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Graeco-Roman art.
of the nose all modern. The statue once stood in a villa between
Pozzuoli and Baiae and was acquired in 1899 via Munich.
This tremendous deity statue is Roman work as the statue
of Jupiter at the Capitol was. As its nearest prototype we
must name the gold-ivory statue of Asclepius executed in the
4th cent. B. C. by Thrasymedes for the temple at Epidaurus
(Pausanias II 27,2).
The statue of Thrasymedes, known to us from coin images,
like ours has its left hand resting on a staff, but the serpent
lay on the other side below the god’s outstretched right hand;
by the side of the throne sat a dog, and the throne was
richly adorned with pictures like the throne of Zeus at
Olympia (Gisela Richter: Sculpture and Sculptors of the
Greeks p. 213 and fig. 733). Accordingly, our statue differs
quite a lot and in style is more reminiscent of a typical Ro-
man Zeus statue found in the vicinity of Rome (Not. Scavi.
1935 p. 77 fig. 1).
Billedtavler pl. VII. Reinach: Rep. Stat. Ill 13,5 and IV 25,4. Arndt-Ame-
lung 3838 (Brendel). Kaschnitz-Weinberg p. 115.
94. (I. N. 598 j). Asclepius. Head. M.
H. from chin to crown 0.25. The nose, part of the curls, the front
part of the wreath, the lower part of the neck and the entire chest
restored in marble. The face is highly polished. Purchased about 1890
from Feuardent, Paris.
This head is a variant of No. 91.
Billedtavler pl. VIII. Arndt-Amelung 3839-40 (Fr. Poulsen).
95. (I. N. 1510). Asclepius. Head. M.
H. 0.36 from tip of beard to crown. The nose is new in marble,
the neck and back of the head in plaster. The surface much weathered.
Acquired 1896 with the assistance of Furtwangler.
In the hair is this god’s usual roll-wreath. Roman work
with style traits of the 4th cent. B. C.; its nearest relation is
a head in the Palazzo Colonna (Arndt-Amelung 1156-57).
Billedtavler pl. VIII. Arndt-Amelung 3841 (Brendel).
95 a. (I. N. 2619). Head of Asclepius. M.
II. from tip of beard to uppermost frontal curls 0.31. The nose and
a few frontal curls broken off. The top of the head, which was applied,
missing. In the nape of the neck is a lump of raw material (cp. No.
89
of the nose all modern. The statue once stood in a villa between
Pozzuoli and Baiae and was acquired in 1899 via Munich.
This tremendous deity statue is Roman work as the statue
of Jupiter at the Capitol was. As its nearest prototype we
must name the gold-ivory statue of Asclepius executed in the
4th cent. B. C. by Thrasymedes for the temple at Epidaurus
(Pausanias II 27,2).
The statue of Thrasymedes, known to us from coin images,
like ours has its left hand resting on a staff, but the serpent
lay on the other side below the god’s outstretched right hand;
by the side of the throne sat a dog, and the throne was
richly adorned with pictures like the throne of Zeus at
Olympia (Gisela Richter: Sculpture and Sculptors of the
Greeks p. 213 and fig. 733). Accordingly, our statue differs
quite a lot and in style is more reminiscent of a typical Ro-
man Zeus statue found in the vicinity of Rome (Not. Scavi.
1935 p. 77 fig. 1).
Billedtavler pl. VII. Reinach: Rep. Stat. Ill 13,5 and IV 25,4. Arndt-Ame-
lung 3838 (Brendel). Kaschnitz-Weinberg p. 115.
94. (I. N. 598 j). Asclepius. Head. M.
H. from chin to crown 0.25. The nose, part of the curls, the front
part of the wreath, the lower part of the neck and the entire chest
restored in marble. The face is highly polished. Purchased about 1890
from Feuardent, Paris.
This head is a variant of No. 91.
Billedtavler pl. VIII. Arndt-Amelung 3839-40 (Fr. Poulsen).
95. (I. N. 1510). Asclepius. Head. M.
H. 0.36 from tip of beard to crown. The nose is new in marble,
the neck and back of the head in plaster. The surface much weathered.
Acquired 1896 with the assistance of Furtwangler.
In the hair is this god’s usual roll-wreath. Roman work
with style traits of the 4th cent. B. C.; its nearest relation is
a head in the Palazzo Colonna (Arndt-Amelung 1156-57).
Billedtavler pl. VIII. Arndt-Amelung 3841 (Brendel).
95 a. (I. N. 2619). Head of Asclepius. M.
II. from tip of beard to uppermost frontal curls 0.31. The nose and
a few frontal curls broken off. The top of the head, which was applied,
missing. In the nape of the neck is a lump of raw material (cp. No.
89