Graeco-Roman art.
“melon” style, crossed on the crown by an encircling braid.
See No. 205 with reference to Arch. Jahrb. 47, 1932, p. 273
with note 1. 4th cent. B. C.
Tillseg til Billedtavler pl. III.
216 b. (I. N. 2554). Female head from an Attic tomb relief. M.
H. 0.26. The nose bruised. Acquired in 1910 via Rome. Found at
Peiraieus.
The head is almost Praxitelean in type. It was originally
applied to an Attic tomb relief. Cf. the head in Berlin, Bliimel:
Katalog Berlin III p. 39 (K 43) and pl. 51.
Tillaeg til Billedtavler pl. Ill.
217. (I. N. 1408). Female head from an Attic tomb relief. M.
H. 0.30. The nose broken off and the hair badly damaged. Purchased
in 1895 by Carl Jacobsen in Athens.
The himation is drawn up over the back of the head as on
No. 215.
Despite the partial destruction of the surface this female
head is very beautiful and provides an excellent impression
of the good Greek craftmanship which almost imperceptibly
merges into fine art. 4th cent. B. C.
Billedtavler pl. XVI.
218. (I. N. 1528). Male head from an Attic tomb relief. M.
II. 0.26. The nose new in plaster. Acquired in 1896 in Athens.
The support at the back shows that the head was to be
seen in left profile.
The type indicates about 330 B. C.
Billedtavler pl. XVI. Arndt-Amelung 3995-96 (Fr. Poulsen).
219. (I. N. 514). Greek gravestone. M.
II. 1.42. The noses, the seated woman’s garment over her breast, part
of the right pilaster and the right lower corner as well as the chair
leg all restored in plaster. Acquired from the Naue collection at Munich.
Fronton with acroteria. On its lower edge and on the
cornice below the inscription:
ΗΔΕΙΑ ΛΥΣΙΚΑΗΟΥΣ ΘΥΓΑΤΗΡ ΛΘΝΟΝΕΩΣ
Φ ANY AAA ΑΡΙΣΤΟ ίΕΙΔΟΥ ΑΘΜΟΝΕΩΣ
There are some orthographic errors in it: in the top line
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“melon” style, crossed on the crown by an encircling braid.
See No. 205 with reference to Arch. Jahrb. 47, 1932, p. 273
with note 1. 4th cent. B. C.
Tillseg til Billedtavler pl. III.
216 b. (I. N. 2554). Female head from an Attic tomb relief. M.
H. 0.26. The nose bruised. Acquired in 1910 via Rome. Found at
Peiraieus.
The head is almost Praxitelean in type. It was originally
applied to an Attic tomb relief. Cf. the head in Berlin, Bliimel:
Katalog Berlin III p. 39 (K 43) and pl. 51.
Tillaeg til Billedtavler pl. Ill.
217. (I. N. 1408). Female head from an Attic tomb relief. M.
H. 0.30. The nose broken off and the hair badly damaged. Purchased
in 1895 by Carl Jacobsen in Athens.
The himation is drawn up over the back of the head as on
No. 215.
Despite the partial destruction of the surface this female
head is very beautiful and provides an excellent impression
of the good Greek craftmanship which almost imperceptibly
merges into fine art. 4th cent. B. C.
Billedtavler pl. XVI.
218. (I. N. 1528). Male head from an Attic tomb relief. M.
II. 0.26. The nose new in plaster. Acquired in 1896 in Athens.
The support at the back shows that the head was to be
seen in left profile.
The type indicates about 330 B. C.
Billedtavler pl. XVI. Arndt-Amelung 3995-96 (Fr. Poulsen).
219. (I. N. 514). Greek gravestone. M.
II. 1.42. The noses, the seated woman’s garment over her breast, part
of the right pilaster and the right lower corner as well as the chair
leg all restored in plaster. Acquired from the Naue collection at Munich.
Fronton with acroteria. On its lower edge and on the
cornice below the inscription:
ΗΔΕΙΑ ΛΥΣΙΚΑΗΟΥΣ ΘΥΓΑΤΗΡ ΛΘΝΟΝΕΩΣ
Φ ANY AAA ΑΡΙΣΤΟ ίΕΙΔΟΥ ΑΘΜΟΝΕΩΣ
There are some orthographic errors in it: in the top line
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