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Greek Portraiture.
the portraits of the two Numidian kings; the Glyptotek bust is No. 2 and
figs. 5-7. A. B. 1109-10.
453. (I. N. 1693). Hellenistic-Alexandrine portrait. Head. M.
H. 0.15. The nose-tip modern. The crudely executed hair and two
holes in the top indicate that the head was originally covered with
a helmet or a lion's skin (like No. 446). Shaped for fitting into a
statuette.
With its sfumato surface and the combination of Praxi-
telean and Lysippic traditions, this little head is typically
Alexandrine, and as it resembles no Egyptian ruler, it is
more probably an idealized version of Alexander the Great
himself (cf. Expedition Sieglin II 1 B pl. IV, 3; text p. 2 No.
3). Alexander was the founder and patron saint of Alexan-
dria.
Billedtavler pl. XXXIII. N. C. G., text p. 166 (for pl. 188). Text of Arndt-
Amelung 901-03. A. B. 577. Sieveking in Munch. Jahrb. der bildenden Kunst X
1916-18 p. 181 fig. 2. Lawrence, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology XI 1925 pl.
XVIII fig. 1 and p. 183. Ibrahim Noshy: The Arts in Ptolemaic Egypt p. 91,
where it is stated that the head came from Memphis. Arndt-Amelung 4639-40
(Fr. Poulsen). Buschor: Das hellenistische Bildnis p. 20.
453 a. (I. N. 2300). King Ptolemaius I of Egypt. Head. M.
H. 0.26. Acquired in 1908 from Paris via. Munich, but reputed to
have been found in Fayum, Egypt. This agrees with the original piecing
technique — the head was made in several pieces — which is particul-
arly Egypto-Hellenistic (cf. No. 317 a). The surface somewhat worn,
with some dark patches, but well preserved on the whole. The upper
part of the forehead and a little of the chin broken off.
An outstanding individuality, a man of intelligence with
deep-set eyes and a thick nose with a prominent fleshy part
between the nostrils. An' unforgettably powerful and wise
face!
The features are very reminiscent of the coin images,
especially the younger ones, of the first king of the Ptole-
maic dynasty, one of the old generals of Alexander the Great
(Kurt Regling: Die antike Miinze als Kunstwerk pl. XLI No.
843). This agrees with the provenance. A still more youthful
head of the same monarch, from Pergamon, is in Berlin.
Tillaeg til Billedtavler pl. VIII. A. B. 853-54. Pfuhl, Arch. Jahrb. 45, 1930,
p. 6 seq. figs. 2-3. Fr. Poulsen, Melanges Glotz p. 751 note 2 (with other
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the portraits of the two Numidian kings; the Glyptotek bust is No. 2 and
figs. 5-7. A. B. 1109-10.
453. (I. N. 1693). Hellenistic-Alexandrine portrait. Head. M.
H. 0.15. The nose-tip modern. The crudely executed hair and two
holes in the top indicate that the head was originally covered with
a helmet or a lion's skin (like No. 446). Shaped for fitting into a
statuette.
With its sfumato surface and the combination of Praxi-
telean and Lysippic traditions, this little head is typically
Alexandrine, and as it resembles no Egyptian ruler, it is
more probably an idealized version of Alexander the Great
himself (cf. Expedition Sieglin II 1 B pl. IV, 3; text p. 2 No.
3). Alexander was the founder and patron saint of Alexan-
dria.
Billedtavler pl. XXXIII. N. C. G., text p. 166 (for pl. 188). Text of Arndt-
Amelung 901-03. A. B. 577. Sieveking in Munch. Jahrb. der bildenden Kunst X
1916-18 p. 181 fig. 2. Lawrence, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology XI 1925 pl.
XVIII fig. 1 and p. 183. Ibrahim Noshy: The Arts in Ptolemaic Egypt p. 91,
where it is stated that the head came from Memphis. Arndt-Amelung 4639-40
(Fr. Poulsen). Buschor: Das hellenistische Bildnis p. 20.
453 a. (I. N. 2300). King Ptolemaius I of Egypt. Head. M.
H. 0.26. Acquired in 1908 from Paris via. Munich, but reputed to
have been found in Fayum, Egypt. This agrees with the original piecing
technique — the head was made in several pieces — which is particul-
arly Egypto-Hellenistic (cf. No. 317 a). The surface somewhat worn,
with some dark patches, but well preserved on the whole. The upper
part of the forehead and a little of the chin broken off.
An outstanding individuality, a man of intelligence with
deep-set eyes and a thick nose with a prominent fleshy part
between the nostrils. An' unforgettably powerful and wise
face!
The features are very reminiscent of the coin images,
especially the younger ones, of the first king of the Ptole-
maic dynasty, one of the old generals of Alexander the Great
(Kurt Regling: Die antike Miinze als Kunstwerk pl. XLI No.
843). This agrees with the provenance. A still more youthful
head of the same monarch, from Pergamon, is in Berlin.
Tillaeg til Billedtavler pl. VIII. A. B. 853-54. Pfuhl, Arch. Jahrb. 45, 1930,
p. 6 seq. figs. 2-3. Fr. Poulsen, Melanges Glotz p. 751 note 2 (with other
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