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Roman Portraiture.
Romans (cf. No. 537 and Hekler in Munch, arch. Studien
dem Andenken Furtwangler gewidmet p. 226). No less than
nine of the 31 replicas represent Demeter, a fact which
might suggest that the Greek original was a Demeter statue.
Tillseg til Billedtavler pl. X. Reinach: Rep. Stat. II, 1, 244, 7; III, 75, 4;
V 2, 373, 9. Franklin P. Johnson: Lysippos p. 155 No. 9 (wtih the rest of
the literature).
553-554. (I. N. 712-713). Two fragments of a cuirass statue. M.
H. of fragment of right shoulder part 0.38, II. of the other frag-
ment, which originates from the bottom part of the cuirass 0.25.
Acquired 1891 from the art dealer Martinetti at Rome.
The shoulder fragment shows at the middle of the chest
it highly pathetic Medusa head and a hovering Nike with a
Tropaion on the shoulder strap.
The other peculiarly ornamented fragment shows at the
top the rounded edges of the cuirass with animal heads:
ram, panther, lion. Below on the right Scylla on the rock,
on the left a sea-lion on the waves with Eros swinging on
its tail. Below the sea-lion is a relief of a young Gallic war-
rior with a waist cord and mantle, carrying a war sign with
a boar towards which he is turning his head back. On the
left, relief fragment of a draped figure with a child on the
arm.
The style is Augustean, the whole figure was probably
the portrait of an emperor and the reliefs suggest military
events in Gaul.
Billedtavler pl. XXXXIII. Reinach: R6p. Stat. V 2, 322, 2-3. Hekler, Oest.
Jahresh. XIX-XX 1919 p. 235 seq. with figs. 164-65. Bienkowski: Les Celtes
dans les Arts Mineurs Greco-Romains p. 60 fig. 109. Muthmann, R5m. Mitt.
51, 1936, p. 347 seqq. and fig. 1.
553 a. (I. N. 2580). Cuirass statue. M.
H. 0.92. The head, arms and most of the legs missing. Acquired
together with No. 554 a from Hartwig at Rome in 1911.
Over a chiton reaching to the knees the figure is wearing
a leather jerkin which as usual brings out the contours of
the body. Fastened on the right shoulder is the war mantle
(pahidamentum).
Tillaeg til Billedtavler pl. X. Reinach: R6p. Stat. V 2, 323, 5.
554 a. (I. N. 2582). Cuirass statue. Torso. M.
H. 0.98. Truncated like No. 553 a.
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Romans (cf. No. 537 and Hekler in Munch, arch. Studien
dem Andenken Furtwangler gewidmet p. 226). No less than
nine of the 31 replicas represent Demeter, a fact which
might suggest that the Greek original was a Demeter statue.
Tillseg til Billedtavler pl. X. Reinach: Rep. Stat. II, 1, 244, 7; III, 75, 4;
V 2, 373, 9. Franklin P. Johnson: Lysippos p. 155 No. 9 (wtih the rest of
the literature).
553-554. (I. N. 712-713). Two fragments of a cuirass statue. M.
H. of fragment of right shoulder part 0.38, II. of the other frag-
ment, which originates from the bottom part of the cuirass 0.25.
Acquired 1891 from the art dealer Martinetti at Rome.
The shoulder fragment shows at the middle of the chest
it highly pathetic Medusa head and a hovering Nike with a
Tropaion on the shoulder strap.
The other peculiarly ornamented fragment shows at the
top the rounded edges of the cuirass with animal heads:
ram, panther, lion. Below on the right Scylla on the rock,
on the left a sea-lion on the waves with Eros swinging on
its tail. Below the sea-lion is a relief of a young Gallic war-
rior with a waist cord and mantle, carrying a war sign with
a boar towards which he is turning his head back. On the
left, relief fragment of a draped figure with a child on the
arm.
The style is Augustean, the whole figure was probably
the portrait of an emperor and the reliefs suggest military
events in Gaul.
Billedtavler pl. XXXXIII. Reinach: R6p. Stat. V 2, 322, 2-3. Hekler, Oest.
Jahresh. XIX-XX 1919 p. 235 seq. with figs. 164-65. Bienkowski: Les Celtes
dans les Arts Mineurs Greco-Romains p. 60 fig. 109. Muthmann, R5m. Mitt.
51, 1936, p. 347 seqq. and fig. 1.
553 a. (I. N. 2580). Cuirass statue. M.
H. 0.92. The head, arms and most of the legs missing. Acquired
together with No. 554 a from Hartwig at Rome in 1911.
Over a chiton reaching to the knees the figure is wearing
a leather jerkin which as usual brings out the contours of
the body. Fastened on the right shoulder is the war mantle
(pahidamentum).
Tillaeg til Billedtavler pl. X. Reinach: R6p. Stat. V 2, 323, 5.
554 a. (I. N. 2582). Cuirass statue. Torso. M.
H. 0.98. Truncated like No. 553 a.
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