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Roman Portraiture.
p. 239; Bernoulli: Griech. Ikon. II p. 191; Photo Alinari
27109; Photo Anderson 1527). If so it is a well known person
of that time.
Tillaeg til Billedtavler pl. XI. The Francesco Donghi di Genova collec-
tion, auction at Rome 1912, No. 54, pl. 17. Hckler: Sammlung antiker Skulp-
turen in Budapest p. 179 No. 176. R. Horn, Arch. Anz. 52, 1937, p. 394.
Fr. Poulsen, Berytus IV 1937 p. 113.
69(5. (I. N. 795). Young Boman of Antonine period. Head. M.
H. 0 22. The tip of the nose and the middle part of the upper lip
are missing. The ears bruised. Acquired through consul Loytved and
reputed to have been found at Ephesus.
The drilled pupils and the deep drilling of the hair allow a
dating to the beginning of the last half of the second century
A.D. The individual locks are broader than usual (cf. Fr.
Poulsen in text of Arndt-Amelung 3103-4). Cf. also Bliimel:
Katalog Berlin, Bom. Bildnisse R. 72. pl. 44, the heads of
Polydeukes, the favourite of Herod Atticus. The part round
the mouth and chin bears a very close resemblance.
Billedtavler pl. LVIII.
697. (I. N. 784). Roman boy of Antonine period. Head. M.
II. of head 0.21. The bust, neck, chin and the tip of the nose
modern in marble. The rest well preserved and work of good quality.
Acquired 1889 from Rome.
The head was earlier called Marcus Aurelius as a child.
But Marcus Aurelius, born 121, was not adopted till 138,
seventeen years old, and it is only from this age that we
have portraits of him, for instance in the Capitoline museum
(Bernoulli: Rom. Ikon. II 2 p. 174 Nos. 99-100 = Hekler:
Bildniskunst 265, Delbriick: Bildnisse rom. Kaiser pl. 22.
Stuart .Tones: Museo Capit. pl. 28 No. 28); in the Vatican
(Amelung: Vatik. Katalog I pl. XVI No. 100 and Lippold:
Vatik. Katalog III, I, p. 187 No. 583; pl. 57); at Hoikham
Hall (Fr. Poulsen: Greek and Roman Portraits p. 9(5 No. 85),
at Modena (Fr. Poulsen: Portratstudien in nordital. Provinz-
museum p. 41 seq. and figs. 93-94) etc.
What is more, No. 697 bears no resemblance at all to the
young Marcus Aurelius; the eyes are too flat, the lower lip
too determined, the face as a whole too short and broad;
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p. 239; Bernoulli: Griech. Ikon. II p. 191; Photo Alinari
27109; Photo Anderson 1527). If so it is a well known person
of that time.
Tillaeg til Billedtavler pl. XI. The Francesco Donghi di Genova collec-
tion, auction at Rome 1912, No. 54, pl. 17. Hckler: Sammlung antiker Skulp-
turen in Budapest p. 179 No. 176. R. Horn, Arch. Anz. 52, 1937, p. 394.
Fr. Poulsen, Berytus IV 1937 p. 113.
69(5. (I. N. 795). Young Boman of Antonine period. Head. M.
H. 0 22. The tip of the nose and the middle part of the upper lip
are missing. The ears bruised. Acquired through consul Loytved and
reputed to have been found at Ephesus.
The drilled pupils and the deep drilling of the hair allow a
dating to the beginning of the last half of the second century
A.D. The individual locks are broader than usual (cf. Fr.
Poulsen in text of Arndt-Amelung 3103-4). Cf. also Bliimel:
Katalog Berlin, Bom. Bildnisse R. 72. pl. 44, the heads of
Polydeukes, the favourite of Herod Atticus. The part round
the mouth and chin bears a very close resemblance.
Billedtavler pl. LVIII.
697. (I. N. 784). Roman boy of Antonine period. Head. M.
II. of head 0.21. The bust, neck, chin and the tip of the nose
modern in marble. The rest well preserved and work of good quality.
Acquired 1889 from Rome.
The head was earlier called Marcus Aurelius as a child.
But Marcus Aurelius, born 121, was not adopted till 138,
seventeen years old, and it is only from this age that we
have portraits of him, for instance in the Capitoline museum
(Bernoulli: Rom. Ikon. II 2 p. 174 Nos. 99-100 = Hekler:
Bildniskunst 265, Delbriick: Bildnisse rom. Kaiser pl. 22.
Stuart .Tones: Museo Capit. pl. 28 No. 28); in the Vatican
(Amelung: Vatik. Katalog I pl. XVI No. 100 and Lippold:
Vatik. Katalog III, I, p. 187 No. 583; pl. 57); at Hoikham
Hall (Fr. Poulsen: Greek and Roman Portraits p. 9(5 No. 85),
at Modena (Fr. Poulsen: Portratstudien in nordital. Provinz-
museum p. 41 seq. and figs. 93-94) etc.
What is more, No. 697 bears no resemblance at all to the
young Marcus Aurelius; the eyes are too flat, the lower lip
too determined, the face as a whole too short and broad;
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