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Roman Portraiture.
Rom. Ikon. II 3 p. 90 and pl. XXVI. Diepolder, Rom. Mitt. 54, 1939 p. 276
note 7 compares rightly with the contemporary head of a boy in the Len-
bach collection at Munich (ibid. pl. 60).
739. (I. N. 1491). The Empress Annia Faustina (?). Head M.
H. 0.32. The tip of the nose modern in plaster. Slightly damaged
in places, the rest well preserved and with vegetable fibre on the
surface. The eyes have deep-drilled pupils, the brows are engraved.
For insertion into a statue. Acquired 1896 from Martinetti’s estate
at Rome.
It is evidently the same young woman as in No. 738,
whom we presumed to be one of Elagabal’s wives.
Billedtavler pl. LXII. Hekler: Bildniskunst pl. 300. Diepolder, Bom. Mitt.
54, 1939, p. 277 note 2.
740. (I. N. 815). Young Roman of the time of Marcus Aurelius.
Small head. M.
H. 0.19. The head has belonged to a statuette of which a hand is
preserved. Intact, but two locks of hair patched in marble. Vegetable
fibre under which the original polish can be seen. The pupils not
drilled on account of the small size (cf. No. 734). Acquired 1888 from
the art dealer Alberici at Rome.
The short beard, which might suggest dating to the period
of Hadrian, is evidently only a sign of youth, for the curl
of the hair, though but lightly drilled, suggests the time of
Marcus Aurelius (cf. No. 699).
He is a brutal fellow with hollow cheeks and a protruding,
firmly closed mouth.
Billedtavler pl. LXII.
741. (I. N. 817). Young man of about 225 A. I). Bust. M.
H. 0.54. Nose, moustache and lips modern in plaster. The surface
much smoothed. The bust broken off at the bottom. Bought by Consul
Loytved at Constantinople.
It seems neither to be a Roman nor a Greek, but rather
a young barbarian who, judging from the treatment of the
hair, must have lived in the period of Elagabal or rather
that of Alexander Severus (cf. Elagabal, R. Delbriick: Antike
Portrats pl. 51; or a young Roman called Alexander Severus
in the Capitoline Museum, Hekler: Bildniskunst pl. 297 b;
515
33*
Rom. Ikon. II 3 p. 90 and pl. XXVI. Diepolder, Rom. Mitt. 54, 1939 p. 276
note 7 compares rightly with the contemporary head of a boy in the Len-
bach collection at Munich (ibid. pl. 60).
739. (I. N. 1491). The Empress Annia Faustina (?). Head M.
H. 0.32. The tip of the nose modern in plaster. Slightly damaged
in places, the rest well preserved and with vegetable fibre on the
surface. The eyes have deep-drilled pupils, the brows are engraved.
For insertion into a statue. Acquired 1896 from Martinetti’s estate
at Rome.
It is evidently the same young woman as in No. 738,
whom we presumed to be one of Elagabal’s wives.
Billedtavler pl. LXII. Hekler: Bildniskunst pl. 300. Diepolder, Bom. Mitt.
54, 1939, p. 277 note 2.
740. (I. N. 815). Young Roman of the time of Marcus Aurelius.
Small head. M.
H. 0.19. The head has belonged to a statuette of which a hand is
preserved. Intact, but two locks of hair patched in marble. Vegetable
fibre under which the original polish can be seen. The pupils not
drilled on account of the small size (cf. No. 734). Acquired 1888 from
the art dealer Alberici at Rome.
The short beard, which might suggest dating to the period
of Hadrian, is evidently only a sign of youth, for the curl
of the hair, though but lightly drilled, suggests the time of
Marcus Aurelius (cf. No. 699).
He is a brutal fellow with hollow cheeks and a protruding,
firmly closed mouth.
Billedtavler pl. LXII.
741. (I. N. 817). Young man of about 225 A. I). Bust. M.
H. 0.54. Nose, moustache and lips modern in plaster. The surface
much smoothed. The bust broken off at the bottom. Bought by Consul
Loytved at Constantinople.
It seems neither to be a Roman nor a Greek, but rather
a young barbarian who, judging from the treatment of the
hair, must have lived in the period of Elagabal or rather
that of Alexander Severus (cf. Elagabal, R. Delbriick: Antike
Portrats pl. 51; or a young Roman called Alexander Severus
in the Capitoline Museum, Hekler: Bildniskunst pl. 297 b;
515
33*