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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
meister, II., p. 896; Archaeologia, LV., pi. 20. For various
inaccuracies iu the first restoration of the statue, which were
corrected later, cf. Newton, Eoemisohe Mittheilungen, I., p. 188.
1001. (Plate XVI.) Colossal female figure; probably Arte-
misia. The figure stands to the front, resting on the left
leg, and having the right knee bent. She wears a long
chiton, with studded sleeves to the elbows. The himation
passes about the lower part of her body, and over the left
shoulder and arm. A part of it is drawn as a veil over
the back of the head. In addition to the himation the
hair was wrapped in a cap, which leaves small curls
projecting round the forehead in front.
The arms are broken off below the elbows. Both were
advanced, the right forearm slightly lowered, and the
left forearm slightly raised. Their position corresponds
with that of a figure holding reins, when the horses are
at rest, though it may not preclude other possibilities.
There are holes for a bronze attachment on the drapery
below the left arm.
In this statue and that of Mausolos, great skill has been
shown in the treatment of the drapery, in which a general
breadth and grandeur of effect is combined with an extra-
ordinary refinement and delicacy in execution. Each
fold is traced home to its origin and wrought to its full
depth. The right foot of this statue has been preserved,
and is an exquisite specimen of sculpture, the more
precious because we possess so few examples of extremities
finished by the hands of the great masters of the earlier
Greek schools. The other foot is broken off at the instep.
Both feet, otherwise bare, rest on thick soles, the mode of
attachment of which is not apparent. The figure was
first described as a goddess, but the proportions compared
with those of Mausolos, and the portrait character of the
head are better suited to Artemisia (cf. p. 90). The head-
dress is, perhaps, also of a portrait character; but compare
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
meister, II., p. 896; Archaeologia, LV., pi. 20. For various
inaccuracies iu the first restoration of the statue, which were
corrected later, cf. Newton, Eoemisohe Mittheilungen, I., p. 188.
1001. (Plate XVI.) Colossal female figure; probably Arte-
misia. The figure stands to the front, resting on the left
leg, and having the right knee bent. She wears a long
chiton, with studded sleeves to the elbows. The himation
passes about the lower part of her body, and over the left
shoulder and arm. A part of it is drawn as a veil over
the back of the head. In addition to the himation the
hair was wrapped in a cap, which leaves small curls
projecting round the forehead in front.
The arms are broken off below the elbows. Both were
advanced, the right forearm slightly lowered, and the
left forearm slightly raised. Their position corresponds
with that of a figure holding reins, when the horses are
at rest, though it may not preclude other possibilities.
There are holes for a bronze attachment on the drapery
below the left arm.
In this statue and that of Mausolos, great skill has been
shown in the treatment of the drapery, in which a general
breadth and grandeur of effect is combined with an extra-
ordinary refinement and delicacy in execution. Each
fold is traced home to its origin and wrought to its full
depth. The right foot of this statue has been preserved,
and is an exquisite specimen of sculpture, the more
precious because we possess so few examples of extremities
finished by the hands of the great masters of the earlier
Greek schools. The other foot is broken off at the instep.
Both feet, otherwise bare, rest on thick soles, the mode of
attachment of which is not apparent. The figure was
first described as a goddess, but the proportions compared
with those of Mausolos, and the portrait character of the
head are better suited to Artemisia (cf. p. 90). The head-
dress is, perhaps, also of a portrait character; but compare