Smith, Arthur H. [Hrsg.]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Hrsg.]: Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 3) (London, 1904)

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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.

on the right shoulder, and wound about the left arm.
The head is turned towards the eagle which stands on the
stump with its wings spread.—From Italy.

Garble. Height 2 feet 9 inches. Restored : head with Phrygian
cap. Purchased, 1888. Mansell, No. 1127. This type does not
appear to occur elsewhere. It is most nearly approached by a
statue in the Vatican, Visconti, Mus. Pio-Clem., II., pi. 35.
Compare also Bonner Jahrbuecher, 108/109, pi. 2, fig. 5.

1534. (Fig. 4.) Ganymede (°).
Torso of a boy, from the neck
to the middle of the thighs.
He stands principally on the
right leg, with the left arm
raised, as if resting on the stump
of a tree, a bough of which is
seen touching tbe left thigh.
The right hand and arm (now
wanting) rested on the right
thigh. 1st cent. B.C. (?).

Pentelic marble. Height, 1 foot
6£ inches.

For another figure, sometimes
interpreted as Ganymede, see
No. 1763.

1535. (Plate I.) Group of Europa and the Bull. The bull
stands to the left, with his head turned to the spectator.
He stands with his hind legs on the ground, and with the
forelegs extended, as if to swim. His chest is supported
by a prop formed of a pair of dolphins. Europa sits side-
ways, and faces the spectator. Her right hand rests on
the bull's neck, while the left hand appears to have been
raised, and probably held up drapery. She wears a tunic,
girt at the waist, and a mantle. The missing parts of the
group are the fore legs, horns and tail of the bull (which