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Graeco-Roman art.
Billedtavler pl. XXXIX. Platner-Ashby: Topographical Dictionary of Ancient
Rome p. 108. Kahler in Pauly-Wissowa s. v. Triumphbogen p. 402. Strong: Art
in Ancient Rome II p. 149 fig. 482.
512. (I. N. 2005). Pastiche (originally called a Zeus statue). M.
II. 1.84. Acquired 1905 from Rome and originally in Palazzo Massimi
alle Colonne at Rome.
The nude torso is Polycleitan and evidently a replica of
Doryphorus. The lower part originates from an Aphrodite
statue, a replica of the so-called Aphrodite Valenti. The torso
on view in the museum, the lower part removed to the store-
room.
Billedtavler pl. XXXIX. 2. Tillaeg til Billedtavler pl. IX (the torso of
Doryphorus). Reinach: Rip. Stat. IV 7, 6. Arndt-Amelung text of 2061, note.
513. (I. N. 2007). Zeus (?). Head. M.
H. 0.30. Nose modern in plaster. Traces of colour on the pupils.
From Palazzo Fondi at Naples. Acquired 1905 via Munich.
A free Roman representation of a taenia-decorated deity,
probably Zeus, possibly Asclepius. Noticeable are the low
brow and crown, which give the features a somewhat vulgar
character. The head comes close to that of the well known
Dresden Zeus (cf. Mustilli, Bull. Com. LXI 1933 p. 7 seqq.),
though greatly altered, and the conventionalized beard on
the chin is reminiscent of another famous Pheidian Zeus,
best preserved in a bronze figure at Florence (Rom. Mitt. 45,
1930, pls. 4-6). Closest to our head comes a Zeus head of
great beauty found at Cyrene (Africa Italiana I 1927 p. 3
seqq., pls. I-V L. Curtins: Zeus und Hermes p. 15 seqq.).
Billedtavler pl. XXXIX. Burlington Fine Arts Club: Exhibition of Greek
Art 1904 pl. XL and p. 258 No., 63. Pollak, Collezione Sarti, 1906, text of pl.
I 2. L. Curtius: Zeus und Hermes p. 33. Arndt-Amelung 4782-83 (Fr. Poulsen).
514. (I. N. 447). Zeus or Hermes. Head. M.
H. 0.25. Extremely well preserved, only the beard very slightly
damaged. Acquired from the Count Tyszkiewiecz collection at Rome.
Originally from Athens. See under No. 25.
This is rather Hermes than Zeus, even if certain features,
especially the downward looking eyes, might indicate the
pre-eminent god and even a large idol as the prototype.
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Billedtavler pl. XXXIX. Platner-Ashby: Topographical Dictionary of Ancient
Rome p. 108. Kahler in Pauly-Wissowa s. v. Triumphbogen p. 402. Strong: Art
in Ancient Rome II p. 149 fig. 482.
512. (I. N. 2005). Pastiche (originally called a Zeus statue). M.
II. 1.84. Acquired 1905 from Rome and originally in Palazzo Massimi
alle Colonne at Rome.
The nude torso is Polycleitan and evidently a replica of
Doryphorus. The lower part originates from an Aphrodite
statue, a replica of the so-called Aphrodite Valenti. The torso
on view in the museum, the lower part removed to the store-
room.
Billedtavler pl. XXXIX. 2. Tillaeg til Billedtavler pl. IX (the torso of
Doryphorus). Reinach: Rip. Stat. IV 7, 6. Arndt-Amelung text of 2061, note.
513. (I. N. 2007). Zeus (?). Head. M.
H. 0.30. Nose modern in plaster. Traces of colour on the pupils.
From Palazzo Fondi at Naples. Acquired 1905 via Munich.
A free Roman representation of a taenia-decorated deity,
probably Zeus, possibly Asclepius. Noticeable are the low
brow and crown, which give the features a somewhat vulgar
character. The head comes close to that of the well known
Dresden Zeus (cf. Mustilli, Bull. Com. LXI 1933 p. 7 seqq.),
though greatly altered, and the conventionalized beard on
the chin is reminiscent of another famous Pheidian Zeus,
best preserved in a bronze figure at Florence (Rom. Mitt. 45,
1930, pls. 4-6). Closest to our head comes a Zeus head of
great beauty found at Cyrene (Africa Italiana I 1927 p. 3
seqq., pls. I-V L. Curtins: Zeus und Hermes p. 15 seqq.).
Billedtavler pl. XXXIX. Burlington Fine Arts Club: Exhibition of Greek
Art 1904 pl. XL and p. 258 No., 63. Pollak, Collezione Sarti, 1906, text of pl.
I 2. L. Curtius: Zeus und Hermes p. 33. Arndt-Amelung 4782-83 (Fr. Poulsen).
514. (I. N. 447). Zeus or Hermes. Head. M.
H. 0.25. Extremely well preserved, only the beard very slightly
damaged. Acquired from the Count Tyszkiewiecz collection at Rome.
Originally from Athens. See under No. 25.
This is rather Hermes than Zeus, even if certain features,
especially the downward looking eyes, might indicate the
pre-eminent god and even a large idol as the prototype.
359