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Roman Portraiture.
The features are Livia’s (cf. especially Nos. 615,617 and
618), but the elaborate drilling of the hair and the strange
restlessness of the folds point towards a somewhat later
date, particularly the time of Claudius. Through literary
channels we know that the emperor Claudius honoured
Livia and instituted a cult, a priesthood and annual martial
games in her honour and erected a statue of her in the
temple of Augustus on the Palatine hill. In our statue the
cornucopia shows that she is represented as Fortuna (Greek:
Tyche). A similar statue, presumably also of Livia, is at
Berlin (C. Bliimel: Rom. Bildn. Berlin R 27, pl. 18). The
statue type belongs to the fifth century B. C. and is related
to Hera, Nos. 247-48. Cf. Not. Scavi 1938 p. 207 and pl.
XII. The head No. 617 is also a portrait of Livia from the
time of Claudius.
Billedtavler pl. XXXX. Reinach: Rep. Stat. Ill 77, 6. Not. Scavi 1898
p. 291 fig. 3 and p. 292 No. 3. Hekler in Munch, archaol. Studien dem An-
denken Furtwanglers gewidmet p. 153, 225 Typus VI e and fig. 15. Cf. fig. 11.
. Fr. Poulsen: To romerske Kejserindeprofiler p. 27. seq. fig. 12. Lippold:
Kopien und Umbildungen p. 205. R. West: Rom. Portratplastik I p. 217 (cf.
pl. LXI 258 on the Claudian style of drapery). On the inexhaustible horn
of plenty, Apollodorus: Bibl. II 7, 5. For further information cf. Sandels:
Die Stellung der kaiserlichen Frauen aus dem iulisch-claudischen Hause, Gies-
sener Dissert. 1912, p. 62.
532. (I. N. 1546). Female drapery figure with modern head
affixed. M.
H. without plinth 1.96, of torso alone 1.60. The head, neck and left
shoulder restored in marble, part of the plinth and the feet and the
folds in several places restored in plaster. The right arm and part of
the left forearm broken off. Acquired 1897 at Rome and stated to have
been found in the theatre at Cerveteri.
The head is a marble copy of a head in the Vatican
(Bernoulli: Rom. Ikon. II 1 pl. XXI), which on account of
the mouth with the narrow lips is generally interpreted as
representing the younger Agrippina, while Schweitzer (Klio
34, 1942 p. 338 note 5) is of opinion that it is a replica of
the Livia No. 614. A likeness does certainly exist, but
hardly great enough to constitute infallible evidence of
identity.
The torso is a variant of the Praxitelean Kore (see under
Nos. 308 and 392 a). Related figures have been grouped by
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The features are Livia’s (cf. especially Nos. 615,617 and
618), but the elaborate drilling of the hair and the strange
restlessness of the folds point towards a somewhat later
date, particularly the time of Claudius. Through literary
channels we know that the emperor Claudius honoured
Livia and instituted a cult, a priesthood and annual martial
games in her honour and erected a statue of her in the
temple of Augustus on the Palatine hill. In our statue the
cornucopia shows that she is represented as Fortuna (Greek:
Tyche). A similar statue, presumably also of Livia, is at
Berlin (C. Bliimel: Rom. Bildn. Berlin R 27, pl. 18). The
statue type belongs to the fifth century B. C. and is related
to Hera, Nos. 247-48. Cf. Not. Scavi 1938 p. 207 and pl.
XII. The head No. 617 is also a portrait of Livia from the
time of Claudius.
Billedtavler pl. XXXX. Reinach: Rep. Stat. Ill 77, 6. Not. Scavi 1898
p. 291 fig. 3 and p. 292 No. 3. Hekler in Munch, archaol. Studien dem An-
denken Furtwanglers gewidmet p. 153, 225 Typus VI e and fig. 15. Cf. fig. 11.
. Fr. Poulsen: To romerske Kejserindeprofiler p. 27. seq. fig. 12. Lippold:
Kopien und Umbildungen p. 205. R. West: Rom. Portratplastik I p. 217 (cf.
pl. LXI 258 on the Claudian style of drapery). On the inexhaustible horn
of plenty, Apollodorus: Bibl. II 7, 5. For further information cf. Sandels:
Die Stellung der kaiserlichen Frauen aus dem iulisch-claudischen Hause, Gies-
sener Dissert. 1912, p. 62.
532. (I. N. 1546). Female drapery figure with modern head
affixed. M.
H. without plinth 1.96, of torso alone 1.60. The head, neck and left
shoulder restored in marble, part of the plinth and the feet and the
folds in several places restored in plaster. The right arm and part of
the left forearm broken off. Acquired 1897 at Rome and stated to have
been found in the theatre at Cerveteri.
The head is a marble copy of a head in the Vatican
(Bernoulli: Rom. Ikon. II 1 pl. XXI), which on account of
the mouth with the narrow lips is generally interpreted as
representing the younger Agrippina, while Schweitzer (Klio
34, 1942 p. 338 note 5) is of opinion that it is a replica of
the Livia No. 614. A likeness does certainly exist, but
hardly great enough to constitute infallible evidence of
identity.
The torso is a variant of the Praxitelean Kore (see under
Nos. 308 and 392 a). Related figures have been grouped by
369
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