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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTUKE.
This head probably belonged to a statue (compare
No. 1578).—Hamilton Coll.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 1 inch. Restored: nose, part of
lower lip; upper part and back of head. Mus. Marbles, XL,
pi. 8; Ellis, Town. Gall., L, p. 324, No. 19; Gmco-Eoman
Guide, I., No. 202; Mansell, No. 1142.
1596. Head of Aphrodite (?). Ideal female head, of a broad
type. The hair is parted in the middle of the forehead,
and brought down in small ripples over the ears to the
back of the neck, where it falls in a club. The hair at
the back is roughly blocked out. The ears are pierced for
earrings.
This head was formerly called Dione, the mother of
Aphrodite, on fanciful grounds^ but the name of Aphro-
dite herself seems more probable, since Dione is seldom
represented in ancient art.— Towneley Coll.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 1J inches. Restored : ears and tip
of nose. The modern bust, shown in the engravings, has been
removed. The head has been worked over. Mus. Marbles, III.,
pi. 13; Specimens, I., pi. 42; Ellis, Town. Gall., I., p. 314:
(= Vaux, Handbook, p. 194); Graco-Eoman Guide, I., No. 137;
Mansell, No. 1195 ; Wolters, No. 1276 ; Klein, Praxiteles, p. 345.
1597. Head of Aphrodite (?). Ideal head, with the hair parted
over the middle of the forehead, and brought down over
each ear. The lips are slightly parted. The back of the
head is unworked. The base of the neck is worked to fit
into a socket in a torso.
This head is remarkable for the extent to which it
retains traces of original colouring. The eyebrows, eye-
lashes, and pupils of the eyes, are drawn in black. The
hair was coloured with a yellow tint, which was also
carried along the edge of the forehead, as if to make a
softer transition from hair to flesh.
The remainder of the flesh surface is covered with a
light pink coating, which is now of a perishable character.
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTUKE.
This head probably belonged to a statue (compare
No. 1578).—Hamilton Coll.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 1 inch. Restored: nose, part of
lower lip; upper part and back of head. Mus. Marbles, XL,
pi. 8; Ellis, Town. Gall., L, p. 324, No. 19; Gmco-Eoman
Guide, I., No. 202; Mansell, No. 1142.
1596. Head of Aphrodite (?). Ideal female head, of a broad
type. The hair is parted in the middle of the forehead,
and brought down in small ripples over the ears to the
back of the neck, where it falls in a club. The hair at
the back is roughly blocked out. The ears are pierced for
earrings.
This head was formerly called Dione, the mother of
Aphrodite, on fanciful grounds^ but the name of Aphro-
dite herself seems more probable, since Dione is seldom
represented in ancient art.— Towneley Coll.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 1J inches. Restored : ears and tip
of nose. The modern bust, shown in the engravings, has been
removed. The head has been worked over. Mus. Marbles, III.,
pi. 13; Specimens, I., pi. 42; Ellis, Town. Gall., I., p. 314:
(= Vaux, Handbook, p. 194); Graco-Eoman Guide, I., No. 137;
Mansell, No. 1195 ; Wolters, No. 1276 ; Klein, Praxiteles, p. 345.
1597. Head of Aphrodite (?). Ideal head, with the hair parted
over the middle of the forehead, and brought down over
each ear. The lips are slightly parted. The back of the
head is unworked. The base of the neck is worked to fit
into a socket in a torso.
This head is remarkable for the extent to which it
retains traces of original colouring. The eyebrows, eye-
lashes, and pupils of the eyes, are drawn in black. The
hair was coloured with a yellow tint, which was also
carried along the edge of the forehead, as if to make a
softer transition from hair to flesh.
The remainder of the flesh surface is covered with a
light pink coating, which is now of a perishable character.