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Graeco-Roman art.
traits of Alexander (Rivista di Archeologia e Storia I 1913
p. 19. Helbig-Amelung: Fiihrer No. 882).
Compared with this Capitolinean head, which is very in-
dividual in its features, ours is so impersonal, so abstractly
deiform, that there can scarcely be any hesitation in the
choice between Alexander and a god. It is either the long-
haired god Apollo like a related head on the statue of
Protesilaus at Naples, about which similar doubts have been
held (Arndt-Amelung 516-17), or Helios or one of the Dio-
scuri or some other young god. Besides the similar cult
images named by Brendel, others may be instanced for their
relationship, e. g. the Glyptotek’s Dioscuros No. 164, a Dios-
curos in the Louvre (Frederik Poulsen: Sculptures antiques
des musees de province espagnols pl. 53) and the Dioscuri
from Monte Cavallo (Furtwangler: Meisterwerke pl. 7). In
addition, two cult “torch bearers” from a Mithras temple, in
the Vatican and the British Museum, may be cited (Amelung:
Vatik. Katalog I p. 538 No. 352; pl. 56). The fact that Alexan-
der’s hair arrangement was borrowed from the elder god
types has often been observed (Cf. Η. P. 1’Orange: Apotheo-
sis in Ancient Portraiture (Oslo 1947) p. 34 seq.).
Tillceg til Billedtavler pl. II. Rizzo, Bull. Com. XXXIII 1905 p. 46 seq.,
fig. 12. Brendel, Arndt-Amelung 3823-24.
80. (I. N. 1674). Ares or Warrior. Head. M.
II. from chin to top of helmet 0.32. The nose, lips, chin, neck and
large parts of the face restored in plaster. The Corinthian helmet, the
hair and the eyes are thus the only means of determining the type and
period. Acquired 1899 in Rome.
Probably an Ares or warrior head, Roman copy of a 4th
cent. B. C. original.
Billedtavler pl. VI. Arndt-Amelung 3825-2G (Brendel).
81. (I. N. 1674). Artemis. Head. M.
H. 0.28. The nose, lips, chin in plaster. The surface has suffered
greatly. In the ears are holes for rings. Acquired 1901 from Rome via
Munich.
This head, a Roman copy, is a repetition of the head of
the so-called Artemis Colonna in Berlin. That the head and
torso of this Berlin statue belong to one another has been
confirmed by the finding of a badly damaged figure of the type
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traits of Alexander (Rivista di Archeologia e Storia I 1913
p. 19. Helbig-Amelung: Fiihrer No. 882).
Compared with this Capitolinean head, which is very in-
dividual in its features, ours is so impersonal, so abstractly
deiform, that there can scarcely be any hesitation in the
choice between Alexander and a god. It is either the long-
haired god Apollo like a related head on the statue of
Protesilaus at Naples, about which similar doubts have been
held (Arndt-Amelung 516-17), or Helios or one of the Dio-
scuri or some other young god. Besides the similar cult
images named by Brendel, others may be instanced for their
relationship, e. g. the Glyptotek’s Dioscuros No. 164, a Dios-
curos in the Louvre (Frederik Poulsen: Sculptures antiques
des musees de province espagnols pl. 53) and the Dioscuri
from Monte Cavallo (Furtwangler: Meisterwerke pl. 7). In
addition, two cult “torch bearers” from a Mithras temple, in
the Vatican and the British Museum, may be cited (Amelung:
Vatik. Katalog I p. 538 No. 352; pl. 56). The fact that Alexan-
der’s hair arrangement was borrowed from the elder god
types has often been observed (Cf. Η. P. 1’Orange: Apotheo-
sis in Ancient Portraiture (Oslo 1947) p. 34 seq.).
Tillceg til Billedtavler pl. II. Rizzo, Bull. Com. XXXIII 1905 p. 46 seq.,
fig. 12. Brendel, Arndt-Amelung 3823-24.
80. (I. N. 1674). Ares or Warrior. Head. M.
II. from chin to top of helmet 0.32. The nose, lips, chin, neck and
large parts of the face restored in plaster. The Corinthian helmet, the
hair and the eyes are thus the only means of determining the type and
period. Acquired 1899 in Rome.
Probably an Ares or warrior head, Roman copy of a 4th
cent. B. C. original.
Billedtavler pl. VI. Arndt-Amelung 3825-2G (Brendel).
81. (I. N. 1674). Artemis. Head. M.
H. 0.28. The nose, lips, chin in plaster. The surface has suffered
greatly. In the ears are holes for rings. Acquired 1901 from Rome via
Munich.
This head, a Roman copy, is a repetition of the head of
the so-called Artemis Colonna in Berlin. That the head and
torso of this Berlin statue belong to one another has been
confirmed by the finding of a badly damaged figure of the type
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