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THE HELLENISTIC AGE OF SCULPTURE.
As each of these little figures is on its own isolated pedestal, and hence cannot
have been grouped, Milchhofer has considered them, like the Dying Galatian
of the Capitol, and the Ludovisi group, to be excerpts from some greater work
where the victors also appeared.11-*1 Both material and style make it clear that
they were executed in Pergamon itself, and represent the more controlled, severer
Fig. 234. Fighting Persian, traceable to Attalos' Votive Gift to Athens. Vatican.
art of the earlier period, the latter part of the third century B.C., when Attalos
was loaded with honors by Athens, doubtless in thanks for his gifts to her
shrine. As yet no companions in style to these works have been found in
Pergamon ; to explain which fact, it has been conjectured, that such copies from
bronze were only executed for exportation to foreign parts. Further excava-
tion may throw light on this question.
But let us not imagine that the ancient sculptor in Pergamon remained con-
THE HELLENISTIC AGE OF SCULPTURE.
As each of these little figures is on its own isolated pedestal, and hence cannot
have been grouped, Milchhofer has considered them, like the Dying Galatian
of the Capitol, and the Ludovisi group, to be excerpts from some greater work
where the victors also appeared.11-*1 Both material and style make it clear that
they were executed in Pergamon itself, and represent the more controlled, severer
Fig. 234. Fighting Persian, traceable to Attalos' Votive Gift to Athens. Vatican.
art of the earlier period, the latter part of the third century B.C., when Attalos
was loaded with honors by Athens, doubtless in thanks for his gifts to her
shrine. As yet no companions in style to these works have been found in
Pergamon ; to explain which fact, it has been conjectured, that such copies from
bronze were only executed for exportation to foreign parts. Further excava-
tion may throw light on this question.
But let us not imagine that the ancient sculptor in Pergamon remained con-