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THE CHARIOT GROUP OF THE MAUSOLEUM. 91
the simplest explanation suggested is that it was necessary
to make room for the rail of the chariot. A contrary
arrangement, however, of the pair is advocated by
Mr. Oldfield (Archseologia, lv., pi. 20, p. 360).
1000. (Plate XVI.). Mausolos. A colossal draped male figure
stands to the front, with the weight on the right leg and
the left leg slightly bent. The head is turned a little to
his right, and upwards. The face is undoubtedly a por-
trait, with its flowing hair, short curly beard, and some-
what full cheeks and lips. The expression and pose is
one of quiet dignity, and the figure is that of a man who
is still in the prime of life.
The drapery consists of a long chiton and himation very
finely composed about the lower part and over the left
shoulder and about the left arm, which may have been
enveloped in drapery. A figure (of Zeus Labraundos)
similarly draped, and holding a sceptre, occurs on the
coins of Mausolos, and of other Carian Satraps of the 4th
cent. B.C. (Cat. of Coins in Brit. Mus., Caria, pi. xxviii).
He wears shoes consisting of an inner slipper, and a
sandal with a laced metal frame.
On the left side, from a point about six inches above the
knee, the projecting folds of drapery have been chiselled
away so as to leave a plain vertical surface. This appears
to have been done to adjust the figure in its place (com-
pare the Horse of Selene, on the east pediment of the
Parthenon), and might well have been cut to leave room
for the side of the chariot, and its rail, if the figure
stood as now arranged.
Height, 9 feet 10$ inches (above pedestal). Restorations: the side
of the head and such repairs as were necessary for piecing
together the fragments. Newton, Travels and Discoveries, II.,
pis. 8,9; Hist. Disc. II., p. 214-; Overbeclc, Gr. Plastik, II.4,
p. 101; Wolters, p. 426; Mitchell, p. 473; Brunn, Denkmaeler,
No. 241; Collignon, II., p. 339 ; Stereoscopic, No. 128; E. Gardner,
Handbook, p. 388; Classical Sculpture Gallery, No. 79; Bau-
the simplest explanation suggested is that it was necessary
to make room for the rail of the chariot. A contrary
arrangement, however, of the pair is advocated by
Mr. Oldfield (Archseologia, lv., pi. 20, p. 360).
1000. (Plate XVI.). Mausolos. A colossal draped male figure
stands to the front, with the weight on the right leg and
the left leg slightly bent. The head is turned a little to
his right, and upwards. The face is undoubtedly a por-
trait, with its flowing hair, short curly beard, and some-
what full cheeks and lips. The expression and pose is
one of quiet dignity, and the figure is that of a man who
is still in the prime of life.
The drapery consists of a long chiton and himation very
finely composed about the lower part and over the left
shoulder and about the left arm, which may have been
enveloped in drapery. A figure (of Zeus Labraundos)
similarly draped, and holding a sceptre, occurs on the
coins of Mausolos, and of other Carian Satraps of the 4th
cent. B.C. (Cat. of Coins in Brit. Mus., Caria, pi. xxviii).
He wears shoes consisting of an inner slipper, and a
sandal with a laced metal frame.
On the left side, from a point about six inches above the
knee, the projecting folds of drapery have been chiselled
away so as to leave a plain vertical surface. This appears
to have been done to adjust the figure in its place (com-
pare the Horse of Selene, on the east pediment of the
Parthenon), and might well have been cut to leave room
for the side of the chariot, and its rail, if the figure
stood as now arranged.
Height, 9 feet 10$ inches (above pedestal). Restorations: the side
of the head and such repairs as were necessary for piecing
together the fragments. Newton, Travels and Discoveries, II.,
pis. 8,9; Hist. Disc. II., p. 214-; Overbeclc, Gr. Plastik, II.4,
p. 101; Wolters, p. 426; Mitchell, p. 473; Brunn, Denkmaeler,
No. 241; Collignon, II., p. 339 ; Stereoscopic, No. 128; E. Gardner,
Handbook, p. 388; Classical Sculpture Gallery, No. 79; Bau-