DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.52594#0471
Roman Portraiture.
turen in Budapest p. 130 No. 121 and H. Ingholt: Rapport prdliminaire sur
la premiere campagne des fouilles de Hama p. 24.
The dating by Abramic of a similar bust with acanthus to Julio-Clau-
dian time is wrong; the bronze belongs to the end of Flavian time (Serta
Brunsmidiana, Zagreb 1928, p. 49 seqq.).
669. (I. N. 775). Roman lady of the time of Hadrian. Bust. M.
H. 0.54. The nose, tip of the chin, ears, small parts of the cheeks
and of the neck at the fracture affixed in marble and plaster. The
head has been broken off, but belongs to the bust. Below the wea-
thering are traces of surface polishing. Acquired 1893 from Rome.
By its form the beautiful, tall bust suggests the time of
Hadrian (cf. No. 670 and Amelung: Vatik. Katalog I pl. 46
Nos. 195 a and 200; the corresponding Trajanic bust form
ibid. pl. 59 No. 389 A, text p. 565). The coiffure is a further
development of the Trajanic, which is represented in No. 675
and a head of Marciana at Naples, Bernoulli: Bom. Ikon. II
2 pl. XXXII, but is already found fully developed in Mar-
ciana’s portrait head from Ostia (Arch Anz. 53, 1938, p. 293
figs. 7-8).
This chubby-jawed young girl with the almost square face
and the flat eyes is closely related to the head of a statue in
the Casino of the Villa Borghese (Arndt-Amelung 2724).
Billedtavler pl. LV. M. Wegner, Arch. Anz. 53, 1938, p. 295. West II
p. 95 No. 6.
670. (I. N. .1539). Roman lady of the time of Trajan. Bust. M.
H. 0.68. Part of the frontal locks above the forehead and the ears
broken off. The bust has been shattered and exposed to fire and is
patched in plaster. The plate with the inscription at the bottom and
the base are antique and already reveal Hadrianic modelling. Ac-
quired 1896 from Rome.
The mature woman with the big mouth, the down-drawn
corners of which lend an expression of sternness to the face,
is stylistically still Trajanic, an illustration of the Trajanic
preference for old Boman, Bepublican severity (cf. No. 666).
The coiffure with two rows of sickle shaped locks crowned
by the turban is also typical Trajanic (cf. Nos. 675 and 680),
and as a vestige of the frontal curls of Flavian time the
turban has large curls in the centre. It may recall a female
467
30
turen in Budapest p. 130 No. 121 and H. Ingholt: Rapport prdliminaire sur
la premiere campagne des fouilles de Hama p. 24.
The dating by Abramic of a similar bust with acanthus to Julio-Clau-
dian time is wrong; the bronze belongs to the end of Flavian time (Serta
Brunsmidiana, Zagreb 1928, p. 49 seqq.).
669. (I. N. 775). Roman lady of the time of Hadrian. Bust. M.
H. 0.54. The nose, tip of the chin, ears, small parts of the cheeks
and of the neck at the fracture affixed in marble and plaster. The
head has been broken off, but belongs to the bust. Below the wea-
thering are traces of surface polishing. Acquired 1893 from Rome.
By its form the beautiful, tall bust suggests the time of
Hadrian (cf. No. 670 and Amelung: Vatik. Katalog I pl. 46
Nos. 195 a and 200; the corresponding Trajanic bust form
ibid. pl. 59 No. 389 A, text p. 565). The coiffure is a further
development of the Trajanic, which is represented in No. 675
and a head of Marciana at Naples, Bernoulli: Bom. Ikon. II
2 pl. XXXII, but is already found fully developed in Mar-
ciana’s portrait head from Ostia (Arch Anz. 53, 1938, p. 293
figs. 7-8).
This chubby-jawed young girl with the almost square face
and the flat eyes is closely related to the head of a statue in
the Casino of the Villa Borghese (Arndt-Amelung 2724).
Billedtavler pl. LV. M. Wegner, Arch. Anz. 53, 1938, p. 295. West II
p. 95 No. 6.
670. (I. N. .1539). Roman lady of the time of Trajan. Bust. M.
H. 0.68. Part of the frontal locks above the forehead and the ears
broken off. The bust has been shattered and exposed to fire and is
patched in plaster. The plate with the inscription at the bottom and
the base are antique and already reveal Hadrianic modelling. Ac-
quired 1896 from Rome.
The mature woman with the big mouth, the down-drawn
corners of which lend an expression of sternness to the face,
is stylistically still Trajanic, an illustration of the Trajanic
preference for old Boman, Bepublican severity (cf. No. 666).
The coiffure with two rows of sickle shaped locks crowned
by the turban is also typical Trajanic (cf. Nos. 675 and 680),
and as a vestige of the frontal curls of Flavian time the
turban has large curls in the centre. It may recall a female
467
30