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APHEODITE.
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pi. 34; Ellis, Town. Gall.,l., P- 260 ( = Vaux, Handbook, p. 204) ;
Clarac, IV., pi. 619, No. 1389a; Grosco-Roman Guide, I.,
No. 116 ; Mansell, No. 1225 ; Reinach, Repertoire de la Statuaire,
EL, p. 350, fig. 6; Bernoulli, Aphrodite, p. 228. For the
Capitoline Venus, cf. Clarac, pi. 621.
1579. Aphrodite. The type is that of the Medicean Venus.
The goddess stands mainly on the left leg, with the right
knee slightly bent. With the left hand she covers her
middle, while the fingers of the right, now wanting, lightly
touched the left breast. The hair is tied in a large knot
on the top of the head, and is also brought back to a mass
at the back. A loose tress falls on each shoulder. By
her left side is a dolphin ridden by Eros (head wanting,
right arm extended). The dolphin has a cuttlefish in his
mouth. The style is mediocre, and the accessories are
roughly finished.-—Found in a well at Athens, in 1810 (?).
Pentelic (?) marble. Height (without plinth), 3 feet. Repaired,
but not restored. This figure, like No. 1575, which compare,
was obtained by J. C. Hobhouse in Greece, was brought home
by Lord Byron, and was bought for the British Museum iu
1898. Arch. Anzeiger, 1899, p. 204.
1580. Torso of Aphrodite, from the neck to the knees. The
figure stands on the left leg, the right thigh being
slightly advanced. The left arm was extended higher
than the shoulder, while the figure bends over, stretching
out the right arm behind the thigh. It is probable that
the figure was represented as loosing the sandal on the
right foot, while the left arm was employed balancing the
body. If so, the right knee must have been bent, so as
to bring the foot within reach of the hand. This torso
is finely modelled, but the surface has somewhat suffered
from overpolishing. The socket shows that the head was
carved out of a separate piece of marble.
The subject of Aphrodite loosing her sandal is repre-
sented in two types. The present figure is of the less
31
pi. 34; Ellis, Town. Gall.,l., P- 260 ( = Vaux, Handbook, p. 204) ;
Clarac, IV., pi. 619, No. 1389a; Grosco-Roman Guide, I.,
No. 116 ; Mansell, No. 1225 ; Reinach, Repertoire de la Statuaire,
EL, p. 350, fig. 6; Bernoulli, Aphrodite, p. 228. For the
Capitoline Venus, cf. Clarac, pi. 621.
1579. Aphrodite. The type is that of the Medicean Venus.
The goddess stands mainly on the left leg, with the right
knee slightly bent. With the left hand she covers her
middle, while the fingers of the right, now wanting, lightly
touched the left breast. The hair is tied in a large knot
on the top of the head, and is also brought back to a mass
at the back. A loose tress falls on each shoulder. By
her left side is a dolphin ridden by Eros (head wanting,
right arm extended). The dolphin has a cuttlefish in his
mouth. The style is mediocre, and the accessories are
roughly finished.-—Found in a well at Athens, in 1810 (?).
Pentelic (?) marble. Height (without plinth), 3 feet. Repaired,
but not restored. This figure, like No. 1575, which compare,
was obtained by J. C. Hobhouse in Greece, was brought home
by Lord Byron, and was bought for the British Museum iu
1898. Arch. Anzeiger, 1899, p. 204.
1580. Torso of Aphrodite, from the neck to the knees. The
figure stands on the left leg, the right thigh being
slightly advanced. The left arm was extended higher
than the shoulder, while the figure bends over, stretching
out the right arm behind the thigh. It is probable that
the figure was represented as loosing the sandal on the
right foot, while the left arm was employed balancing the
body. If so, the right knee must have been bent, so as
to bring the foot within reach of the hand. This torso
is finely modelled, but the surface has somewhat suffered
from overpolishing. The socket shows that the head was
carved out of a separate piece of marble.
The subject of Aphrodite loosing her sandal is repre-
sented in two types. The present figure is of the less