
25. ATHLETE (pi. 85).
H. .76 m. Marble, Unrestored. Missing : head (made separately,
and attached by an iron dowel), r. arm from below shoulder (similarly attached), and
1. wrist and hand (similarly attached).
The statuette stands on a roughly circular moulded plinth, and repre-
sents a nude male figure with its weight equally distributed between the
straight r. leg and the 1. leg, which is a little advanced, with bent knee.
This gives the torso a slight inclination towards the 1. Both arms hang
by the sides, the 1. free and attached by a bar, the r. closer to the side and
attached by a small projection. The head was probably raised and
turned slightly towards the 1. shoulder. The type is eclectic, with
reminiscences both of Polyclitus and Lysippus, the general proportions
being Lysippic, but with Polycleitan influence in the broad feet and
stiff pose. There is a general resemblance to the pose of the Lans-
downe Heracles.
The work is not bad; the treatment of the back especially is not
without merit, though the chest and stomach are conventionally modelled,
as is usual in these reproductions on a statuette scale of the Antonine
period.
Provenance unknown.
26. HEAD OF BOY (pi. 84).
H. -18 m. (excl. restorations). Luna marble. Restored (in plaster) : tip of
nose, both ears, part of lips, neck.
Head of a child about nine years old. The hair is indicated by
incisions on both head and brows. The eyelids are heavy; the eyes
rendered by a bean-shaped segment within a circle; the gaze is directed
upward to 1. The face is chubby, the mouth small, with full, pouting
lips. Good work of the early third century A. D.
Found on the Esquiline in 1882.
(Yw;. x (1882), p. 242, no. 10.
27. MALE BUST (pi. 84).
H. .363 m., head only, -29 m. Luna marble. Inserted in an alabaster bust.
Head broken but reset.
Head of a young man turned slightly to 1. His hair is simply
blocked out and lightly incised, as are his beard and moustache; over
the forehead, however, it is treated with more detail. The projecting
brows are also incised. The eyelids are heavy, the pupils rendered by
a bean-shaped segment. The alabaster bust is carved to represent a
cuirass covered by a fringed fastened on the r. shoulder
by a round brooch of yellow Good work of the third century A. D.
Provenance unknown.
19t2
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225
covering two sides each. Below the are shown in low relief
a disk, a cornucopiae, and a basket out of which comes a snake. The
disk is covered with small incised circles and may be a po/r/3os or possibly
may represent the sun. A hole in the top of the shaft and two long slits
on the outside served for fitting the superstructure.
Found on the Esquiline.
(Y772. iii (1873), p. 249, no. 37.
25. ATHLETE (pi. 85).
H. .76 m. Marble, Unrestored. Missing : head (made separately,
and attached by an iron dowel), r. arm from below shoulder (similarly attached), and
1. wrist and hand (similarly attached).
The statuette stands on a roughly circular moulded plinth, and repre-
sents a nude male figure with its weight equally distributed between the
straight r. leg and the 1. leg, which is a little advanced, with bent knee.
This gives the torso a slight inclination towards the 1. Both arms hang
by the sides, the 1. free and attached by a bar, the r. closer to the side and
attached by a small projection. The head was probably raised and
turned slightly towards the 1. shoulder. The type is eclectic, with
reminiscences both of Polyclitus and Lysippus, the general proportions
being Lysippic, but with Polycleitan influence in the broad feet and
stiff pose. There is a general resemblance to the pose of the Lans-
downe Heracles.
The work is not bad; the treatment of the back especially is not
without merit, though the chest and stomach are conventionally modelled,
as is usual in these reproductions on a statuette scale of the Antonine
period.
Provenance unknown.
26. HEAD OF BOY (pi. 84).
H. -18 m. (excl. restorations). Luna marble. Restored (in plaster) : tip of
nose, both ears, part of lips, neck.
Head of a child about nine years old. The hair is indicated by
incisions on both head and brows. The eyelids are heavy; the eyes
rendered by a bean-shaped segment within a circle; the gaze is directed
upward to 1. The face is chubby, the mouth small, with full, pouting
lips. Good work of the early third century A. D.
Found on the Esquiline in 1882.
(Yw;. x (1882), p. 242, no. 10.
27. MALE BUST (pi. 84).
H. .363 m., head only, -29 m. Luna marble. Inserted in an alabaster bust.
Head broken but reset.
Head of a young man turned slightly to 1. His hair is simply
blocked out and lightly incised, as are his beard and moustache; over
the forehead, however, it is treated with more detail. The projecting
brows are also incised. The eyelids are heavy, the pupils rendered by
a bean-shaped segment. The alabaster bust is carved to represent a
cuirass covered by a fringed fastened on the r. shoulder
by a round brooch of yellow Good work of the third century A. D.
Provenance unknown.
19t2
Q