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32 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTUKE.
ability as Night are winged, and the name of Selene is
therefore retained in this case.
Michaelis, pi. 6, figs. 17, 17a; cf. Wolters, pp. 256, 259; C. Smith,
Journ. of Eellen. Studies, IX., p. 8; Stereoscopic, No. 109; Sauer,
Athenische Mittheilungen, XVI., pi. 3, p. 84; Furtwaengler,
Meisterwerke, p. 244; Roscher, Lexikon, s.v, Nyx.
(Plate VI.) Horse's Head.—The head was so placed in
the pediment that the muzzle projected over the cornice;
in order to adjust it accurately in this position, a portion of
the lower jaw was cut away. The inner side of the top of
the head was also cut away, in order to give room for
the upper member of the pediment. This head presents,
as might have been expected, a marked contrast in
motive to the pair in the opposite angle. The heads of
the horses of Helios are thrown up with fiery impatience
as they spring from the waves ; the downward inclination
of the head here described indicates that the car of Selene
is about to vanish below the horizon. In the whole
range of ancient art there is, perhaps, no wort in marble
in which the sculptor has shown such complete mastery
over his material, suggesting in every part the various
qualities of texture that belong to the living form. It
has been commended by Goethe as a typical horse,
whose artist has combined natural truth with the highest
poetical conception. Behind the ears is a dowel hole;
another is on the nose between the eyes and the mouth,
and a third on the inner corner of the mouth. These
show where a metal bridle was attached. On the crest
of the hogged mane are eleven smaller holes, in which
some metallic ornament must have been inserted. Two
horses' heads still remain in the angle of the pediment,
See above, 303 N.
Mus. Marbles, VI., pi. 12; Michaelis, pi. 6, figs. 18, 18a; p. 178
Murray, II., pi. 6 ; Stereoscopic, No. 109; Biunn, Denkmaelei
No. 190; Collignon, II., p. 33.
ability as Night are winged, and the name of Selene is
therefore retained in this case.
Michaelis, pi. 6, figs. 17, 17a; cf. Wolters, pp. 256, 259; C. Smith,
Journ. of Eellen. Studies, IX., p. 8; Stereoscopic, No. 109; Sauer,
Athenische Mittheilungen, XVI., pi. 3, p. 84; Furtwaengler,
Meisterwerke, p. 244; Roscher, Lexikon, s.v, Nyx.
(Plate VI.) Horse's Head.—The head was so placed in
the pediment that the muzzle projected over the cornice;
in order to adjust it accurately in this position, a portion of
the lower jaw was cut away. The inner side of the top of
the head was also cut away, in order to give room for
the upper member of the pediment. This head presents,
as might have been expected, a marked contrast in
motive to the pair in the opposite angle. The heads of
the horses of Helios are thrown up with fiery impatience
as they spring from the waves ; the downward inclination
of the head here described indicates that the car of Selene
is about to vanish below the horizon. In the whole
range of ancient art there is, perhaps, no wort in marble
in which the sculptor has shown such complete mastery
over his material, suggesting in every part the various
qualities of texture that belong to the living form. It
has been commended by Goethe as a typical horse,
whose artist has combined natural truth with the highest
poetical conception. Behind the ears is a dowel hole;
another is on the nose between the eyes and the mouth,
and a third on the inner corner of the mouth. These
show where a metal bridle was attached. On the crest
of the hogged mane are eleven smaller holes, in which
some metallic ornament must have been inserted. Two
horses' heads still remain in the angle of the pediment,
See above, 303 N.
Mus. Marbles, VI., pi. 12; Michaelis, pi. 6, figs. 18, 18a; p. 178
Murray, II., pi. 6 ; Stereoscopic, No. 109; Biunn, Denkmaelei
No. 190; Collignon, II., p. 33.